China Synopsis
上海堡垒
Set in the future, the city of Shanghai battle to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that has attacked and laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it's quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Shanghai Fortress. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2018–2020 China Window
In the crowded 2018-2020 China release window, Shanghai Fortress sits at #208 of 219. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including Shanghai Fortress. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 691st China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
113 audience reviews — more than 78% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Shanghai Fortress, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- near future · 4
- 2030s · 4
- shanghai · 26
- alien invasion · 24
- based on novel or book · 288
- china · 127
- alien · 51
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #830 of 946 China films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.3 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Science Fiction productions specifically: #36 of 41 (top 88%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | H.S.M. Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | August 9, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt6628322 |