''City Sharks'' is a 2003 Singaporean comedy
road film directed by
Esan Sivalingam, starring
Sheikh Haikel
Sheikh Haikel Sheikh Salim Bajrai ( ar, شيخ هيكل شيخ سليم ', born 10 October 1975) is a Singaporean rapper, actor and radio personality. He won the talent competition Asia Bagus in 1991. As a multi media personality with numerous ...
,
Nicholas Lee and
Hans Isaac. The film was shot from October 2001 to January 2002, during which a monsoon destroyed a key location. Sivalingam filed two lawsuits against Malaysian production house Gambar Tanah Licin for refusing to release the film. The first lawsuit, which was quickly settled out of court, was for the production house refusing to release the film. The second lawsuit, which ended in January 2003 and resulted in him being awarded $310,000, was for financial mismanagement.
Cast
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Sheikh Haikel
Sheikh Haikel Sheikh Salim Bajrai ( ar, شيخ هيكل شيخ سليم ', born 10 October 1975) is a Singaporean rapper, actor and radio personality. He won the talent competition Asia Bagus in 1991. As a multi media personality with numerous ...
as Jeff
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Nicholas Lee as Mike Wong
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Hans Isaac as Chief
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Koh Chieng Mun
Koh Chieng Mun ( zh, 許靜雯) (born on 16 December 1960) is a Singaporean actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Dolly Tan on the Singaporean sitcom '' Under One Roof''. In 2018 she was cast in the American romantic comedy-dram ...
as Betty
* as Sherry
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Lim Kay Tong as Samuel
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Moses Lim
Moses Lim (born 12 December 1949) is a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian and food connoisseur, best known for playing Tan Ah Teck in the Singaporean sitcom ''Under One Roof (Singapore TV series), Under One Roof (1995 - 2003)''.
Educat ...
as Henry Seow
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Marcus Chin as Ang
* Chan Chee Wai as Hock
** Leslie Low as Hock (voice)
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Afdlin Shauki as Zul
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Michelle Saram
Michelle Alicia Saram () (born 12 December 1974) is a Singaporean actress & singer.
Education
Saram was educated at CHIJ Katong Convent, Temasek Junior College and Nanyang Technological University where she majored in Mass Communications. She w ...
as Deanna
* as Jimmy
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Keagan Kang
Keagan Kang (born 5 May 1976) is an Australian actor living and working in Singapore.
Kang's first professional acting role was in ''Sweat''. Soon after, a theatre director invited him to star in the stage play ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ...
as Al/Alex
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Vernetta Lopez as Bag Woman
* Kher Cheng Guan as Big Boss
**
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as Big Boss (voice)
* as Farmer
Release
The film premiered at the
Beach Road cineplex on 17 March 2003. It opened in theatres on 27 March.
Reception
Jeanmarie Tan of ''
The New Paper'' rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "At turns funny, poignant and dealing with feel-good themes of family and belonging, City Sharks is one gamble that does pay off."
Clarissa Oon of ''
The Straits Times'' rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that Farley's "evocative" cinematography and Richmond's "eclectic" and "pulsating" soundtrack "lifts the film above other formulaic homegrown English-language comedies like One Leg Kicking and Chicken Rice War", and praised the performances of Sheikh, Lee, Isaac, Lim, Koh and Kang.
Yong Shu Chiang of ''
Today'' wrote that while the film "lacks bite in its dialogue, has so-so acting and could have benefited from a more polished script", it "has its moments".
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0342984, City Sharks
Singaporean comedy films
2003 comedy films
2000s road movies