Ah Girls Go Army

Ah Girls Go Army (2022)

女兵外传

Ah Girls Fall In!

WHAT IF, in the unforeseen future, when there are not enough boys in Singapore? If Girls have to serve National Service also, what will happen? The story will focus on the first batch of female recruits, a bunch of Gen Z teens and youngsters with different backgrounds and education. As they trained under the fierce leadership of Sergeant Chow and Lieutenant Roxanne, they find themselves being pushed to the limit of their potential. Together, they overcome hardship and initial resistance to serve NS and discover newfound abilities, using it to solve and mend relationships in their personal life as well.

Date of release
2022-02-01
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Jack Neo
Collection
Ah Girls Go Army Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ah Boys to Men

Ah Girls Go Army is a 2022 Singaporean military comedy film directed by Jack Neo. A spin-off of Neo's Ah Boys to Men films, the film follows the first batch of female recruits as they undergo and serve National Service in the fictional near future of Singapore.

Production

Plans for the film were announced in September 2021. Neo had wanted to shoot this film as he wanted to explore the scenario where conscription of women for National Service is required to support Singapore's defence. Neo said that Singaporeans are fortunate to live in a relatively safe and stable world, but wanted to know what happens should the population of young people drop to levels below what is required for defence given the falling birth r…

Casting began via online auditions in September 2021, the same time when plans were first announced. Those who participated were to send videos of themselves acting as a character they chose. The auditions attracted thousands of audition videos submitted for the film, thus increasing the number of female recruit roles from an initial 10 to 14.

Filming is expected to last 25 days, with all scenes being completed by November 2021. Shooting only began on 12 November 2021, when the lensing ceremony was held. The scenes were finished in December 2021.

An uproar ensued over one of the characters named "Amanda Man" by netizens raising concerns over offence potentially caused to the transgender community and perpetuating misconceptions, coming after actress Kelly Kimberly Cheong posted a picture of herself during the film's lensing ceremony.

Some criticism was also given to the naming of an obese character as 'Yuan Yuan Yuan' (meaning Round Round Round in Mandarin), played by Xixi Lim, which was slammed as fat-shaming and a lack of creativity. Neo refuted these criticisms, saying that people should watch the movie first before commenting and that the character did more things than they thought.

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