Hong Kong Dragons Forever sits in the top 9% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #79 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
飛龍猛將
“Spectacular action all the way as Jackie Chan busts a high-tech drug ring.”
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #79 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (91st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #40 of 516 (top 8%).
Audience Engagement
231 audience reviews — more than 90% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragons Forever. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Paragon Films Ltd.
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dragons Forever itself).
The 1987–1989 Hong Kong Window
Among 55 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Dragons Forever places #6 — near the top of its class.
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 Dragons Forever premiered alongside 18 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Hong Kong films in 1988.
The 246th 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 Dragons Forever, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- court case · 4
- neighbor · 4
- beautiful woman · 2
- garbage · 1
- neurotic · 1
- gun runner · 1
- trial · 10
- art · 9
- factory · 6
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
- gangster · 85
- fight · 60
- lawyer · 31
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Paragon Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Golden Way Films Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | February 11, 1988 |
| IMDb | tt0093015 |