Hong Kong Hacker is a Hong Kong–Thailand co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
“He will find you. He will become you.”
Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank
Audience Engagement
276 audience reviews — more than 91% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × Thailand Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Thailand titles
Crime + Drama in Hong Kong
68 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Hacker itself).
The 2015–2017 Hong Kong Window
Hacker holds position #22 of 57 Hong Kong films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hacker premiered alongside 18 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 35m runtime, production spent $21K per minute on screen and earned $118 per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Hong Kong films in 2016.
The 769th 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 Hacker, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- black market · 3
- hustler · 2
- financial market · 2
- identity theft · 1
- trading · 1
- fbi · 13
- hacker · 9
- based on true story · 98
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #408 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Crime productions specifically: #99 of 167 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Thailand, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Sataifilm, Know Rules Media, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, West on Wilshire |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | September 15, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt3173594 |
| Official Site | www.sonypictures.com |