Based on the anime of the same name (itself based on the manga of the same name), 'City Hunter (2024)' tells the origin of its source material's focal detective team. After a tragedy, a sex pest private eye is hassled by the sister of his ex-partner until he agrees to help her find out who is responsible for the death that has torn her world apart. The film is definitely a live-action anime, and it feels like something ripped straight from two-dimensions in the best possible way. Although I'm not familiar with the specific anime it adapts, it definitely reminds me of a lot of other anime that I've seen and you can tell that its idiosyncrasies all lovingly stem from its inspiration. Because it's being told with real people yet operating on a cartoon logic, it has this distinct unreal feel to it that makes it seem quite unhinged at times. That's not a bad thing, though, as its off-kilter atmosphere goes hand-in-hand with its inventive filmmaking to absolutely nail the aesthetic it's going for. It's really fun, despite being rather rough around the edges and featuring a protagonist who's as creepy as he is good with a gun. The narrative is all rather rote (although it does have a fairly big surprise towards the beginning) and the character work is done in the broadest of strokes, but the flick is typically enjoyable and is often rather funny as well. It features some excitingly well-choreographed, highly stylised action set-pieces, too. You can tell it's a bit of a budget production (it is Netflix, after all), but it wears its heart on its sleeve and it's hard not to like on at least some level. It may not be groundbreaking, but it's definitely entertaining enough for what it is.