Who knew how important this part of the film was going to become. AFAIK, this is the highest resolution of Kowloon Walled City. Amazing that they actually managed to be able to film there. I don't even want to know. Okay, I do want to know, how much money in bribes they had to make. At least, bribes with five TRIAD families. They would have had to pay British Hong Kong and China and possibly England as well. And they should have compensated the families who lived there that were disrupted, but I bet they didn't. Just amazing at the film they got. Especially there at the end I. The blue corridor. That bit gave me chills.
Same! I was only a dumb teenager when this movie hit theaters. I thought this whole scene was nothing more than a Hollywood stage, similar to the flashback of Kyle Reese's walkthrough of a human hideout in post-apocalyptic America in 1984's "The Terminator." I wish I had known I was looking at a legendary piece of history, and given it the proper respect it deserves.
I wish it still existed. I know it was an eyesore from the outside, but it had a certain character and grit to it that few other places even come close to. A culture that will never be experienced again.
@@sdgc8667Nope. It was a completely unique place of its time. There's slums all over the world, but only in Hong Kong did you have the population density that meant they had to build taller slums.
@@swolzer😂😂😂 Get real. Those buildings were completely unsafe for one, and whatever money they could have made from movies would have been piddling. While it still existed only a couple of movies ever filmed there. 😂
Ok... I have to ask, how is that when they are moving forward there's no light on the top, but when they show the American actors following up, theres cool spotlights in a row?
It is a level in Shadowrun Hong Kong. You visit the walled city a couple of times. I never got around to beating the game because the dialogue is just way too much and uninteresting but I think at the very end of the game the showdown is in Kowloon Walled City.
Great scene and great soundtrack.Its only a Film,i know.But this place is the hell on earth.A real nightmare for us cosseted Europeans.So dark and creepy.Impressive.
I won’t enter in the kowloon wall city when inside the people always staying alert all the time if any of the crimes appear at somewhere but even one day if anyone wants to go outside of wall city, that might be very difficult to find a way out from this dark corridor!
This is NOT acurate of what Kowloon really was - yes, it was dark and dirty and wet, but the people were a community, they were happy even in poverty, because kowloon was outside the law and government, and the people were free.
I don't understand how this isn't "accurate." This scene doesn't really show any inhabitants. The footage is real and the people shown inside were actual locals. Once they reach the tournament gates is where the real footage ends.
Who knew how important this part of the film was going to become. AFAIK, this is the highest resolution of Kowloon Walled City. Amazing that they actually managed to be able to film there. I don't even want to know. Okay, I do want to know, how much money in bribes they had to make. At least, bribes with five TRIAD families. They would have had to pay British Hong Kong and China and possibly England as well. And they should have compensated the families who lived there that were disrupted, but I bet they didn't. Just amazing at the film they got. Especially there at the end I. The blue corridor. That bit gave me chills.
If you don't go to the center, you won't see sunlight, a person who only worked, slept and ate felt like he was in hell.
1:31 The speech part stuck in my head for years! even though I have no clue of its meaning. I would really appreciate a formal translation! 🙏
As cool of a place as kowloon was....imagine if that place caught fire...and started to burn out of control.
Watch the videos.. This is Kawloon, but it's a cleaned up version of Kawloon..
I never thought the Kowloon park I have once visited used to be a City....
1:11 The Devil is going to get you in trouble. 1:11 Policia 1:22 He would think it's meth 1:42 It's the bubble buddy
Kowloon..city of secrets, city of darkness...may her memories live on & may she RIP indeed! 🤔
Kowloon would have been terrific for a backrooms video.
This completely went over my head as a kid. Weird seeing it now having read up on the walled city!
Same! I was only a dumb teenager when this movie hit theaters. I thought this whole scene was nothing more than a Hollywood stage, similar to the flashback of Kyle Reese's walkthrough of a human hideout in post-apocalyptic America in 1984's "The Terminator." I wish I had known I was looking at a legendary piece of history, and given it the proper respect it deserves.
