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 …
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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 Punished itself).
The 2010–2012 Hong Kong Window
Punished holds position #25 of 57 Hong Kong films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Punished premiered alongside 11 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Hong Kong films in 2011.
The 680th 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
31 audience reviews — more than 58% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 47th percentile among Hong Kong films.
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 |