‘Survive the night’
Circle Line is a 2022 Singaporean creature film about a group of commuters trapped underground with a monster.
Directed by J.D. Chua from a screenplay co-written by Siew Pek Chye, Allan Ho, Andrew Chiang and Meng Ngin. Produced by Kent Chan, Juan Foo and Soo Wei Toong. Executive produced by Melvin Ang and Tang Chi Sim.
The MM2 Asia-MM2 Entertainment-Taipan Films co-production stars Jesseca Liu, Andie Chen, Peter Yu, Patrick Pei-Hsu Lee, Johnny Ng, Alan Tan, Nathaniel Ng and Ashley Seow.
Plot synopsis:
In a Southeast Asian city a group of commuters on the last subway train home; only to have the train veer off-course and crash into an abandoned tunnel. Stalked by an unknown monster, the remaining commuters – Yi Ling (Jesseca Liu), a withdrawn mother guilt-ridden by her trauma in a car accident that killed her husband and nearly that of Lucas (Nathaniel Ng), her son; and Janice (Ashley Seow), a student dealing with an estranged relationship with her father – must escape and survive the night.
When Lucas is taken by the monster, Yi Ling’s maternal instinct is once again tested. Back in the subway control headquarters, duty engineers try to make sense of the situation and rescue the survivors, if there are any…
Reviews:
“In all honesty, then I have to say that I found Circle Line to be really, really disappointing. And if you enjoy a good creature feature, then there are far better choices readily available out there. Especially since Circle Line had no storyline and only managed to remain watchable because of the CGI.” 3 out of 10, Paul Haakonsen
“Chua makes the mistake of killing most of the extraneous characters off quickly, not to mention off-screen, rather than spacing them out to keep the viewer in suspense. Instead, we get lots of talk between the estranged father and daughter and scenes of people wandering around in the dark. I understand this was a relatively low-budget film, but you still need something to hold the viewer’s interest when the monster isn’t around.” 1.5 out of 5, Voices from the Balcony
” …the run time is relatively short, but it still manages to provide a tightly paced storyline, effective terrifying scares, nail-biting edge-of-the-seat suspense (of not knowing what’s gonna happen!) and tender character moments. The direction, acting, cinematography, creature design & visual effects are all very well done…” 7 out of 10, Yew Yee
Release:
In Singapore, Circle Line was released theatrically on January 5, 2023. It is available on Netflix in some territories.
Trailer:
Technical specs:
1 hour 20 minutes
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