@@sitijinx7987 you're giving it respect now, dont trip on it kid!
the ominous music combined with all the random everyday conversation topics in the bg is weirdly hilarious
Brilliant scene! 10/10
It's so eerie, yet beautiful. I was only 4 when they tore it down, sadly. Kowloon was somewhere I wanted to visit so badly. The mazes are mysterious.
Ok usa
This is what made Shenmue II so f'n good.
we need a 3d map of the whole structure
Name film?
I wish it still existed. I know it was an eyesore from the outside, but it had a certain character and grit to it that few other places even come close to. A culture that will never be experienced again.
It'll probably come back eventually maybe in a couple hundred years
as they said in a film strongly inspired by this place: all those moments will be lost in time... like... tears in rain.
@@sdgc8667Nope. It was a completely unique place of its time. There's slums all over the world, but only in Hong Kong did you have the population density that meant they had to build taller slums.
what a shithole,
They should have left a tiny piece of the Walled City standing to be used as a movie set. Man, so eerie. So beautiful in a twisted, cyberpunk way.
pretty sure it inspired cyberpunk city scapes, no way it didnt
@@swolzer😂😂😂 Get real. Those buildings were completely unsafe for one, and whatever money they could have made from movies would have been piddling. While it still existed only a couple of movies ever filmed there. 😂
@@zippymufo9765 my point still stands
@@swolzer You never had a point to begin with, so how can it stand? 😂
@@zippymufo9765 yeah youre ignorant asf
I TOTALLY FORGOT about this !! didn´t remember that Kowloon was in Bloodsport !
Most dense place
Who else is watching in 2020 😂
Ok... I have to ask, how is that when they are moving forward there's no light on the top, but when they show the American actors following up, theres cool spotlights in a row?
because filmmaking
I just imagined being a part of the film crew.... getting camera equipment in and out of there would have been a trick!
Here’s the theme song www.rappad.co/editor/747612
Just say my name.
33,000 people living in 6.5 acres. (1/100 of a mile)
holy shit i forgot about this scene, I've been reading about Kowloon for a while dammit lol
i bet that scared and surprised look in van damme's face wasn't acted at all
America is a very important country, OK USA!
Cyberpunk come to life
実在してたと思うと凄く恐ろしい…
THIS is how I imagine hive cities in warhammer 40k
I thought Bruce Greene from Funhaus is in this movie
I remember the feeling of despair, desolation and fear i felt the first time i watched this scene.
This would be a cool level on the upcoming Hong Kong Shadowrun game, but the government tore it down in RL and bulit a park over it.
It is a level in Shadowrun Hong Kong. You visit the walled city a couple of times. I never got around to beating the game because the dialogue is just way too much and uninteresting but I think at the very end of the game the showdown is in Kowloon Walled City.
@@XiloChannel Played it..... creepy game man.
Kowloon Walled City had a dildo factory within it, dont ask me how I knew that...
I ought to. how do you know that?
How did you know that?
Oops, you asked me not to ask that... Well here we are...
OKAY USA
Great scene and great soundtrack.Its only a Film,i know.But this place is the hell on earth.A real nightmare for us cosseted Europeans.So dark and creepy.Impressive.
Was demolished in 1993.
I was there on Friday. Took my cousin there.
I won’t enter in the kowloon wall city when inside the people always staying alert all the time if any of the crimes appear at somewhere but even one day if anyone wants to go outside of wall city, that might be very difficult to find a way out from this dark corridor!
Still probably a good idea to protect your nuts though.
*cough* they weren't happy. Watch the translated german documentary about Kowloon.
Imagine rats biting you at night, and that pretty much sums up the jist of it.
This is NOT acurate of what Kowloon really was - yes, it was dark and dirty and wet, but the people were a community, they were happy even in poverty, because kowloon was outside the law and government, and the people were free.
I don't understand how this isn't "accurate." This scene doesn't really show any inhabitants. The footage is real and the people shown inside were actual locals. Once they reach the tournament gates is where the real footage ends.
Who said the people weren’t happy?
Ofc. it's accurate. It's just footage of an alley. Your imagination must have ran wild?
what was inside? a fighting arena?
sad
Him and Chuck Norris...
so sorry that there is no more walled city in Hong Kong, otherwise I would love to travel there just to visit Kowloon