Chicken Rice War is a Singaporean

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 film released in 2000 by Raintree Pictures. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...

 in a Singaporean setting, where fierce competition between rival Chicken Rice hawkers resulted in bitter enmity. The old feud between chicken rice

Chicken rice

Chicken rice may refer to:*Chicken Rice, a band from Taiwan*Chicken Rice War, a film set in Singapore*Hainanese chicken rice, a popular dish in Singapore and Malaysia*The Chicken Rice Shop*Chicken Biryani*Chikin raisu...

hawker families' stand in the way of their young offspring who fell for one another.

Synopsis

Chicken Rice War is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this movie the Montagues and Capulets are represented by the families Wong and Chan. Both families run Chicken Rice stalls side by side in the same market, something that the authorities say is impossible, since it's not allowed. The underlying conflict is about the secret family recipes that has been kept secret for generations, but apart from that nobody really knows what the fight is about.

Audrey Chan is a beautiful, vain and spoilt girl who is the most popular girl in school. Fenson Wong is an insecure young man with a stutter who, of course, is madly in love with Audrey. Their only common interest is Shakespeare and the version of Romeo and Juliet that they are setting up at school. When Fenson gets the chance to replace Audrey's beautiful but dim boyfriend as Romeo he starts seriously dreaming about capturing Audrey's heart.

Cast

Pierre Png ... Fenson Wong

May Yee Lum ... Audrey Chan

Catherine Sng ... Wong Ku

Gary Yuen ... Vincent Chan

Kevin Murphy ... Leon Deli

Kelvin Ng ... Sydney Wong

Su Ching Teh ... Penelope Chan

Wui Seng Cheong ... Wong Terr

Irene Ong ... Wendy Chan

Weng Kee Lee ... Chan Tick

Gary Loh ... Muscle Mike

Jo Jo Struys ... Cheryl

Randall Tan ... Nick Carter

Zalina Abdul Hamid ... Fat Lady

Mohan Sachden ... Muthiah

Alias Kadir ... Ahmad

Edmund L. Smith ... Mr. Pillay

Paul Tan ... TV presenter

Tanya Chua ... Herself

Jonathan Lim ... Hugo A Go Goh

Uttsada Panichkul ... Himself

Kevin Poh ... Capulet

Jamie Yeo ... Herself