Hong Kong Synopsis
急凍奇俠
“Across the centuries – the war between good and evil can never end.”
When 16th-century Ming guard Fong Sau-ching sets out to capture vicious rapist Feng San, both men end up falling into a glacier to be frozen in time. Thawed out by scientists over 300 years later, the confused guard must learn to cope with the modern world and continue in his quest to vanquish his opponent.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Iceman Cometh. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Iceman Cometh itself).
The 1988–1990 Hong Kong Window
The Iceman Cometh holds position #16 of 67 Hong Kong films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including The Iceman Cometh. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (151 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 1989.
The 276th 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
16 audience reviews — more than 33% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (58th percentile) outruns review volume (33th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Iceman Cometh, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- frozen · 2
- frozen alive · 1
- frozen body · 1
- fish out of water · 8
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #121 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #64 of 516 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Johnny Mak Production Co. Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | August 12, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0097618 |