Racist joke cut from all versions of ‘Monster Hunter’ film
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nme.comMonster Hunter, which caused the film to be pulled from Chinese cinemas, will be cut from all versions of the movie.This is according to the film’s director Paul W.S.
Anderson, who also apologised for the “unintentional offense”, in a statement to Deadline. Production house Constantin Film and Asian-American actor Jin Au-Yeung, who said the line in the movie, have also apologised for the gaff.The action-adventure film was pulled from Chinese cinemas on Saturday (December 5) after filmgoers and netizens took offense to lines of dialogue that were perceived as a reference to a racial slur.In the movie, an Asian male character says “Look at my knees!” while the other character asks “What kind of knees are these?”.
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