Forbidden City Cop
1996 1h 29m movie Film Hong Kong

Forbidden City Cop

大內密探零零發

“He is the law! what law?”

Synopsis

大內密探零零發

“He is the law! what law?”

An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.

The 1995–1997 Hong Kong Window

51 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Forbidden City Cop sits at position #10.

  1. Comrades, Almost a Love Story
    #1

    Comrades, Almost a Love Story

    ★ 7.7 · 1996

  2. The Condor Heroes 95
    #2

    The Condor Heroes 95

    ★ 7.6 · 1995

  3. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
    #3

    A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

    ★ 7.5 · 1995

  4. Made in Hong Kong
    #4

    Made in Hong Kong

    ★ 7.5 · 1997

  5. The Stunt Woman
    #5

    The Stunt Woman

    ★ 7.4 · 1996

  6. The Blade
    #6

    The Blade

    ★ 7.2 · 1995

  7. Summer Snow
    #7

    Summer Snow

    ★ 7.2 · 1995

  8. The God of Cookery
    #8

    The God of Cookery

    ★ 7.1 · 1996

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Forbidden City Cop. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Forbidden City Cop premiered. 215 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
86
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #161 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #95 of 516 (top 18%).

Production Details

Primary Country Hong Kong
Original Language Cantonese
Spoken Languages Cantonese, Mandarin
Production Companies Win's Movie Production Limited, Samico Films Production Co., Ltd.
Runtime 1h 29m
Release Date February 16, 1996
IMDb tt0116014

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