Hong Kong Synopsis
東方秃鷹
“A lethal secret arsenal was left behind in the jungle of Vietnam. Their job: find it and destroy it!”
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Eastern Condors. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Adventure in Hong Kong
81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Eastern Condors itself).
The 1986–1988 Hong Kong Window
Among 50 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Eastern Condors 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 Eastern Condors premiered alongside 15 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 15 other Hong Kong films in 1987.
The 238th 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
81 audience reviews — more than 77% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Eastern Condors, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mission · 4
- convict · 1
- soldier · 29
- jungle · 19
- vietnam · 11
- martial arts · 369
- battle · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #88 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (89th 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: #48 of 516 (top 9%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films Ltd., Bo Ho Films |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | July 9, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0090956 |