The Mysterious Mr. Wong

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

A fight for an empire behind the curtained mysteries of San Francisco's Chinatown!

Directed by William Nigh

Produced by Monogram Pictures

193563 min4.3 / 10

A 1930s pulp thriller built on exotic mystique and murder, where a dual-natured villain pursues supernatural artifacts while reporters race to stop him in shadowy Chinatown.

Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Mysterious Mr. Wong scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is The Mysterious Mr. Wong easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Mysterious Mr. Wong sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Does The Mysterious Mr. Wong end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Mysterious Mr. Wong violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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