Once Upon a Time in China II
1992 1h 53m movie Film Hong Kong

Once Upon a Time in China II

黃飛鴻之二 男兒當自強

Once Upon a Time in China II sits in the top 10% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #81 of 836 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

黃飛鴻之二 男兒當自強

Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military.

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
215
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #81 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (90th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #42 of 516 (top 8%).

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Once Upon a Time in China II. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Action + Comedy in Hong Kong

150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Once Upon a Time in China II itself).

The 1991–1993 Hong Kong Window

Among 75 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Once Upon a Time in China II places #8 — near the top of its class.

  1. The Greed of Man
    #1

    The Greed of Man

    ★ 7.9 · 1992
  2. Hard Boiled
    #2

    Hard Boiled

    ★ 7.6 · 1992
  3. Iron Monkey
    #3

    Iron Monkey

    ★ 7.4 · 1993
  4. Flirting Scholar
    #4

    Flirting Scholar

    ★ 7.3 · 1993
  5. Center Stage
    #5

    Center Stage

    ★ 7.3 · 1991
  6. Once Upon a Time in China
    #6

    Once Upon a Time in China

    ★ 7.2 · 1991
  7. Tai-Chi Master
    #7

    Tai-Chi Master

    ★ 7.2 · 1993
  8. Once Upon a Time in China II
    #8

    Once Upon a Time in China II

    ★ 7.2 · 1992

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 Once Upon a Time in China II premiered alongside 21 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1992.

The 341st 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

215
Reviews
89th
Review-volume percentile
89th
Popularity percentile

215 audience reviews — more than 89% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 89th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Once Upon a Time in China II, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • colonisation · 3
  • sect · 3
  • congress · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • martial arts master · 10
  • kung fu master · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • china · 127
  • kung fu · 121

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, English
Production CompaniesOrange Sky Golden Harvest, Film Workshop, Paragon Films Ltd.
Runtime1h 53m
Release DateApril 16, 1992
IMDbtt0105839