Kung Fu Jungle
2014 1h 40m movie Film Hong Kong

Kung Fu Jungle

一個人的武林

“Nobody's going down without a fight.”

Kung Fu Jungle is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

一個人的武林

“Nobody's going down without a fight.”

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

Audience Engagement

391
Reviews
93rd
Review-volume percentile
87th
Popularity percentile

391 audience reviews — more than 93% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong × China Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)China

Other Hong Kong×China titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Kung Fu Jungle. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Action + Thriller in Hong Kong

121 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kung Fu Jungle itself).

The 2013–2015 Hong Kong Window

Among 56 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Kung Fu Jungle places #7 — near the top of its class.

  1. Little Big Master
    #1

    Little Big Master

    ★ 7.9 · 2015
  2. Cold Eyes
    #2

    Cold Eyes

    ★ 7.5 · 2013
  3. Unbeatable
    #3

    Unbeatable

    ★ 6.8 · 2013
  4. Sara
    #4

    Sara

    ★ 6.8 · 2015
  5. She Remembers, He Forgets
    #5

    She Remembers, He Forgets

    ★ 6.8 · 2015
  6. Wong Ka Yan
    #6

    Wong Ka Yan

    ★ 6.8 · 2015
  7. Kung Fu Jungle
    #7

    Kung Fu Jungle

    ★ 6.7 · 2014
  8. The White Storm
    #8

    The White Storm

    ★ 6.6 · 2013

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 Kung Fu Jungle premiered alongside 14 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$25.0M
Budget
$129K
Revenue
Net Profit
0.0×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 40m runtime, production spent $250K per minute on screen and earned $1K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 2014.

The 734th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
391
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #228 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #139 of 516 (top 27%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, China
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, Mandarin, Spanish
Production CompaniesHeart & Soul Production, Beijing Silver Moon Productions, JCE Movies
Runtime1h 40m
Release DateOctober 31, 2014
IMDbtt2952602