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TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN stars Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, Louis Koo, and Sammo Hung!
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Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of Well Go USA’S TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN!
It’s been a good year for fans of action and Hong Kong films with the ceremony permeating around Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The movie arrives on Blu-Ray and 4K disc on Tuesday from Well Go USA, and we are giving away three copies on Blu-Ray to readers! For this, you need only email your entries to fcsyndicate@outlook.com and just tell us your favorite top three films by Soi Cheang, or famed action director Kenji Tanigaki, and apply the term “WALLED IN” in the subject bar in order to qualify. The contest ends on Friday, November 22, and extends only to residents in the U.S.. Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong’s underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Hits Digital, DVD, Blu-Ray, And 4K UHD This Fall From Trinity CineAsia
Trinity CineAsia is out to make its case with the upcoming UK/Irish home releases of Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The film stars Raymond Lam, Terrence Lau, German Cheung and Tony Wu, along with Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Richie Jen, and Philip Ng. From award-winning director Soi Cheang (Mad Fate, Limbo, Dog Bite Dog), this gritty, fight-filled epic is adapted from the cult Manga series “City of Darkness” by Andy Seto and based on the novel by Yuyi. Set in British colonial Hong Kong in the 1980’s, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In follows a troubled youth as he accidentally enters the infamous Kowloon Walled City – a dangerous Chinese enclave ripe with gang crime and corruption. He soon discovers order amidst the chaos, and gains life lessons from the inhabitants as they resist a villainous invasion. With a production budget of $40 million USD, it is […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Review: Soi Cheang Delivers A Markedly Brutal, Epic Adaptation
Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In was previously reviewed for its UK release in May. The movie is now playing in theaters in North America from Well Go USA. 12 min. read Filmmaker Soi Cheang is riding high after nabbing a trio of Bests at the 42nd edition of the Hong Kong Film Awards for his 2023 crime flick, Mad Fate. His 2009 contract killer feature, Accident, is also subject to a Korean remake pending its release this month starring Gang Dong-won. These are just a few of the recent milestones he’s reached in time for his latest thriller, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. Cheang has more than earned his share of ceremony, having directed and produced some of the biggest hits of the last twenty years, including an ample handful in the action arena. He reteams with actor Louis Koo who starred in Accident, and with whom he […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Action Clip Sees An Unyielding Welcome Party For Raymond Lam!
By far, one of the best action thrillers you’ll see in 2024 is coming to theaters on August 9 with Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The Soi Cheang-directed manhwa adaptation features Raymond Lam as a loner who wanders his way into the infamous Kowloon Walled City of the 1980s and thrust into the first of many fights for his life, against the character played by Terrence Lau as previewed in the clip which you can view below. The action makes its way from the murky corridors, steps and hurdles of the City’s inner structure right until the battle lands its way into the barbershop owned by one of the City’s big bosses, played exponentially by Louis Koo. It’s a fantastic clip and a great smidgen to share with readers and the like who’ve been aching to see this one for the past year now. Its official North American theatrical […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Official Trailer Revealed Ahead Of August U.S. Release!
Well Go USA released the official trailer for Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The film opens in theaters August 9. Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong’s underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave. As his pursuers violate the tenuous territorial truce to exact their vengeance, the fallout reignites old grudges, bringing decades of building tension to a brutal, bloody boiling point. Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In stars Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, German Cheung, and Tony Wu, along with Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Sammo Hung, Philip Ng, Kenny Wong Tak […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Stamps August U.S. Release Date
It’ll be a while before we learn more on the future endeavors of Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors franchise after Cannes. In the meantime, the first movie, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, is already slated for releases after commercial screenings in the U.K., as wel Hong Kong and China where its become a box office hit. The movie is also part of this year’s NYAFF line-up, after which its U.S. theatrical run will kick off on August 9 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Actors Louis Koo, Richie Jen, and action cinema laureate Sammo Hung line-up the cast along with Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, German Cheung, Tony Wu, Kenny Wong, and Philip Ng, and with action sequences by Kenji Tanigaki. Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong’s underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless […]
