Hong Kong Blade Runner sits in the top 1% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #10 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
“Man has made his match… now it's his problem.”
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #10 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (99th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Science Fiction productions specifically: #1 of 37 (top 3%).
Audience Engagement
12,770 audience reviews — more than 100% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Blade Runner. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
The 1981–1983 Hong Kong Window
Blade Runner tops the 45 Hong Kong films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blade Runner premiered alongside 12 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 58m runtime, production spent $237K per minute on screen and earned $354K per minute back.
Science Fiction + Drama in Hong Kong
4 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Blade Runner itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 1982.
The 172nd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Blade Runner, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tech noir · 3
- philosophical · 3
- genetics · 2
- electronic music score · 2
- blade runner · 2
- 2010s · 2
- flying car · 1
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- california · 20
- android · 19
- neo-noir · 17
- alcoholic · 14
- futuristic · 11
- bounty hunter · 9
- los angeles · 9
- fugitive · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
- cyberpunk · 48
- dystopia · 45
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Hong Kong, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, German, Cantonese, Japanese, Hungarian |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers, The Ladd Company, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | June 25, 1982 |
| IMDb | tt0083658 |
| Official Site | www.warnerbros.com |