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Ringo Lam - what members say

Maximum Risk review by from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales

Minimum Sense. 7 October 2005
... himself. This is standard action for Van Damme, but way below par for Director Ringo Lam. The plot for this one does not hold water, but hey, it is a Van Damme film.... Read customer review

Wild Search review by from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales

Solid Cop Drama. 11 December 2005
...This film teams Chow Yun Fat with director Ringo Lam for a cop drama that is more acting than action. Very loosely based on Peter Weir's film Witness, (So loose that I w... Read customer review

Full Contact review by Stevieb47 from poole

Stunning 5 March 2005
...Ringo Lam is probably best known in the West for City on Fire which Tarantino 'borrowed' the final act for Reservior Dogs but this amazing action from 1992 is just stunn... Read customer review

Ringo Lam - filmography

Triangle on DVD (2008)
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Honglei Sun
Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, Johnny To
Certificate:
Three masters. One masterpeice. Three giants of Hong Kong crime cinema - Tsui Hark (SEVEN SWORDS), Ringo Lam (CITY ON FIRE), and Johnnie To (ELECTION) - join forces to create Triangle. Longtime friends Bo-Sam, Fai, and Mokcontend with criminal hoods, a corrupt cop, and an unfaithful wife in their ..read more »

51% from 489 members

In Hell on DVD (2003)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Director: Ringo Lam
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IN HELL is a violent and gritty prison drama, and is somewhat of a comeback for Van Damme. He stars as Kyle Lord banged up in the harshest of jails, where he has to fight tooth and nail to survive. The Marquezas prison, built in the depths of the Mexican swamps, is a high security unit where Lord ..read more »

57% from 3,019 members

Replicant on DVD (2001)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent
Director: Ringo Lam
Certificate:
Belgium's most successful export, brooding action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme, stars in two opposing roles in this sci-fi action film. When a ruthless serial killer nicknamed "the Torch" (Van Damme) proves virtually unstoppable, a cunning detective (played by Michael Rooker) thinks up a ..read more »

54% from 1,691 member

Full Alert on DVD (1997)
Starring: Francis Ng, Lau Ching Wan, Blackie Ko
Director: Ringo Lam
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A police inspector fighting crime on the streets of Hong Kong battles against Mak, a master criminal who is planning a ten million dollar robbery. Cantonese dialogue with subtitles.

53% from 174 members

Maximum Risk - Blu-ray (1996)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephane Audran, Natasha Henstridge
Director: Ringo Lam
Certificate:
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After making several violent Hong Kong action films in the style that's come to be known as heroic bloodshed, Ringo Lam came to Hollywood to make his first American film with Belgian martial arts star Jean-Claude Van Damme. MAXIMUM RISK, like Van Damme's previous DOUBLE IMPACT, is the story of twin ..read more »

57% from 134 members

Maximum Risk on DVD (1996)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephane Audran, Natasha Henstridge
Director: Ringo Lam
Certificate:
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After making several violent Hong Kong action films in the style that's come to be known as heroic bloodshed, Ringo Lam came to Hollywood to make his first American film with Belgian martial arts star Jean-Claude Van Damme. MAXIMUM RISK, like Van Damme's previous DOUBLE IMPACT, is the story of twin ..read more »

57% from 1,949 member

Full Contact on DVD (1992)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Simon Yam, Bonnie Fu
Director: Ringo Lam
Certificate:
Jeff and Judge join together in a robbery for weapons. When it all goes wrong Judge betrays Jeff so Judge goes out for the ultimate revenge...

59% from 750 members

Twin Dragons on DVD (1992)
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan
Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Certificate:
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It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an effort of the Hong Kong Directors Guild to build a new headquarters. Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui split the ..read more »

61% from 1,558 member

Wild Search on DVD (1988)
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Cheung, Roy Cheung
Director: Ringo Lam
Certificate:
In WILD SEARCH, Chow Yun-Fat, the popular star of Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE and John Woo's HARD TARGET, reprises his familiar role as a lone wolf Hong Kong police detective. Here he plays Mew Mew, an emotionally fragile widow investigating arms smuggling. After her mother gets killed in a shoot-out ..read more »

54% from 171 members

City On Fire (1987)
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Yun-Fat Chow/ Danny Lee
Director: Ringo Lam
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An undercover cop, played by Chow Yun-Fat, infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store. The film shows how he infiltrates the gang.

60% from 1,042 member
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Ringo Lam facts

5 most recent films

Triangle - 2.5 stars
In Hell - 3.0 stars
Replicant - 2.5 stars
Full Alert - 2.5 stars
Maximum Risk - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Twin Dragons - 3.0 stars
City On Fire - 3.0 stars
Full Contact - 3.0 stars
In Hell - 3.0 stars
Maximum Risk - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Triangle - 2.5 stars
Full Alert - 2.5 stars
Replicant - 2.5 stars
Wild Search - 2.5 stars
Maximum Risk - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jean-Claude Van Damme - 5 times - show films
Frank Senger - 3 times - show films
Natasha Henstridge - 3 times - show films
Jean-Hugues Anglade - 3 times - show films
Zach Grenier - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tsui Hark - 3 times - show films
Johnny To - 1 times - show films
Hark Tsui - 1 times - show films