Hong Kong Cold Eyes is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
감시자들
“Remember everything about the untraceable target.”
Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #37 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (96th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Adventure productions specifically: #9 of 91 (top 10%).
Audience Engagement
300 audience reviews — more than 91% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles
Other Titles From Next Entertainment World
Adventure + Crime in Hong Kong
10 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cold Eyes itself).
The 2012–2014 Hong Kong Window
Cold Eyes tops the 50 Hong Kong films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cold Eyes premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 2013.
The 709th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, South Korea |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Next Entertainment World, Zip Cinema, Opus Pictures, Union Investment Partners, Sundream Motion Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | July 3, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2969656 |