Cat City

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Actors: Miklós Benedek, Gyula Bodrogi, Ilona Béres, Péter Haumann, András Kern

Directors: Béla Ternovszky

Format: Animated, Color, NTSC

Language: Hungarian

Rating:

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: Plaza Entertainment

VHS Release Date: August 4, 1998

Run Time: 91 minutes

Average Customer Review:

12 customer reviews

Product Review
Cat City is an outdated James Bond spoof supposedly involving cats and mice, but the characters are just humans with animal heads and tails. Although the animation is a bit more polished, this 95-minute feature recalls the worst kidvid shows of the '70s and '80s. One pointless scene follows another as the characters natter in amateurish voices, mistimed gags fall flat, and the inane plot involving plans for the ultimate anticat weapon stumbles to its conclusion. Hispanic viewers will understandably take offense at the stereotypical depiction of the Mexican vampire bats. The jacket calls Cat City the "animated sensation that rocked critics and censors around the world." But except for a few brief shots of a rat in pasties and a G-string, and the possible double-entendre of the inept musical number "Pussy Talk," sung by a cat in baby-doll pajamas, the film would have a hard time qualifying for a PG rating. If Cat City were genuinely shocking, it'd be more fun. The film was made by the talented artists at the Pannonia Studio in Budapest in 1987. It's regrettable that this drivel is appearing on video instead of their brilliant, challenging features, The White Mare's Son and Heroic Times. --Charles Solomon

Back Cover Copy
"CAT CITY" IS THE AWARD-WINNING ANIMATED SENSATION THAT ROCKED CRITICSAND CENSOR'S AROUND THE WORLD! Meet the coolest Cats in the criminal underworld in this edgy and funny satire on modern life. Times are tough for the mice living in Cat City. But they have a plan: a famous mouse scientist has created a powerful weapon to shrink the cats into mice-sized opponents! If they succeed, the balance of power will be forever shaken, and Cat City will become Mouseville. This top-grossing International sensation packs the action of James Bond into a delightfully clever animated battle of wits, class and species! Containing strong content not normally found in animated features, "Cat City" is a witty satire of politics, capitalism and eternal class struggle.

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