Rating: R
Genre: Crime
Release Date: 07/17/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity
Distributor/Studio: Dimension

This tense Hong Kong crime thriller is known best as the film upon which Quentin Tarantino borrowed heavily for his 1992 debut, Reservoir Dogs. Those who criticized the American director for lack of originality have perhaps missed the point. In the highly commercialized, formulaic crime genre of Hong Kong, very few thrillers are truly original, and innovation comes in the form of style, action choreography, and dramatic tension. City on Fire, directed by Ringo Lam, is no exception. The story, told in a more traditional narrative form than Reservoir Dogs, follows Chow Yun-Fat as Ko Chow, an undercover cop who infiltrates a ring of jewel thieves. When a heist goes wrong, Chow is wounded, and tension among the robbers escalates as they begin to suspect a traitor among their ranks.

~ Jonathan E. Laxamana, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Chow Yun-Fat -
Sun Yueh -
Danny Lee -
Carrie Ng -
Roy Cheung -
Lau Kong -

Production:
Ringo Lam - Director
Ringo Lam - Producer
Teddy Robin - Composer
Karl Maka - Executive Producer
Ringo Lam - Screen Story
Luk Tze-Fung - Art Director

Infernal Affairs
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Score
    NR / 2000
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1986 Hong Kong Film Awards