Petaling Street Warriors (2011)

Directed by

James Lee

Genre

action, comedy

Country

Malaysia

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in old Malaysia and Singapore, a group of local fighters get caught up in comedic adventures with kungfu action. It uses slapstick and martial arts to tell a story about heroism and community.

playfulfast-pacednostalgiclightheartedenergeticcomedic

What happens

Petaling Street Warriors (Chinese: 大英雄•小男人) is a 2011 film co-directed by James Lee Thim Heng and Sampson Yuen Choi-Hin through Malaysian production company, Juita Entertainment, a subsidiary of Juita Viden. Jointly presented by Juita Viden and Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC), it is the first period kungfu comedy to be produced locally in Malaysia and Singapore, with famed action choreographer from Hong Kong, Yuk-Sing Ma, who have worked on Hong Kong and China's blockbusters, such as Storm Riders 2 and A Chinese Fairy Tale. Petaling Street Warriors premiered on 25 November 2011 at GSC Pavilion KL, Malaysia, and at 8:45 pm on 19 December 2011 at Shaw Theatres LIDO, Singapore. Since opening on 1 December, its first 4-day box office collection (MYR1.4 million). It was also the highest-grossing Chinese film in the week it was first shown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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