City Hunter Ep 7

[Georgeanna Abson]

Bothcharacters are here depicted with the iconic Mini Cooper, following what looks like a very explosive and fun gunfight. It was very important to us to incorporate as many lments as we could that truly capture the essence of the manga. Guns of course, the legendary 100 ton hammer, the bird from the logo sculpted on the sewer manhole, XYZ engraved on the street lamp, and a touch of sex of course with a poster from the local peep show !

Ryo casually sitting on the hood with his jacket to the wind shows just how fearless our hero is. Proudly packing his trusted .357 Magnum, his enemies had better watch out for the city hunter !

Equipped with a rocket launcher and sitting on a box of ammunition, Kaori shows that she is not to be messed with either.

The Mini Cooper is definitely a memorable part of the manga and can be seen here as a third character in itself.

Riddled with bullets, a flat tire, such damage telling the story of the scene that just happened. The lights are equipped with LEDs and make for an amazing light-up feature. The street lamp lights up as well.

As usual with Oniri, the skin parts were cast in a semi-translucent resin offering a deeper sense of realism, and giving life to the characters. The same kind of resin was used for the smoke parts, as we find the effect much better than when using opaque resin.

City HunterBiographical InformationRankYoung Blood (formerly)[1]

Blooded[1]AffiliationLost TribeStatusDeceased as of July 8th[2] 1997[3]Physical DescriptionSpeciesYautjaGenderMale[4]Height7'8 (2.33 m)Hair colorBlackOther InformationNotable factsKilled numerous LA gang members, including King Willie.

Wiped out an OWLF taskforce.Portrayed byKevin Peter Hall

R. David Smith[5]

Hal Rayle (voice)The "City Hunter",[6] also known as "Ghost", [1] was a Yautja from the Lost Tribe that conducted a Hunt in the city during the heatwave and gang war of 1997. He eventually came into conflict with both a government taskforce (The OWLF) attempting to capture him and veteran LAPD Detective Lieutenant Mike Harrigan. The City Hunter was killed in close-quarters combat by Harrigan, who wielded City Hunter's own smart disc, aboard his Mother Ship hidden beneath the city. His body was collected by his brethren and taken off-planet.

In 1997, the newly Blooded City Hunter joined the Lost Tribe for his first off-world hunt on Earth. When they arrived other members scattered across the globe to hunt, Elder Greyback decided to leave the final hunt on the planet to test his skills in the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, thinking that the ongoing drug war would provide him challenging targets. Under the watch of the Elder and his seniors, the eager to prove himself young Yautja,[1] was ready to stalk and kill the multitude of armed citizens the city had to offer, starting with a large group of thugs from the Colombian Scorpions cartel while taking interest in a certain individual who skillfully fought multitudes of criminals, before bursting into their stronghold as they retreated from the LAPD and slaughtering them all single-handedly. Deeming his prey unworthy, the City Hunter left the bodies strewn across the room, although at least one victim was left hanging from the building's rafters and later collected as a trophy. On the building's roof, the City Hunter first encountered Detective Lieutenant Harrigan, but he did not attempt to attack him.

That night, the Predator later struck the Scorpions' rivals, the Jamaican Voodoo Posse, when several of the posse's members ritualistically murdered Colombian leader Ramon Vega in his luxurious downtown apartment. Again the Predator easily overcame the large group of opponents, massacring the Jamaicans using his Plasmacaster, Netgun, Speargun, Combistick and Wristblades, although he spared Vega's mistress, who was unarmed. When Harrigan and his team discovered the scene, now littered with skinned bodies hanging from the apartment's ceiling, Detective Danny Archuleta noticed a spear tip, which had been missed by the OWLF personnel, lodged in a vent in the ceiling; when he later returned to recover the item, the City Hunter was waiting for him. Upon killing him, he boned the corpse like a fish.[3] The Predator's actions, apparent preference for criminal victims and mysterious nature led to him being christened the "psycho vigilante" by journalists such as Tony Pope.[3]

The City Hunter developed a great respect for Harrigan, whom he considered to be a great "warrior", and decided to hunt the detective out.[7] The Predator began following him, studying his behavior and customs. After Harrigan met with Jamaican Voodoo Posse leader King Willie to discuss the brutal killings in the city, the City Hunter struck again, decapitating Willie despite his attempts to fight the creature off with a rapier. The Predator took his skull back to the hunting party's ship to be a trophy on the wall, believing him to be a worthy opponent.

