Cross-media picks for Gordon Chan fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
The picks here share a taste shaped by Hong Kong action cinema at its most kinetic and politically charged: martial artists caught between corrupt institutions, loyalists fighting for a cause bigger than themselves, and plots where personal honour collides with systemic betrayal. Whether it's a Shaolin monk defying a dynasty, a detective navigating triad shadows, or a warrior cutting through a post-apocalyptic city, the through-line is physical craft in service of moral stakes — fast, grounded, and never without a cost.
Film
Project A Part II
One man versus gangsters, pirates, revolutionaries, and a corrupt police chief — pure Hong Kong action chaos.
Film
Four Real Friends
A gold heist, a troubled master, and a lone survivor's stubborn pursuit of justice drive this martial revenge tale.
Film
Shanghai 13
A patriot smuggling proof of government treachery — political stakes wrapped in period action thriller tension.
Film
Happy Partner
Stolen missile guidance systems, competing thieves, and a shadowy employer — slick crime-comedy with real edge.
Film
Kung Fu Kid
Shaolin disciples versus Manchu authority: classical martial arts choreography in service of dynastic defiance.
Film
Enter the Game of Death
A wartime race for a secret document, multiple factions, and a tower full of danger — pulpy and propulsive.
Film
Super Power
Sons dispatched on a revenge mission pit Manchu kung fu against Southern masters in a satisfying clan showdown.
Film
Heroes Two
Ming loyalists go underground after the Shaolin Temple burns — brotherhood and martial identity under siege.
Series
Shades of Truth
Past-life memories, a 900-year-old identity, and present-day crime converge in this genre-blending mystery drama.
Series
Fist of the Blue Sky
1930s Shanghai carved up by foreign powers and factions — a city of corruption where fists decide the politics.
Series
The Ultimate Crime Fighter
A guilt-haunted ex-cop trains with monks, then rejoins the force — redemption through discipline and physical courage.
Series
Find the Light
Deep Qing-dynasty friendship between two men willing to sacrifice everything — loyalty as the central martial virtue.
Series
The Kung Fu Master
Hung Hei-gun and Fong Sai-yuk defend the Shaolin Monastery — legends in motion, dynasty-era stakes.
Series
Land of Glory
Factory workers, romantic tension, and economic pressure in 1980s China — grounded drama beneath the action beats.
Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
A warrior monk and the estranged son he thought dead reunite across a corrupt modern city — legacy and action combined.
Series
Bullet Brain
A bullet lodged in a cop's skull unlocks strange powers — 1960s Hong Kong noir with a supernatural twist.
Game
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Hong Kong cinema's wire-fu DNA transplanted into a post-apocalyptic game — gravity-defying martial fantasy.
Game
Kara no Shoujo
A 1950s Tokyo murder investigation dense with period atmosphere, moral ambiguity, and relentless intrigue.
Game
Double Dragon
Twin brothers trained in martial arts fight to reclaim what's theirs — street-level action, no frills, pure momentum.
Game
Xiaolin Shodown
Kung fu monks on a globe-trotting mission to guard sacred relics — light on its feet, earnest about honour.
Game
Mitsume ga Tooru
An ancient power, a kidnapped friend, a lone warrior — stripped-down action with a mythic undercurrent.
Game
Shadow Warrior 3
A disgraced shogun and his nemesis-turned-partner chase an unleashed dragon — irreverent but action-committed.
Game
Legendary
Pandora's box cracked open, mythic creatures loose in the modern world — pulpy action escalating fast.
Game
Kessen 2
Ancient Chinese warfare, love driving a warlord's campaign — strategy and spectacle in a period epic frame.
Book
Nine dragons
An LAPD detective's promise pulls him into Hong Kong triad territory — loyalty, honour, and lethal consequences.
Book
Iron cast
Two young women con Boston's elite in an illegal underground — scrappy protagonists outrunning a corrupt system.
Book
Wild ones
A young man reckoning with a returned father and buried emotions — loyalty tested when family loyalty is ambiguous.
Book
天堂蒜薹之歌 (Tiantang suan tai zhi ge)
Chinese peasants crushed by market forces and bureaucracy — collective resilience against an indifferent system.
Book
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga
A 19th-century Englishman builds a Hong Kong empire through sheer will — trade, power, and cultural collision.
Book
Chinese Handcuffs
A teenager navigating violent secrets and a friend's abuse — moral courage under pressure, no easy exits.
Book
Gunmetal Gray
A CIA operative ambushed in Hong Kong by Chinese agents — propulsive spy thriller with a city that bites back.
Book
Life and death in Shanghai
A survivor of the Cultural Revolution's terror bears witness with unsparing clarity — individual defiance against state power.
Start with the picks on this list: the Hong Kong action-comedy Project A Part II or the period martial arts drama Heroes Two are strong entry points. For TV, The Kung Fu Master and Fist of the Blue Sky carry the same dynastic intrigue and physical energy.
Yes — Nine Dragons follows a detective drawn into Hong Kong triad violence, while Tai-Pan immerses you in 19th-century Chinese power struggles. Both share the moral weight and cross-cultural tension that runs through this collection.
Bujingai: The Forsaken City is the most direct translation — explicitly inspired by Hong Kong cinema, with gravity-defying combat. Shadow Warrior 3 and Double Dragon offer that same relentless, style-forward action sensibility.