China Limbo is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
智齒
Veteran detective Cham works with rookie cop Will to hunt down the city's serial killer. The investigation leads them to a lair littered with dismembered female limbs, and an ex-con who killed Cham's wife and child years ago…
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Other Titles From Sun Entertainment Culture
Thriller + Crime in China
39 China titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Limbo itself).
The 2020–2022 China Window
Limbo holds position #58 of 181 China films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s China Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 83 titles released, including Limbo. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (216 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 82 other China films in 2021.
The 861st China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
84 audience reviews — more than 74% of China films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (59th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #216 of 946 China films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Thriller productions specifically: #3 of 92 (top 3%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Sun Entertainment Culture, Bona Film Group, Er Dong Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | November 18, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt14032696 |