Unlucky Plaza

Unlucky Plaza
Film poster
Directed byKen Kwek
Written byKen Kwek
Produced by
  • Ken Kwek
  • Kat Goh
  • Leon Tong
Starring
CinematographyMichael Zaw
Edited byOlly Stothert
Music by
  • Joe Ng
  • Ting Si Hao
Production
company
Kaya Toast Pictures
Distributed byShaw Organisation
Release date
  • 4 September 2014 (2014-09-04) (TIFF)
Running time
122 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageEnglish
BudgetS$800,000[1]
Box officeUS$46,331 (Singapore)

Unlucky Plaza is a 2014 Singaporean black comedy thriller film written and directed by Ken Kwek. It stars Epy Quizon as a Filipino immigrant to Singapore who takes hostages after falling for a scam. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in Singapore on 16 April 2015. The story is told in a series of flashbacks from the point of view of a talk show that has reunited the captor and his former hostages.

  1. ^ Lui, John (12 November 2014). "Singapore film festival opening film Unlucky Plaza is entertaining and has depth, says festival director". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 April 2016.