Shanghai Fortress

Shanghai Fortress (2019)

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.

Date of release
2019-08-09
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (170)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Science Fiction, War
Director
Teng Huatao

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai

Shanghai Fortress is a 2019 Chinese science fiction action film directed by Teng Huatao and stars Lu Han and Shu Qi. Based on Jiang Nan's eponymous 2009 sci-fi novel, the film depicts the human race's last stand in Shanghai fighting against aliens who try to seize a hidden energy source on earth in 2042. The film premiered in China on August 9, 2019. It was Godfrey Gao's final film before his death on November 27, 2019.

Production

The film is adapted from the 2006 novel of the same name by Jiang Nan.

6 years in production, and about ¥400 million yuan (US $57 million) budget, the film raked in just 119 million yuan in its opening weekend. Lu Han's salary for the film was rumoured to be ¥120 million yuan, however the director Teng Huatao clarified that it was not this high and sources suggested that Lu Han's salary for the film was between 2 - 4 million yuan.

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