Doubt cast over plan to turn Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City movie sets into exhibits, as industry veteran says few locations suitable

Industry leader Tenky Tin says few locations appropriate to preserve and display sets of hit film, with original site of Kowloon Walled City not ideal

Success of martial arts film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In has prompted authorities to consider creating attraction for public and tourists to visit

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A still from the hit film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Photo: Media Asia Films

Published: 1:01pm, 23 May 2024Updated: 5:51pm, 23 May 2024

A plan to turn the sets of a recent hit Hong Kong film featuring the Kowloon Walled City into exhibits may prove hard to execute as few locations are suitable and questions remain over the best way to set up the displays, an industry veteran has said.

Tenky Tin Kai-man, a spokesman for the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, cast doubt over a plan to preserve the sets of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In after the government said it was looking into the possibility of turning them into exhibits for the public to visit.

While Tin agreed it was a good idea if investors in the popular martial arts film preserved and displayed the sets, he was unsure that authorities could find an appropriate location.

He said the original site of the Kowloon Walled City was unlikely to be an option as it was turned into a park in 1995, a year after the settlement was demolished.

“I can’t see that there are other convenient locations in Hong Kong. If you are talking about the West Kowloon Cultural District, then you might need to consider the weather too and the scale of the exhibits might need to be smaller,” Tin told a radio programme.

“Should the exhibits be placed indoors or outdoors? In terms of location, I am not sure where the government can display those sets.”