Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) on Netflix
Refugee Chan Lok-kwun survives 1980s Hong Kong on illegal pit fights run by crime lord Mr. Big. Stealing Big's drugs, he escapes into Kowloon Walled City, where Cyclone takes him in.
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Plot summary
Kowloon Walled City is a densely packed, lawless enclave in Hong Kong, watched over by Cyclone, a martial arts master whose authority keeps the triads wary. Chan Lok-kwun, a refugee, works odd jobs and competes in illegal bouts arranged by crime lord Mr. Big, who cheats him out of his money. Chan takes a bag of Big's drugs and runs, with Big's enforcer King giving chase. Inside the walled city, Cyclone's people confront him about the stolen drugs, and after a brawl Cyclone subdues him and lets him stay. Chan settles into work among the enclave's workshops and businesses, and befriends Cyclone's lieutenants Shin, AV and Twelfth Master.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The project spent the 2000s set to be co-directed by John Woo and Johnnie To, with a teaser poster promising Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Anthony Wong, Sun Honglei, Anita Yuen, Zhang Jingchu, Nicolas Cage, James McAvoy, Li Baotian, Jang Dong-gun, Li Bingbing and Zhang Fengyi, though nothing was confirmed.
- Louis Koo revealed that two replica sets of the Kowloon Walled City were built for filming, and that real 1980s magazines, record albums, televisions and commercials were used as props.
- By July 2024 the film had become the highest-grossing one in Hong Kong with HK$105 million, and had overtaken the record for the most-viewed local film, with 1.59 million viewers.
