NYAFF XXII Review: In Boi Kwong’s GEYLANG, Everything Must Go
Cities around the world all have stories to share – each one built from the ground-up, rooted in capitalism and gentrification amid their regionally cultural and ideological bearings. Singapore’s red-light district, for the most part, is no different, and in the world of cinema, comes by way director Boi Kwong (Zombiepura) with his newest dramatic crime thriller, Geylang, paying homage to his auteur faves with an inherent keenness on titillating genre cinema that places the duality of right and wrong firmly under a very hazy microscope. Lend all the nuance and grace and empathy as you may dare with Geylang. Going forward, it’s a tale that descends into violent entropy with characters all converging into catastrophe during one fateful night ahead of an election nomination. Kwong and co-scribe Link Sng penned the script which takes its inspiration from real-life crime stories, firstly introducing mullet-haired Fatty (Mark Lee), a pimp with […]
