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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Don't cause trouble in the Walled City.

6.5 / 10

125 minutes

2024-04-23

Japanese

CN

Actors :

Raymond Lam, Louis Koo, Terrance Lau, Tony Wu, Man Kit Cheung, Philip Ng, Richie Jen, Sammo Hung, Kenny Wong Tak-Ban, Aaron Kwok, Fish Liew, Chu Pak-Hong, Cecilia Choi, Deon Cheung Chung-Chi, Jozev Lau

Description

In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the notorious Kowloon Walled City. Lok-kwun, a refugee from the mainland, struggles to survive by participating in underground fighting rings. He seeks to buy a fake ID to improve his life but is betrayed by Mr. Big, a local crime syndicate boss. In a desperate move, Lok-kwun steals drugs from Mr. Big and flees to the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, the local crime lord who rules the area with a mix of authority and compassion.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/29/2024, 10:18:41 AM

I didn't make it to Hong Kong til 1994 so this famous Kowloon walled city had already gone but it's legend hadn't. It was the equivalent of a large block of properties, within properties - a mass of alleys, corridors and tunnels in which the law was enforced in a very different way from the outside. This story starts with a battle that sees control pass from "Jim" to "Cyclone" (Louis Koo). There's...

MovieGuys

MovieGuys

7/10/2024, 10:41:32 PM

I remember flying over the Kowloon walled city when I first visited Hong Kong in 1987. I distinctly remember the drab cramped spaces and the washing fluttering like multi coloured flags, hanging from grimy windows. Until then, I had no idea people could and did, live like this. Twilight of the Warrior: Walled In takes its cue from the graphic novel to re-create the environment inside the walled...

Sejian

Sejian

9/10/2024, 4:49:26 AM

I want to give this movie a higher rating for the historical aspect but the supervillain is just so ludicrous that he ruins the climax. From the moment his superpower is revealed, it starts going downhill because it becomes very apparent that in order to wrap up this story they're gonna have to come up with an utterly ridiculous solution to the ludicrous problem, and that's exactly what they did. ...