[UPDATED] TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS Success Signals Threequel Prospects With New Poster
Announcements were made for the prequel and sequel to Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The film had a rousing Out Of Competition screening at Cannes while currently leading the Hong Kong and China box offices. First up is Twilight Of The Warriors: Dragon Throne, a prequel set in the 1950s and 60s, chronicling the earlier years of triad boss Cyclone (Louis Koo) and hitman Jim Chan (Aaron Kwok). The last will bring back the main cast of the first film with Twilight Of The Warriors: The Final Chapter, which is set in 1993, the year of the City’s demolition. Additionally, as Silvia Wong notes exclusively at Screendaily, production on extensive and larger sets is expected to commence around the same time next year, citing Entertaining Power head Angus Chan. Dust To Dust scribe Chou Man Yu will pen the script. The franchise is based on the manhua […]
Fu Review! TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Is A Chaos Infused Crime Drama Well Worth Watching
Sometimes dreams really do come true. A month or so ago, I was approached by Lee – head honcho here at Film Combat Syndicate – with an offer to write for the site. Well, if you know me, I love to spew my thoughts down on the page but I rarely find time. For Lee, I would do my best to make the time. Fast forward and I’m offered the chance to not only watch Soi Cheang’s latest foray into action cinema, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN, but to record the first ever video review for my YouTube channel, Fu for Thought. As you might imagine, I once again jumped at the chance. And here we are. I’ll admit, cramming my messy thoughts into a less-than-thirty-minute video was bloody hard. But I managed. Did I miss pertinent plot points? Yep. Did I cover every fight scene? Absolutely not. But […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Review: Soi Cheang Thrills With A Markedly Epic, Brutal Adaptation
Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled-In opens in the UK and Ireland on May 24 from Trinity CineAsia. 12 min. read Filmmaker Soi Cheang is riding high after nabbing a trio of Bests at the 42nd edition of the Hong Kong Film Awards for his 2023 crime flick, Mad Fate. His 2009 contract killer feature, Accident, is also subject to a Korean remake pending its release this month starring Gang Dong-won. These are just a few of the recent milestones he’s reached in time for his latest thriller, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. Cheang has more than earned his share of ceremony, having directed and produced some of the biggest hits of the last twenty years, including an ample handful in the action arena. He reteams with actor Louis Koo who starred in Accident, and with whom he also collaborated on director Wilson Yip’s S.P.L. franchise entry, Paradox. Remarkably, that […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED-IN Trailer Launches Ahead Of UK And Irish Release In Late May
Trinity CineAsia is proudly taking the mantle for its UK and Irish release of Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled-In. The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Soi Cheang (Mad Fate, Limbo, Dog Bite Dog), and is based on the hit manhwa “City of Darkness” by Andy Seto, and the novel by Yuyi. Set in British colonial Hong Kong in the 1980’s, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In follows a troubled youth as he accidentally enters the infamous Kowloon Walled City – a dangerous Chinese enclave ripe with gang crime and corruption. He soon discovers order amidst the chaos, and gains life lessons from the inhabitants as they resist a villainous invasion. With a production budget of $40 million USD, it is one of the most expensive Hong Kong films ever made. The excellent ensemble cast brings together rising stars Raymond Lam (Detective vs Sleuths), Terrance Lau (Anita), Tony Wu (The Lyricist Wannabe) and […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED-IN Doles Out Raw Deals And Deadly Blows In The Official Trailer
The 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards were the place to be over the weekend where laureates like actor and film legend Sammo Hung were on hand to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award for the over 200 films he’s done in the last sixty years. The South China Morning Post’s Edmund Lee captured the celebrated mainstay most recently ahead of his ceremony and you can read all about it here. In the meantime, Hung’s festivities have since arrived just in time as Media Asia and distro outlets therein have already begun ramping up the latest campaign for Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled-In, in which Hung joins an ensemble cast topped by Louis Koo and Richie Jen. Based on the hit manhua penned and inked by Andy Seto and “Yuyi,” the movie also reunites Hung with filmmaker Soi Cheang who also took home Best Director at the awards ceremony for last year’s […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED-IN: Trailers Go Live For The New Soi Cheang Actioner Opening In May!
