Singapore Synopsis
“A romantic comedy with twists and turns.”
Kung Fu meets disco in Singapore. Hock is a grocery clerk longing for a motorbike. He lives with his parents and sister; they idolize his younger brother, Beng, a medical student calling himself Leslie. Hock loves Bruce Lee; he works out and imitates his moves. When Hock sees a cheesy local version of "Saturday Night Fever," he gets the disco bug, taking his pal Mei to nightly lessons in hopes of winning a contest and buying the bike. He's blind to Mei's falling in love with him, and, at the last minute asks another woman to be his partner in the contest. Meanwhile, Beng reveals a personal secret to his family and a crisis ensues. Hock, Beng, Mei and her rival: it's Night Fever.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 35m runtime, production spent $11K per minute on screen and earned $6K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #25 of 32 Singapore films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.7 points below the Singapore average of 5.9/10.
Among Singapore Comedy productions specifically: #5 of 6 (top 83%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Singapore |
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| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | TigerTiger Productions, Chinarunn Entertainment Inc. |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | May 28, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0155713 |