City on Fire

1987 [CANTONESE]

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 8469 8.5K

undercover cop

Plot summary

Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

Director

Ringo Lam Photo
Ringo Lam

Top cast

Yun-Fat Chow Photo
Yun-Fat Chow as Ko Chow
Elvis Tsui Photo
Elvis Tsui as Chan Kam-Wah
Ringo Lam Photo
Ringo Lam as Chow's Contact
Michael Sorich Photo
Michael Sorich as Chow Nam
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
966.36 MB
1280*682
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 5
1.94 GB
1920*1024
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bandithaze 8 / 10

Quinten Tarantino ripped off Ringo Lam

I saw Reservoir dogs and thought that it is one the best films I had ever seen. And it is a good film but, then I saw City On Fire and could not believe the likeness between the two films. Now even though they Reservoir Dogs ends different the bulk of the film is what Ringo Lam did with City on Fire except since City on Fire is longer Lam gave the characters more of a story and made the viewer feel for both sides of the law he also put the notion to the viewer what would you do you were a criminal and your best friend who you thought was on your side turned out to be a policeman or to put that in a more everyday circumstance what would you do if you thought someone was your best friend and they turned out to be using you.
Reviewed by smiths-4 8 / 10

Superb Heist Thriller!!

I viewed this on late night TV and it immediately grabbed me. It was due to its interesting music, shoot outs, superior cinematography and a brilliant performance by Chow-Yun Fat as the undercover agent sent to join a gang headed by the excellent Danny Lee. Only the ending bears comparison to Reservoir Dogs with the rest of the film building up to this moment. In it's own right this is as good as Tarantino's effort and should be seen by as many people.
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