Hong Kong Synopsis
双龙会
“Twice the action!”
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
Audience Engagement
341 audience reviews — more than 92% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Comedy + Action in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Twin Dragons itself).
The 1991–1993 Hong Kong Window
Twin Dragons holds position #15 of 75 Hong Kong films in the 1991–1993 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Twin Dragons premiered alongside 21 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 44m runtime, production spent $96K per minute on screen and earned $80K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1992.
The 337th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Twin Dragons, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pianist · 5
- mistaken identity · 3
- concert pianist · 1
- twins · 12
- martial arts master · 10
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #190 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 Comedy productions specifically: #58 of 266 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Hong Kong Film Directors Guild, Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | January 15, 1992 |
| IMDb | tt0105399 |