Hong Kong Synopsis
報應
“Thou shalt not kill…”
Real estate tycoon Wong Ho-Chiu (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) suffers great pain when his daughter Daisy (Janice Man) is kidnapped and killed. Wong Ho-Chiu turns to his trusted bodyguard Chor (Richie Ren) to seek out the perpetrators and exact revenge. Wong Ho-Chiu goes one step further and orders Chor to videotape each of their executions. Once Chor tracks down the final perpetrator Wong Ho-Chiu decides to kill that person himself. When Wong Ho-Chiu learns about the perpetrator’s past, he has second thoughts …
The 2010–2012 Hong Kong Window
57 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Punished sits at position #25.
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★ 7.6 · 2010
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★ 7.4 · 2010
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#4The Ditch
★ 7.1 · 2010
#5Bruce Lee, My Brother
★ 7.0 · 2010
#6Love in a Puff
★ 7.0 · 2010
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★ 7.0 · 2010
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★ 6.9 · 2010
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The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Punished premiered. 166 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #521 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #345 of 516 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Milkyway Image, Media Asia Films |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | May 5, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1604670 |