Hong Kong Synopsis
全城戒備
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers – including Sunny – are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants…
The 2009–2011 Hong Kong Window
58 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. City Under Siege sits at position #47.
#1How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
★ 7.6 · 2010
#2Echoes of the Rainbow
★ 7.4 · 2010
#3Night and Fog
★ 7.2 · 2009
#4The Ditch
★ 7.1 · 2010
#5Bruce Lee, My Brother
★ 7.0 · 2010
#6Love in a Puff
★ 7.0 · 2010
#7Fire of Conscience
★ 7.0 · 2010
#8Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
★ 6.9 · 2010
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when City Under Siege premiered. 166 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 50m runtime, production spent $155K per minute on screen and earned $126K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #787 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.4 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Science Fiction productions specifically: #32 of 37 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Shanxi Film Studio, Enlight Pictures, Guangzhou Ying Ming Media Co. |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | August 11, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1691832 |