One of the more explosive developments stemming from the 28th edition of FilMart in Hong Kong was the aspirational buzz surrounding Soi Cheang’s latest return to blistering action, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled-In. Teaser footage for the new action flick went viral in mid-March long after hitting the market floor in the last few years and managing to land itself distribution in multiple territories including North America. Nowadays the inaugural teaser can be found online via Media Asia with plans to roll out in Hong Kong from May 1. Based on the cult 2010 manhua by Andy Seto and “Yuyi,” Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled-In is set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City, which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong. The film follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovering the order amidst its chaos, […]
Anticipation Grows As Soi Cheang’s TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Teaser Drops
To say Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In has martial arts cinema fans champing at the bit would be an understatement. The film, directed by Soi Cheang (Limbo), and starring Raymond Lam (Saving General Yang), Richie Jen (Seoul Raiders), Louis Koo (Paradox), Sammo Hung (Ip Man 2) and Philip Ng (Once Upon a Time in Shanghai) was met with immediate anticipation as soon as it was announced back in 2021. In fact, the film garnered buzz as far back as 2013 when Donnie Yen was rumored to star. Fast forward a decade and here we are, finally getting a taste of what we might see from legendary Action Director, Kenji Tanigaki. I think I can comfortably say that fans won’t be disappointed! While a few snaps of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In‘s FILMART promo poster made it to Instagram yesterday, Chinese website and newspaper, Ming Pao, posted this teaser late in the […]
NYAFF XXII Review: Soi Cheang’s MAD FATE Dares You To Change Yours
I have yet to get to see Soi Cheang’s recent crime thriller, Limbo. Notably though, the film continues to garner major reception even as Cheang’s latest rolls out with a cast led by Lokman Yeung and award-winning actor and NYAFF laureate Gordon Lam in Mad Fate. Written by Melvin Li and Yau Nai-Hoi, the film centers on a fortune teller called “The Master” (Lam). He leads a pretty frenzied life as he tries to help clients prevent misfortune, using as many tools as he can whether its through reading signs, maps and symbols and determining someone’s feng shui. His latest efforts have since turned to Siu Tung (Yeung), a food deliveryman with a penchant for murderous intent, whose unquenched need for violence has put him on a trajectory to imprisonment – something he wants to avoid. In lieu of all this, however, lies the presence of a sadistic serial killer […]
Media Asia Targets 2023 For Hong Kong Actioner TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED-IN, Picked Up By Well Go USA
Soi Cheang’s martial arts gangland manhua adaptation, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, has scored a 2023 release from Media Asia with Well Go USA acquiring for distribution in North America. Louis Koo (The White Storm), Sammo Hung (S.P.L.) and Richie Jen (Trivisa) star in the pic which is set in the eighties inside the dangerous and enigmatic Kowloon Walled City, which was a de jure Chinese enclave within British colonial Hong Kong. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In follows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon […]
KOWLOON WALLED CITY: Max Zhang Leads Trio For Soi Cheang’s 80s-Set Martial Arts Gangland Manhwa Adaptation
Soi Cheang will direct Kowloon Walled City, an adaptation of the popular 2010 cult manhwa, “City Of Darkness”, from creators Andy Seto and “Yuyi”. As Screen‘s own Liz Shackleton reports that actors Max Zhang (The Brink), Louis Koo (Paradox) and Richie Jen (Bodies At Rest) will star in the film which is “set in the 1980s inside Hong Kong’s infamous walled city, which was demolished in 1993”; According to 88Bar‘s Jason Li in a 2018 review of the property, the initial story “…chronicles the fall and rise of prominent gangster and martial artist 陳洛軍 (“Lok”) as he goes into hiding in the Kowloon Walled City after a bitter fight with his former boss.” Wilson Yip (Ip Man franchise, Flashpoint SPL, Dragon Tiger Gate) is producing the film next to Media Asia’s John Chong, who was hands-on during last week’s virtual EFM, with Kowloon Walled City as one of multiple titles […]
THE MONKEY KING 4 Moves Forward With Development
THE MONKEY KING 4 is finally on the way after a headlining making trilogy that last saw Aaron Kwok taking to the lens.
LIMBO: Peep The First Teaser Poster For Soi Cheang’s Action Thriller Announced At Filmart
Filmart is underway in Hong Kong and with it, a raft of titles being announced and discussed, the latest including actor Gordon Lam (Firestorm) in the new thriller, Limbo. Soi Cheang of The Monkey King and S.P.L. 2 fame helms this one now under Bravos’s international sales roster in Hong Kong with Lam starring as a detective on the trail of a serial killer. As Screendaily notes, Cheang pairs once more with producers Wilson Yip and Paco Wong with Mason Lee joining Lam as a rookie cop, with actress Cya Liu who stars as a woman assigned to the case while and burdened from accidentally killing the detective’s family. Sun Entertainment Culture, Er Dong Pictures, Bona Film Group and Sil-Metropole Organization are producing the film which earned a presentation at Filmart on Monday which includes a first teaser poster. Take a look!
Review: THE MONKEY KING 3 Is All About Taking Care Of Your Baby
Director Soi Cheang easily found himself on more sturdier ground amid franchise efforts in 2016; While The Monkey King became a smashing success a few years earlier, there’s no question the film had its share of flaws that needed acknowledging per sequel intentions. The Monkey King 2 drew a slightly smaller return but nevertheless retained a stronger outing commercially, as well as critically and for a number of reasons, which makes his new third installation all the more rewarding. Light on heavy-handed martial arts and substantive in splashy, stunning visuals, action, spectacle and riotous comedy, we return to the folkloric world of Wu Cheng’en’s ancient literary telling of Buddhist monk, Tang, and his iconic disciples led by our titular mythological hero, the incorrigible, yet brave and noble Wukong, played once again by Aaron Kwok. The film almost instantly propels you into a whirlwind adventure as calamity finds our journeying heroes […]