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Shanghai Fortress

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2019 | 107 min | Science Fiction, War

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With rough reviews, almost no lasting buzz and a lukewarm 48% audience score, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for fans of end-of-the-world stories and fans of close encounters. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it. Liked The War of the Worlds or War of the Worlds? This is a good next one. Built to entertain rather than impress the critics, and audiences love it for that.
The mood
Intense.
The pace
Well paced, at 1 hr 47 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Skip it if you like your stories firmly grounded in the real world.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    Mostly negative reviews

  • AudiencesBelow par

    Our audience score: 48%

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $57 million worldwide on a $30 million budget; interest faded quickly after launch

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 9K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Teng Huatao

  • Lu HanJiang Yang
  • Shu QiLin Lan
  • Shi LiangShao Yiyun
  • Godfrey GaoLin Jiannan
  • Wang GongliangZeng Yu
  • Wang SenPan Hantian
  • Sun JialingLu Yiyi
  • Vincent MatileGeorge Bradley