City on Fire (1987 film)

City on Fire simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin Lng h fng yn is a 1987 Hong Kong crime film written, produced and directed by Ringo Lam, and starring Chow Yunfat, Danny Lee and Sun Yueh. Following A Better Tomorrow 1986, it helped establish Chows popularity as an action star in Asia, and to a lesser degree, North America.

City on Fire is Ringo Lams most celebrated work. The film has been critically acclaimed, holding a 91 fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.Quentin Tarantinos 1992 film Reservoir Dogs includes several similar key plot elements and scenes, most notably the famous Mexican standoff near the end of the film. After critic Jeffrey Dawson noted in jest, similar elements in Empire, other publications including Film Threat promoted the observation, and a Michigan film student created a 1995 short film, Who Do You Think Youre Fooling?, which mixed dialog and visuals from both movies to demonstrate the similarities. In addition to Reservoir Dogs, critic Matt McAllister notes that one can equally see the influence of City On Fire and similar Hong Kong copsandrobbers movies on many other Hollywood undercover cop movies such as Point Break. ........

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