Hong Kong Synopsis
夕陽天使
“Looks can be deceiving.”
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with So Close. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
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 So Close itself).
The 2001–2003 Hong Kong Window
So Close holds position #11 of 43 Hong Kong films in the 2001–2003 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when So Close premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2002.
The 535th 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
205 audience reviews — more than 89% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on So Close, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- death of father · 5
- criminal investigation · 4
- high tech surveillance · 3
- sadist · 3
- one woman army · 3
- woman vs woman fight · 3
- death of mother · 3
- big corporation · 3
- sense of guilt · 2
- aerial combat · 2
- female cop · 2
- handcuffed · 2
- framed for a crime · 2
- computer expert · 2
- global positioning · 1
- death of sister · 1
- female sniper · 1
- compact disc · 1
- computer fraud · 1
- forensic science · 1
- lesbian interest · 1
- female martial artist · 12
- hacker · 9
- policewoman · 6
- martial arts · 369
- female protagonist · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #193 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #112 of 516 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Eastern Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | May 14, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0300620 |