Hong Kong Synopsis
“America's top counter-terrorist usually works alone… this time he's got company.”
A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal… with enough voltage to rock the free world.
Audience Engagement
687 audience reviews — more than 95% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Double Team. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Columbia Pictures
Action + Science Fiction in Hong Kong
25 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Double Team itself).
The 1996–1998 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1996-1998 Hong Kong release window, Double Team sits at #55 of 57. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Double Team premiered alongside 17 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 33m runtime, production spent $323K per minute on screen and earned $518K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1997.
The 453rd 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 Double Team, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- arms dealer · 3
- switzerland · 1
- action hero · 25
- secret agent · 16
- undercover · 13
- sniper · 9
- martial arts · 369
- revenge · 210
- terrorism · 47
- spy · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #762 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (9th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #482 of 516 (top 93%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Film Workshop, One Story Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | April 4, 1997 |
| IMDb | tt0119013 |