Hong Kong 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.
Other Titles From Win's Movie Production Limited
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 Forbidden City Cop itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Forbidden City Cop. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1995–1997 Hong Kong Window
Forbidden City Cop holds position #10 of 51 Hong Kong films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Forbidden City Cop premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1996.
The 430th 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
86 audience reviews — more than 79% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
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 |