After stalking Harrigan to the cemetery where Archuleta had been buried and leaving Archuleta's necklace there for Harrigan to find, the creature decided that killing Harrigan's colleagues would infuriate the detective and make the final hunt more challenging and exciting.[8] Consequently, he attacked Detectives Jerry Lambert and Leona Cantrell as they attempted to break up an armed confrontation on the city's subway. While Leona was spared when the Predator discovered she was pregnant, several armed civilians were killed, as was Jerry, who, considered as worthy as well, had his skull and spine torn from his body. Harrigan soon arrived at the scene and gave chase to the Predator, finally losing him when Keyes' goons intercepted him as he neared the city's slaughterhouse district. The City Hunter climbed the nearby Eastern Columbia Building and presented Jerry's skull as a trophy to the world, attracting a bolt of lightning with his Combistick.

When the City Hunter subsequently returned to a slaughterhouse that he had been using as a source of food during his time in the city, he was ambushed by Peter Keyes and his OWLF team, who sought to capture the creature alive for study. Despite the advanced equipment being used by Keyes' team to shield their body heat from the Predator's sight, the City Hunter quickly adapted, using his alternative vision modes to expose the light coming from the team's ultraviolet torches. He quickly decimated the team with his Combistick, Plasmacaster, and Wristblades, before finally dueling a heavily armed Harrigan, who had also arrived on the scene. Despite its Plasmacaster being destroyed, taking several shotgun blasts to the abdomen, chest, and leg, and being temporarily incapacitated, the City Hunter destroyed Harrigan's shotgun, before slicing Keyes in two with his Smart Disc, and then continued the fight with the police officer on the building's roof.

When he found himself hanging perilously over the end of the building, the Predator attempted to activate his Self-Destruct Device, but Harrigan used the Predator's own Smart Disc to slice his wrist gauntlet in half, disabling the device and cutting his arm off below the elbow. The Predator fell into Ruth Albright's nearby apartment and administered emergency medical aid using his Medicomp to cauterize his wounds before the chase continued down into the underground tunnels.

Harrigan eventually followed the creature to his Mother Ship and confronted him in a final hand-to-hand showdown, ultimately slicing open his stomach with his own Smart Disc. The other members of the Lost Tribe collected the fallen Predator's body, and having witnessed his confrontation and judging his death honorable, Greyback honored Harrigan with an antique flintlock pistol before letting him go and leaving the planet to their homeworld.[1]

While he is a skilled hunter, he is also still young and overconfident. As his hunt in Los Angeles progressed he became overzealous, carelessly attacking and eliminating any armed humans he encountered, whether the targets were worthy or not. His erratic behavior draw the attention of the CIA and the evidences of his presence he left behind allowed them to track him down. Greyback was so concerned by the young Yautja's unnecessary killing spree that he almost sent Warrior to take him back, only his death prevented this to happen.[1]

The City Hunter was well-armed, carrying a significant array of deadly weaponry and advanced technology. Notably, this individual seemed to rely less on his Plasmacaster and apparently preferred utilizing close-quarters weaponry against his prey.

To help differentiate the City Hunter from the creature in the previous movie, the Predator design was modified, with director Steven Hopkins requesting a "more urban and hip" look.[9] According to special effects designer Stan Winston:

Why do people love JH so much hes OF but what about it JH spams his laser while the city hunter uses very smart tactics. Plus his stats are better then JH in hunting grounds. Also JH killed himself in the movie like a coward while city hunter aucally fighted back. And thats why city hunter is better. Also stop saying JH is OG bc that has nothing to do with this topic

Jungle was a smarter stealthier pred that knew the best moments to attack so he wouldnt get melted against an elite squad. City was more risky and it worked well vs criminal potatos until when he found a good opponent.

I went into city hunter expecting decent action and adventure with lots of knee slapping comedy, something much more lighthearted and less impactful then what I thought Angel Heart, its spin off from 15 years later, was.

The film and cast are Japanese. Other characters routinely call the main character "pervy," and he often objectifies and sexualizes women. He frequently stares at women's cleavage and butts and sometimes gives nicknames to women like, "Miss Sweater Melons." The primary women characters in the film are helpless victims in need of saving. Some brief shots of men in drag are shown but only for the purpose of spectacle.

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