Hong Kong Synopsis
野獸刑警
“In the black and white world of cops and gangsters, One man is caught in the gray area.”
Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run.
The 1997–1999 Hong Kong Window
53 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Beast Cops sits at position #35.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Beast Cops premiered. 215 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
6.1
TMDB Rating
31
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier
Ranked #521 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #345 of 516 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | People's Productions Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | April 9, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0157366 |