Wild City

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Wild City
Hustle2015.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed by Ringo Lam
Produced by Kenny Chau
Written by Ringo Lam
Starring Louis Koo
Shawn Yue
Tong Liya
Joseph Chang
Music by Dave Klotz
Cinematography Ross W. Clarkson
Edited by David M. Richardson
Production
company
Beijing East Light Film Co., Ltd.
Oriental Fortune Culture
Beijing Airmedia Film & TV Co., Ltd.
Zhujiang Film & Media Corporation Limited
East Light Film Limited
One Cool Film Production Limited
iQlYl Motion Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd
Distributed by Bravos Pictures (Hong Kong)
Distribution Workshop (International)
Release dates
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  • 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) (Taipei Film Festival)
  • 30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) (China)
  • 20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) (Hong Kong)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country Hong Kong
China
Language Cantonese
Mandarin
Taiwanese
Box office US$22.63 million[1]

Wild City (迷城) is a 2015 Hong Kong-Chinese action film[2] directed by Ringo Lam and starring Louis Koo, Shawn Yue, Tong Liya and Joseph Chang. It was released on 30 July 2015 in China[3] and on 20 August 2015 in Hong Kong.[4] It is Lam's first feature film since 2007's Triangle.

Cast

Production

In 2014, the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported that director Ringo Lam would return to directing with an investment from the Mei Ah Entertainment Group with production set to being in June.[5]

On the first day of filming, Lam collapsed due to a heat stroke. He stayed with the project to keep filming.[6] In 2014, the film's titled changed from Hustle to Wild City.[6] Louis Koo has stated, Lam insisted that the actors perform their own stunt work in the film to maintain realism.[7]

Variety reported that Lam was in post-production on the film by March 23, 2015.[8]

Style

Lam described Wild City as belonging to a "City Trilogy" along with the films City on Fire and Full Alert.[6] Lam described them as "films, that are all set in Hong Kong and are about people who are lost in the city. In Wild City the theme is about the temptation of money, and how it seduces the protagonists, but also forces them to challenge the plutocracy."[6]

Release

The first trailer was released on 23 March 2015.[9] The film is distributed by Bravos Pictures locally, while international sales are overseen by Distribution Workshop.[8]

The film premiered at the 17th Taipei Film Festival on 10 July 2015.[10][11] On the films release in China, it had had approximately 20.2% of all screenings over the weekend, and opened in third place, earning RMB57.4 million (US$9.25 million) from approximately 1.76 million admissions between Friday and Sunday.[12] The film made RMB88.0 million (US$14.2 million) over four days.[12]

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter stated that Wild City paled in comparison to Lam's films from the 1990s, noting that the "screenplay doesn't have the complexity and rich symbolism of Full Alert (1997) and Victim (1999)".[13] The review concluded that " the film is engaging enough to reignite interest in Lam".[13]

References

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