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Cat City

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I saw the original version in Hungarian when I was a teenager and loved the movie very much. THe review above says it's a bad james bond movie from the 70's and 80's. Well, don't forget that the cartoon was made in the 80's. If all the fun is lost in the English version, maybe the English script writers should be blamed. I am looking forward to seeing it again.

Cat City is the greatest achievement of Hungarian animators. It has an action-packed storyline with plenty of humour. This cartoon, Cat City is now a cult classic and an often quoted one. That's not without a reason. The dialogues are brilliantly written and are hilarious, and the characters are likeable.

The original title (Macskafogo) means literally Cat-catcher. According to the story, the cats are planning the extermination of all mice from the planet. However, the mice have a superhero to turn to, a James Bond-like mouse with great physical strength, teeth hard like diamonds, a god sense of humor, and the cleverness of an Einstein.
He is sent to a Japanese-seeming city called Pokio, to get the plans of a new weapon from a mouse scientist. While he is working undercover the mice need another person to draw attention away from him, and this other mouse is also sent to Japan. He is a bit over-weight, but he is a very warm-hearted mouse, who devotes all his time to playing his trumpet. (Unfortunately, though, after a planecrash, he finds himself in the jungle, where he is kidnapped by vampire bats, who also turn out to be music lovers.)
In the meantime, a group of assassin rats are hired to find the mouse agent and kill him.

The cartoon makes use of many clichés of Hollywood movies, making the reader laugh again and again.

I'm a Russian (for a change!) who had seen the translated version of this flick probably 10 times (damn, it was a long time ago). It used to be immensely popular in Russia back in the day, and certain phrases from the translation made it to the street folklore. I haven't seen the English version yet I remember it as a lots-a-fun film. I'm going to get the English version DVD just for old times sake.

review reminds me of a headline from The Onion: 79 Percent Of Americans Missing The Point Entirely. Unless the translation is really bad, it is one of the best cartoons ever made. At least as funny as Shrek.

I am a bilingual hungarian and have seen Macskafogo countless times. I haven't seen the english version yet but i am sure that it will never reach the hungarian level of humor or the use of the tone of voice, simply because it was written in hungarian for hungarians who are able understand the password to the mouse base for that matter and appreciate the cleverness behind it, which goes like this: egy aprocska kalapocska, benne csacska macska mocska. roughly means: a tiny hat, in it the filth of a silly cat. See the difference?
i do believe though that it will be worth watching in english and i look forward to it.Every time i watched it i had a great time and just couldn't get away from the telly. The characters' voices are impossible to copy, best solution would be watching it with english subtitles. Enjoy it. :)

I'm an other hungarian, who loves it since childhood. The editorial rewiew absolutely missunderstands it (or the english translation is bad) takeing it too seriously. It's not in James Bond-style, it's funny and light. In wich James Bond-movie could happen, in example, that (in the middle of a battle in a city) the bullets and rockets at a crossover politely stops in the air and waits for the green light? The vampire bats aren't stereotyphicals: after listening their victim's tromphet solo decides to not kill such a talented young mouse, and at the end theye will become a jazz-band. I don't consider it a stereothype :).

I am an other hungarian, who loves the cartoon since childhood. The editorial rewiew absolutely missunderstands it (or the english translation is bad) takeing too serious. This is not something in James Bond-style, and don't want to be, it's funny and light. In wich James Bond-movie would happen, for example, that (in the middle of a battle in a city) at a crossing the bullets and rockets politely stops in the air waiting for the green light? The vampire bats aren't stereotypical: after listening their victime's last play on trumpet theye decide to not kill that talented young mouse, ("other night of conserve blod :( ") and at the end theye will become a jazz-band. I don't consider it a stereothype :).

CAT CITY is a rip-roarin' good time, full of thrills, chills, spills and lotsa hip action!
The animation rivals other mega animation companys, and it's a perfect film for viewing either alone or with that special someone. Yow baby!, this kittens' got claws! Grrr!
The characters are thoughtful, well written, and at times satarical.These animals rival spy flicks of the 60's and 70's. Cat city is touching, heart warming and action paced. Keeps you guessing until the shocking and suprising finish.A non-stop roller coaster ride!Heart pounding and breathtaking with a good deal of romance too!
So if you like urban living or felines or both, this movie is a reel winner! MEOW!

I was looking for this DVD long time ago. When I was young I loved the movie and I wanted to watch it together with my husband. But when I last saw it I was around 16 and back then I saw the original hungarian version with excellent casting, different text, different names... This english version didn't take far the same telling effect on the 36 year old of me. I was watching the hungarian version alone.. That was much better. :)

That's a Hungarian movie from the 1980's. I'm not sure how enjoyable it is if you haven't grown up in Hungary. Also I saw it in Hungarian, so I don't know whether the English translation was able to implement the jokes.