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Movies that feel like The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
If you loved The Man from Hong Kong, the closest films we have are In the Line of Duty 4 (1989), Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) and The Street Fighter (1974). All three share The Man from Hong Kong's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Come Drink with Me (1966).
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If The Man from Hong Kong hit the spot, these will too
Both are built on the same subject: martial arts
Trades the scale of The Man from Hong Kong for an angle of its own
Both land momentum and grit at once
Takes it somewhere less epic than The Man from Hong Kong does
The same preoccupation in both: martial arts
Sits closer to thriller than The Man from Hong Kong does
Action built on stillness, twice over
Epic adventure, and it commits to that
Common ground: police
Both rooted in Hong Kong
Epic action in both cases
Same instincts, 3 years apart
Both lean on grit more than on adventure
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The best-reviewed films that share The Man from Hong Kong’s defining feeling.
