Hong Kong Dog Bite Dog is a Hong Kong–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
狗咬狗
“Prepare to be annihilated!”
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer.
Hong Kong × Japan Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Japan titles
Other Titles From Art Port
Action + Crime in Hong Kong
119 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dog Bite Dog itself).
The 2005–2007 Hong Kong Window
Dog Bite Dog holds position #21 of 41 Hong Kong films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dog Bite Dog premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2006.
The 595th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
48 audience reviews — more than 67% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (67th percentile) outruns trending popularity (46th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #376 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #248 of 516 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Japan |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, English, Khmer, Thai |
| Production Companies | Art Port, Same Way Productions Limited |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | August 17, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0819765 |