Hong Kong Righting Wrongs sits in the top 3% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #22 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
執法先鋒
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #22 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (97th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.4 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #9 of 516 (top 2%).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Righting Wrongs. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Bo Ho Films
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 Righting Wrongs itself).
The 1985–1987 Hong Kong Window
Righting Wrongs tops the 38 Hong Kong films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Righting Wrongs premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 1986.
The 228th 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
44 audience reviews — more than 66% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Righting Wrongs, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cop · 13
- vigilante · 12
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
- hong kong · 73
- lawyer · 31
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Bo Ho Films, Paragon Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | November 27, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0094374 |