Hong Kong Synopsis
全職殺手
“A story of two killers with different ideals…”
Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's life with a mission to unveil O's identity and usurp his place as the number one sharp-shooting assassin in the game.
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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 Fulltime Killer itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fulltime Killer. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2000–2002 Hong Kong Window
Fulltime Killer holds position #10 of 41 Hong Kong films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Fulltime Killer premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2001.
The 521st 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
126 audience reviews — more than 84% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Fulltime Killer, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- housekeeper · 3
- hitman · 30
- competition · 22
- agent · 11
- falling in love · 8
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #196 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #115 of 516 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, English, Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Milkyway Image |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | August 3, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0286635 |