Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 4K Ultra HD (Well Go USA)
Director Soi Cheang Pou Soi (SPL II: A Time for Consequences, The Monkey King) – and producers Wilson Yip (Paradox, Ip Man Franchise) and John Chong (The Invincible Dragon) – join forces for Media Asia’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (formerly Kowloon Walled City), which hits Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD November 19th from Well Go USA.
This all-star martial arts actioner (read our review), stars Louis Koo (Organized Crime and Triad Bureau), Sammo Hung (King Swindler), Richie Jen (Trivisa), Raymond Lam (Line Walker) and Philip Ng (Undercover Punch and Gun), and with action by Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon).
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is an adaptation of the cult manhua (Chinese comicbook) series City of Darkness by Andy Seto. 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 Walled City.
The project was originally intended for Donnie Yen (Ip Man 4: The Finale) and Andy Lau (The Bodyguard) with director Derek Kwok (Full Strike, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons) previously attached.
If you live in the UK, Cine Asia is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD on October 7, 2024. In the U.S., Well Go USA is releasing the film on Digital September 3 and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD November 19th from Well Go USA.
Watch a “Inside the Set Design” feturette, followed by the Trailer below:
PS:
Probably your friend was wrong to see this
check it out.
http://i.mtime.com/baixiaosheng/photo/3258721/
Read a comment and a date.
You don’t have to post my comments .
I was image search, it was used in the chinese movie site.
http://movie.douban.com/subject/24284175/
Chinese is a liar.Please don’t too much credit.
I enjoyed ‘Gallants’ and look forward to this.
I don’t think Andy Lau was ever announced or rumoured for Dragon City. I may very well be wrong, though. Where did you see that ?
Hey AFS *bows down*….
News came from Big Mike Leeder: http://www.impactonline.co/film/11040-donnie-yen-wise-guy/
Also in various forums…
I think confusion arose both from that fake-ish poster (that listed Lau, Chow Yun Fat and many others), and from the fact that Dragon City was announced at the same time (and often in the same press release) as another Media Asia film that happened to star Andy Lau, Blind Detective. On the other hand, Leeder knows his stuff and he’s recently been on the same set as Andy Lau, so he may be right.
Oh well anyway, we’ll know soon enough!
Who knows? These days, everything is a “rumor” until it starts production. 🙂
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Thanks for update Mike. The article has been updated.
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well, actually does anyone know where i can read city of darkness full? i’ve been stuck to chapter 91 for ages…
I just read that Max Zhang is no longer involved with the project, a shame as he has been one of my faves the past few years.
Good to see Sammo making a movie.
These comments are a decade old! Talk about development hell. From super cool sounding Kowloon Walled City to sheety sounding Twilight of the legend of the fist of legend
Hell yeah! Looks awesome
Somehow this has a chance of being released before Louis Koo’s A Step into the Past movie sequel LOL. Not that I’m complaining, Soi Cheang’s been on a hit spree lately, plus seeing Sammo on screen again is a huge plus!
We have an official release date in Hong Kong: May 1st – https://www.instagram.com/entertainingpower/p/C5FU6DBPXsY/
Apparently this was also in the running to make a debut at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival as well per Screen Daily. With the Hong Kong premiere coming before that, I don’t if it’s still eligible now.
Appreciate the info, Phil! =)
This full trailer alone is better than 90% of the action movies I’ve seen these past 5 years.
Now officially selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival’s Midnight Screenings: https://twitter.com/Festival_Cannes/status/1778354390195151287
I can’t remember the last time a Hong Kong film got to go to Cannes. I wanna say Johnnie To’s Blind Detective but I’m not sure if there was another one in between then and now.
Looks fun
It really does. I haven’t been excited about a MA film in a long time.
At a glance it looks quite decent, Kenji knows his stuff, and it shows here from the trailers that a lot of effort went in to create a memorable action/martial arts choreography. Looks promising enough for me to keep an eye out for this movie. And it is always nice to see Sammo back in as well.
Reminds me. SPL needs a 4k.
Off the back of their Cannes debut, plans for both a prequel and sequel have been announced: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ED0E0vmb_/
Soi Cheang will return to direct both films, John Chong and Wilson Yip also will return as producers.
Appreciate the input Phil. =)
Screen Daily reporting a few international deals done:
Onsite at the Cannes market, Media Asia has closed further deals for Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In for South Korea (Contents Panda), India (Indo Overseas), Indonesia and Cambodia (Westec Media), and Eastern Europe (Polemedia).
Shortly after its Cannes premiere, where it played in Midnight Screenings, the film opened in Taiwan (Sky Films), Singapore (Shaw Renters) and Malaysia (Lotus Five Star) on May 17.
It will next roll out in Australia and New Zealand (Purple Plan) on May 23, the UK (Trinity CineAsia) on May 24, Vietnam (Skyline Media) on May 31, France (Metropolitan) on September 4 and North America (Well Go USA) in October.
The film has also been sold to Germany (Plaion Pictures), Italy (Tucker Film) and Spain (YouPlanet Pictures).
Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/twilight-of-the-warriors-walled-in-set-for-a-prequel-and-sequel-exclusive/5193724.article
Movie’s also appearing at the New York Asian Film Festival in July as its closing film. Philip Ng will be there to promote: https://x.com/NYAFF/status/1801638539844530620.
Well Go definitely moved it forward to coincide with this news but good for the US, don’t have to wait another 4 months now lol.
Well Go USA?
It’ll be out in at least 20 theatres and dead in ten days. Awesome !
BTS featurette: https://youtu.be/k_QRnu3X1bc?si=wBxVJfUuy1bFWTDs