CHINA SAVES THE WORLD FROM ALIENS IN MASSIVELY EPIC TRAILER AND POSTERS FOR CHINESE SF EPIC SPECTACLE SHANGHAI FORTRESS

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We continue our Asian Invasion Weekend with massively epic trailer and posters for SHANGHAI FORTRESS science fiction disaster movie in

The film already played in cinemas earlier this month

which the Chinese are saving the planet from the alien invaders who have parked their nasty alien mothership right above China's biggest city! Directed by Hua Tao Teng, this action packed extravaganza has already played in Chinese cinemas earlier this month and it has earned about $20 million (it cost close to $60 million) around the world. Although a very expensive big budgeted affair, the movie crashed at the Chinese box office failing to break any records. Unlike most of the Western directors who would probably attack the audience for the lack of success of their film, Hua Tao Teng actually publicly apologized to the

The movie is a big screen adaptation of Jiang Nan's novel

audience for ruining their hopes in sf films with this one. Qi Shu, pop star Han Lu (I hear he is really bad in the film), Godfrey Gao and Vincent Matile are just some of the names that appear in the cast.

     SHANGHAI FORTRESS
is based on the novel of the same name set in the future: the city of Shanghai China battles to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that

The story of the movie is set in year 2042!

has attacked and laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it's quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth. Check out the trailer with English subtitles below: