City Hunter: Bay City Wars (1990)

Rival private eyes Ryo Saeba and Umibozu must find a way into a high-tech luxury hotel to rescue their friends who are being held hostage and stop a mad South American dictator's plans to use the hotel's supercomputer to unleash a nuclear holocaust. Highly reminiscent of Die Hard, right down to a scene where Ryu bunjee-jumps off of the roof of the hotel skyscraper with a fire hose. Written by Christopher E. Meadows

Released Aug. 24, 1990 45 min 15+

Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Anime: Shounen, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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