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Alex Tse
Writer 1976 - 2018

Alex Tse

San Francisco, California, USA

Alex Tse is an American screenwriter who wrote the 2004 gangster film Sucker Free City and co-wrote the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. Tse grew up in San Francisco and attended Emerson College in Boston.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

4 titles
Superfly

Superfly

Director X. 2018 1h 47m

Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.

Watchmen

Watchmen

Zack Snyder 2009 2h 43m 8.5

The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach is investigating the murder of a former hero, the Comedian, and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes.

Tales of the Black Freighter

Tales of the Black Freighter

Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith 2009 26m 8.8

A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.

Sucker Free City

Sucker Free City

Spike Lee 2004 1h 53m

The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia.

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