Hong Kong Synopsis
警察故事4之簡單任務
“They thought they possessed the ultimate weapon. They hadn't counted on Jackie Chan.”
Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.
Audience Engagement
417 audience reviews — more than 93% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Police Story 4: First Strike. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Adventure in Hong Kong
81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Police Story 4: First Strike itself).
The 1995–1997 Hong Kong Window
Police Story 4: First Strike holds position #20 of 51 Hong Kong films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Police Story 4: First Strike premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1996.
The 429th 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 Police Story 4: First Strike, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- queensland · 1
- action hero · 25
- secret agent · 16
- helicopter · 10
- australia · 9
- gunfight · 9
- australia · 9
- martial arts · 369
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #316 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #204 of 516 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Russian, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | February 10, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0116704 |