Silk
1986 1h 24m movie Film Philippines

Silk

“When the heat's on no one's smoother than...”

Synopsis

“When the heat's on no one's smoother than…”

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Action + Drama in Philippines

16 Philippines titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Silk itself).

The 1980s Philippines Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Philippines, 21 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Silk premiered alongside 0 others.

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Position in Catalog

The 29th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).

Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).

Audience Engagement

16
Reviews
53rd
Review-volume percentile
68th
Popularity percentile

16 audience reviews — more than 53% of Philippines films in our index.

Popularity (68th percentile) outruns review volume (53th) — a trending, discussed title among Philippines films.

Reception Benchmarks

4.5
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Polarizing
Critical Tier

Ranked #132 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (10th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.7 points below the Philippines average of 6.2/10.

Among Philippines Action productions specifically: #29 of 39 (top 74%).

Production Details

Primary CountryPhilippines
All Production CountriesUnited States of America, Philippines
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesConcorde Pictures, Solar Pictures
Runtime1h 24m
Release DateDecember 1, 1986
IMDbtt0091957