Dragon Squad
2005 1h 50m movie Film Hong Kong

Dragon Squad

猛龍

Dragon Squad is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

猛龍

A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.

Hong Kong × China Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)China

Other Hong Kong×China titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragon Squad. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Mei Ah Entertainment

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 Dragon Squad itself).

The 2004–2006 Hong Kong Window

In the crowded 2004-2006 Hong Kong release window, Dragon Squad sits at #36 of 46. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. The Departed
    #2

    The Departed

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  3. Election 2
    #3

    Election 2

    ★ 7.3 · 2006
  4. The Hand
    #4

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  5. The Protector
    #5

    The Protector

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  6. Election
    #6

    Election

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  7. Daisy
    #7

    Daisy

    ★ 7.1 · 2006
  8. Robin-B-Hood
    #8

    Robin-B-Hood

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

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 Dragon Squad premiered alongside 12 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2005.

The 588th 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
Reviews
67th
Review-volume percentile
58th
Popularity percentile

48 audience reviews — more than 67% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 58th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Dragon Squad, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • police officer killed · 3
  • interpol · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • mercenary · 13
  • sniper · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • hong kong · 73
  • kidnapping · 72

Reception Benchmarks

5.7
TMDB Rating
48
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #650 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.6 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #421 of 516 (top 82%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, China
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, English
Production CompaniesMei Ah Entertainment
Runtime1h 50m
Release DateNovember 10, 2005
IMDbtt0446313