I had never heard about the 1995 Hong Kong crime action movie "Cuo Ti Zhui Ji Zu He" (aka "Fox Hunter") before now in 2023, as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch it. I had happened to stumble upon the movie by random chance, and with it being a Hong Kong movie, of course I opted to watch it.

And I have to admit that with the likes of Jade Leung and Jordan Chan on the cast list, then I actually assumed that the movie would most likely be an enjoyable one.

Well, writers To-Hoi Kong, Chi-Wai Sin and Wei Tung just failed to impress me with their script and storyline for this movie. Talk about a swing and a miss. In fact, the movie was so slow paced and boring that I actually dozed off once or twice along the way.

The acting performances in the movie were fair enough, though the actors and actresses didn't really have much contents to work with.

This was by no means a gem in the Hong Kong cinema. And I hadn't missed out on anything grand here.

My rating of "Cuo Ti Zhui Ji Zu He", from director Wei Tung, lands on a three out of ten stars.

Well, this is not what I expected - or wanted. I bought "Fox Hunter" as a fan of both Jade Leung and girls-with-guns films in general. Jade proves again that she is a capable and fearless action actress, but this movie contains far too much misogynistic violence for this type of thing. They basically made Jade completely overmatched by the villain from the start, and they kept her that way almost all the way through. Of course the entire Hong Kong and Mainland China police departments seem to be overmatched by this guy - apparently he and his few associates have enough guns, ammunition and explosives to start a small war, and they kill people by the dozens. Despite the few attempts at humor, "Fox Hunter" is a very grim and violent crime drama that leaves a bad taste in your mouth. (*1/2)