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Ringo Lam - what members say


  • Maximum Risk
  • Maximum Risk review by from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
    Rated - 2 stars 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....  
  • Wild Search
  • Wild Search review by from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
    Rated - 3 stars 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...  
  • Full Contact
  • Full Contact review by Stevieb47 from poole
    Rated - 5 stars 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...  

Ringo Lam - filmography


  • Triangle on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Louis Koo,  Simon Yam,  Honglei Sun
    Director: Ringo Lam,  Tsui Hark,  Johnny To
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 384 members
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  • In Hell on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Director: Ringo Lam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,693 members
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  • Full Alert on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Francis Ng,  Lau Ching Wan,  Blackie Ko
    Director: Ringo Lam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 166 members
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  • Maximum Risk on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Natasha Henstridge,  Jean-Hugues Anglade
    Director: Ringo Lam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,723 member
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  • Wild Search on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Cherie Cheung,  Roy Cheung
    Director: Ringo Lam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 152 members
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  • City On Fire on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Yun-Fat Chow,  Danny Lee
    Director: Ringo Lam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 993 members
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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 Version - 2.5 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
Wild Search - 2.5 stars
Replicant - 2.5 stars
Maximum Risk - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jean-Claude Van Damme - 4 times - show films
Jean-Hugues Anglade - 2 times - show films
Chow Yun-Fat - 2 times - show films
Zach Grenier - 2 times - show films
Paul Ben-Victor - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tsui Hark - 2 times - show films
Johnny To - 1 times - show films
Hark Tsui - 1 times - show films