City Under Siege

City Under Siege

Synopsis

Sunny (Aaron Kwok) is a clown in a circus act but he aspires to be a top performer just like his dad, The King of Flying Knife. While in Malaysia, Sunny and a few of his circus performer friends go for a treasure hunt, stumbling upon barrels of bio-chemicals left from the war. Upon returning, some of the members are mutating due to inhaling the bio-chemicals but Sunny seems fine from the exposure. They gain extraordinary superhuman powers. The leader of the entertainment outfit Chang Tai Chu (Colin Chou) decides to use this newfound strength to do evil. As there is an increase of crime in the city, the media and the police get involved. Kungfu master Suan Hou (Wu Jing) and policewoman Xin Hua (Zhang Jin Chu) enter the fray, while Angel (Shu Qi), a reporter who is recently demoted, also pursues the case in hopes of rescuing her flagging career.

Official Site: NA

Singapore Release Date: 19th August 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 111 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Cast: Aaron Kwok, Shu Qi, Collin Chou, Wu Jing, Zhang Jingchu

Crew: Director (Benny Chan), Producer (Alvin Lam), Writers (Benny Chan)

The Trailer

The Review

I find that these days when I’m about to watch a movie, I’ll lower my expectation. Considering ‘City Under Siege’ is starring Aaron Kwok, and Shu Qi, well I literally dropped my expectations.

Knowk, one of the Heavenly King of Pop who never seems to aged, his acting has always been dodgy to me, while Shu Qi has been of late shying away from good credible films, and opting for more commercial ones.

This is a sci-fi cum thriller production didn’t quite entertain me.

Yes there were twist and turns within the plot, but overall the story was ‘unrealistic’ to a point, it was a farce.

Who would believe a clown, encountering weapon of mass destruction, and with the damsel-in-distress, saves the world. A bit too far stretched right. Just don’t take my work for it of course, do watch the film for yourself.

The Good

• Both leads are an eye-candy

The Bad

• Cheesy lame scenes
• The make-up and effects was laughable

Editor’s Ratings