Synopsis
江湖告急
Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop dead around him – many of them amazingly from natural causes – he finds himself more and more soldiering on because that's just what bosses do. Reflecting back on his younger days in London, it is sad to contrast his current lavish – but empty – life as a crime lord in Hong Kong with the joys he experienced as a petty thief in England. These flashbacks and voice overs give us insights not only into Yam himself, but also his closest associates, whom we discover he in truth barely knows.
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Comedy + Action in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone itself).
The 1999–2001 Hong Kong Window
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone holds position #13 of 42 Hong Kong films in the 1999–2001 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 Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 2000.
The 508th 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
15 audience reviews — more than 29% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 22th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #179 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #53 of 266 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | China Star Entertainment, Icon Pictures, One Hundred Years of Film Company |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | September 21, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0266703 |



















