Same here. Kowloon Walled City is one of the few things that make me wish I were born a decade earlier or so. Oh well, I did Chunking Mansions instead when I lived in HK, that was a similar experience.
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.
What he says in Cantonese at 0:30：「呢兩個係黎打擂台既美國拳手，你可唔可以帶我地去?」, my translation is: "They are the boxers from the USA, can you bring us in?" Then then the old man responds them "OK, USA!" with thumb -.-b
@@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. 😂
Juntao, in 1987 before the Walled City was taken down, its population density was 1,923,077 people per square kilometre. Actually today, there are dozens of areas in Hong Kong that have a higher population density than 139,100 people per square km. This is why being from Canada, I find it so tough to survive here in Hong Kong.
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.
damnnn honestly as shitty as it looks i wish i was around to experience that i mean I'm just so curious at how it would've been like to grow up in a place like that
No you don't...lol. But if you want a glimpse into that life, go and live in any of the housing projects in this country, preferably a high rise (like Marcy in Brooklyn). Cabrini-Green (where Good Times was supposed to take place) was torn down. It was the most dangerous. However, I'm sure the Walled City was far more dangerous.
If you find yourself in an area with a population density of 3.2 million people per square mile when the Zombie apocalypse happens... Well good luck, man
Yes, that's right, you couldn't see the sun once you went in. Even the Hong Kong police didn't want to go in there. Now it is gone, there was a big fire and in the 1990's what was left was torn down. Today it is a park to memoralize The Walled City, the most densly populated place ever to exist on Earth.
was the kowloon district a tourist center, or the ghetto of hong kong (the way, say, compton is to LA) i know the walled city was taken down in the early 90's, but the neighboring buildings look like the ones in hard boiled and infernal affairs.
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.
No, thats wrong. Hashima Island was the most desly populated place worlwide. Its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district.
@starworshipper Yeah, you got me. It wasn't a joke. I throughly believed this movie was about a Belgian being carted around Hong Kong while everyone assumes he's an American. It was in no way an easy and common joke about Jean Claude Van Damme's habit of playing Americans while never once affecting anything resembling an American accent. Furthermore, I just cannot fathom why everyone in "True Lies" believe the Austrian bodybuilder is a US spy. You have exposed my deep dark secret, sir.
Taken directly from wiki: n 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district, the highest population density ever recorded worldwide
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!
I just copy and pasted this info about the Walled City directly from Widipedia. 'it had 50,000 inhabitants on 0.026 km², and therefore a very high population density of 1,923,077/km².' Search 'Walled City Kowloon' if you don't believe me. Remember that Wikipedia is the most inaccurate major Encyclopedia in the world. It has to be if they let people like me write it!
I love that idea however it is not original. Japan had used that setting in many horror films, one of the prized each is Kakurenbo, appears in quite a lot of horror games too, the most obvious one is Kowloon's Gate.
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?
Juntao3d, I agree with you that you should trust wiki more than some random youtube dude, that's good advice. I have checked out wiki. It does say what you said, but it must mean a completely definable place such as an island, province, or country. I assure you that no less than 7 areas of the city of Hong Kong have a population density higher than that, wiki 'Mong Kok'. I bet Hong Kong itself, has a population density of over 200,000. By the way, I have written many articles for Wiki.
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.
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.
@yalscufdupmyjordans If you're curious what it's like, look for a copy of the book "City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City". It's 80 bucks on Amazon and free if you torrent it. Highly recommended.
wikipedia that shit then mate. Wikipedia says Hashima Islands was the most desnly populate place. I trust wiki more than I could ever trust some random youtube dude.
