Bad City

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Bad City

2022

1h 58m

Action

Crime

Mystery & Thriller

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In a city plagued with poverty and crime, a corrupt mafia-connected businessman runs for mayor and starts eliminating his opponents. A former police captain in jail for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force in a desperate, last-ditch effort to take down the corrupt tycoon.

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Leslie Felperin

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All the nuance is in the grace of the fight scenes, as lovingly choreographed as a production of Swan Lake.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 28, 2023

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Tom Spoors

Loud and Clear Reviews

In the end, Bad City feels like wasted potential. There’s the idea here for a truly superb crime action thriller, but this isn’t it. Not yet, at least.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 7, 2025

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Bad City is a solid action film with cop/investigation angle, it brings some new ideas to the table with a solid cast and some well-shot sequences, may they be fights or not.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 21, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

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If you can dig a film solely for its choreographed action stunts, you will go bonkers over this messy flick.

Rated: B+

Jul 30, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Plotting is kept fairly simple to leave room for the sprawling fights and some spectacular action set pieces.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 21, 2023

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

A reminder that when it comes to extreme and exquisite violence, Asian cinema is still the standard bearer.

Mar 7, 2023

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Marc Z

Bad City is Another Winning Film From Well Go USA. This gritty Japanese crime and action drama is really really good. Censure Sonumura has really done a good job of Directing the movie and the action in this one. This story plays out more like a Korean crime drama than a Japanese one. Crooked Cops, dynamic personalities, and over the top personalities. The lines between good and bad are very blurred. The movie centers on a Charles Bronson like Police Chief, wrongly jailed to keep him from investigating the Yakuza's connection with the Korean mob. Now he is released through. Special task force to take down that same mob. He has a team of younger Detectives who are really good, including Hydra's Mansori Mamaoto. Some familiar faces from Japanese films like Baby Assassins are here too. I like everything about this- the action, the drama, the acting, and the cinematography. Watch it in Japanese with English Subtitles.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/31/23

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chip a

It's entertaining. Nice movie for Friday night.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/07/23

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Synopsis

In a city plagued with poverty and crime, a corrupt mafia-connected businessman runs for mayor and starts eliminating his opponents. A former police captain in jail for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force in a desperate, last-ditch effort to take down the corrupt tycoon.

Director: Kensuke Sonomura
Screenwriter: Hitoshi Ozawa
Production Co: Solid Feature
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2023
Runtime: 1h 58m

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