The Master
1992 1h 32m movie Film Hong Kong

The Master

黃飛鴻'92之龍行天下

Synopsis

黃飛鴻'92之龍行天下

Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak. Chuck, Uncle Tak's best student from Hong Kong, comes to Los Angeles to find his master. Chuck is willing to let Johnny have his way, and tries to take Uncle Tak back to Hong Kong. But Johnny and his men will not leave Chuck alone. Chuck, on his way back to Hong Kong, returns for the showdown.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Master. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 1991–1993 Hong Kong Window

The Master holds position #31 of 75 Hong Kong films in the 1991–1993 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Greed of Man
    #1

    The Greed of Man

    ★ 7.9 · 1992
  2. Hard Boiled
    #2

    Hard Boiled

    ★ 7.6 · 1992
  3. Iron Monkey
    #3

    Iron Monkey

    ★ 7.4 · 1993
  4. Flirting Scholar
    #4

    Flirting Scholar

    ★ 7.3 · 1993
  5. Center Stage
    #5

    Center Stage

    ★ 7.3 · 1991
  6. Once Upon a Time in China
    #6

    Once Upon a Time in China

    ★ 7.2 · 1991
  7. Tai-Chi Master
    #7

    Tai-Chi Master

    ★ 7.2 · 1993
  8. Once Upon a Time in China II
    #8

    Once Upon a Time in China II

    ★ 7.2 · 1992

The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Master premiered alongside 21 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1992.

The 343rd 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

103
Reviews
81st
Review-volume percentile
80th
Popularity percentile

103 audience reviews — more than 81% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Master, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • karate · 22
  • california · 20
  • los angeles · 9
  • kung fu master · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • kung fu · 121

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
103
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #365 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #238 of 516 (top 46%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, United States of America
Original LanguageCantonese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, English
Production CompaniesFilm Workshop, Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Runtime1h 32m
Release DateMay 28, 1992
IMDbtt0097775