Unlucky Plaza
When a chance to save his ailing diner goes belly up, Onassis Hernandez, an émigré and single-father living in affluent Singapore, is pushed over the edge. He then takes several Singaporeans hostage and broadcasts his demands for social change on YouTube.
11 November 1968, Shanghai, China
1966, Singapore
23 January 1973
January 10, 2016
A plot similar to "Dog Day Afternoon" with the comic sensibility of Nathaniel West. What's not to like?January 07, 2016
The multicultural milieu lends an initial boost as Mr. Kwek's jokes and plot entanglements take potshots at life in Singapore, but all the air seeps out of this attempt at zippy, tabloid-nutty storytelling.January 05, 2016
Singaporean writer-director Ken Kwek defies expectations with the pulpy thriller Unlucky Plaza, his feature debut.January 14, 2016
Seeing these selfish lepers all getting their comeuppance does not necessarily constitute entertainment.