The Twins Effect
2003 1h 47m movie Film Hong Kong

The Twins Effect

千機變

“A new age of darkness is dawning.”

Synopsis

千機變

“A new age of darkness is dawning.”

An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle by falling in love with a mortal girl who just happens to have a vampire hunter for a brother.

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 Twins Effect itself).

Other Titles From Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

The 2002–2004 Hong Kong Window

The Twins Effect holds position #31 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. Infernal Affairs
    #2

    Infernal Affairs

    ★ 7.8 · 2002
  3. The Hand
    #3

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  4. Infernal Affairs II
    #4

    Infernal Affairs II

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  5. Turn Left, Turn Right
    #5

    Turn Left, Turn Right

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  6. Hollywood Hong Kong
    #6

    Hollywood Hong Kong

    ★ 7.1 · 2002
  7. Lost in Time
    #7

    Lost in Time

    ★ 7.0 · 2003
  8. PTU
    #8

    PTU

    ★ 6.9 · 2003

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 The Twins Effect premiered alongside 16 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2003.

The 545th 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

148
Reviews
86th
Review-volume percentile
83rd
Popularity percentile

148 audience reviews — more than 86% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.0
TMDB Rating
148
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #544 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #360 of 516 (top 70%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesEmperor Multimedia Group (EMG), Million Channel Ltd., Goldpeak
Runtime1h 47m
Release DateMarch 8, 2003
IMDbtt0351887