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PRIVATEEYES REVIEW MOVIE
Most of the characters (I presume) return, but the movie makes clear that it takes place in modern times, with smartphones, limited augmented-reality app software, and drones. There's a rocking 80's-style soundtrack as you'd expect, but some modern touches thrown in, like an opening-credits rap by Lotus Juice. It's amazing to think I hadn't heard of the franchise before now! Despite not being from the 80's, I immediately appreciated the throwbacks in the first five minutes, with wall-breaking references to the film technically taking place in present day.
PRIVATEEYES REVIEW SERIES
"City Hunter" clearly has made an impact, with multiple films in the 90's, and multiple live action adaptations, including a 1993 Hong-Kong film starting Jackie Chan, a surprisingly-faithful 2019 film in France, and even a Korean tv series with ties to American production comapnies. But my experience (and lack there-of) doesn't represent the truth of it. It's cool to see a revival, but I had a similar reaction to a Kicksarter-funded Bluray release of a similar era OVA called "Riding Bean", or the recent "Mazinger Z - Infinity" film: my thought was "these action anime seem silly, why would anyone care about them?" Alternatively, after being used to cleaned up post-2000 animation for so long, it can be difficult to return to watching Japanese anime from decades earlier, with poor quality and extreme cost-saving messures in spades at least with modern production values, "Shinjuku Private Eyes" could be watched by both old and new fans alike. I had not ever heard of "City Hunter," and would have remained ignorant if they didn't release the new film in question. To me, for a show or film to truly be a "classic," it has to be a household name in the community I have to know of it long before I actually watch it. to be clear, I'm a millenial that got into anime around the late 2000's, not an old fart that grew up on 80's anime. In 2019, fans got a treat in the long-awaited return on a classic anime franchise, two decades after its last outing, in the movie "City Hunter - Shinjuku Private Eyes.". If you ever get a chance to catch these guys in concert, don't miss it.Review of City Hunter - Shinjuku Private Eyes "2DAniCritic" Review: City Hunter - Shinjuku Private Eyes Review Score: 3.07 / 5.00
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It is not head and shoulders above the rest of their impressive portfolio, but I think it wins by a hair. Later albums feature more production gimics (ala H2O, Big Bam Boom), but for great lyrics, great arranging, outstanding musicians and two guys who put everything into their music, Private Eyes can't be beat. Smith agains shows that today's 90's pickers don't have anything on a guy who can play with a sense of music and use a chord in a solo every once in a while. They finish with Daryl singing his heart out on the raw Some Men - while not as slickly produced as most of their stuff, it is proof that they don't have to use all of the effects to hide anything - and G.E. From the first beat of the drums to T-Bone's powerful bass line, Your Imagination is infectious - it deserves to be listened to loud. Unguarded Minute, while somewhat moody, definitely gets the juices flowing for what comes next. The disc finishes extremely strong with three songs that I feel represent Daryl & John's finest efforts. Smith performing his usual outstanding guitar work on the rocker Head Above Water, and moves nicely to the alternative/punky Tell Me What You Want, reminiscent of their work on "X-Static." John then slips in for a better than usual performance on Friday Let Me Down.
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The second side (tracks 6-11), while not getting any airplay, is the real gem of this disc. The first side (I got everything on vinyl first) is quite entertaining with the three "hit" songs (Private Eyes, the funky I Can't Go For That, and Did It In A Minute) bracketing a soulful Motown-inspired Looking For A Good sign and Oates acceptably performing one of his token tunes, Mano a Mano. I've been a loyal fan of Daryl & John since 1975's "Bigger Than Both Of Us", and upon consideration of their whole catalog through "Marigold Sky" I think this is their best offering.