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City On Fire
1987
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. Read more
| Starring | Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Yun-Fat Chow/ Danny Lee |
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| Director | Ringo Lam |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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The designer sunglasses give it away as this violent Hong Kong thriller was the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Here, oriental superstar Chow Yun-Fat stars as an undercover cop who works his way into a gang planning a jewel heist. When it all goes wrong, the gang returns to its warehouse rendezvous, where the recriminations begin. Director Ringo Lam accelerates the violence with undoubted skill, though it lacks the poignancy that Tarantino was to inject into his ground-breaking crime drama.
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Brutal action thriller that was one of the inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, though it concerns loyalty and rivalry between an elderly inspector and a brash new cop as much as dissension between gangsters.
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Full of brutal realism and street level thuggery fused together by a near career high performance from Chow Yun-Fat.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Reservoir Dogs on Fire
Being a huge Tarantino fan, I'd heard that Reservoir Dogs was (allegedly) a rip-off of this movie, so I thought I'd check it out. I was hoping to be ... more
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Reservoir Dogs on Fire
Being a huge Tarantino fan, I'd heard that Reservoir Dogs was (allegedly) a rip-off of this movie, so I thought I'd check it out. I was hoping to be ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
From out of The Wasteland...
The reason that I rented this film was to investigate the claims that Reservoir Dogs was a complete rip off of it. Looking at the menu screen you could be ... more
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- russio from Harlow
- Posted 01 Jun 2008 15:12
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Reservoir Dogs on Fire
Being a huge Tarantino fan, I'd heard that Reservoir Dogs was (allegedly) a rip-off of this movie, so I thought I'd check it out. I was hoping to be ... more
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The one thing Tarantino got right...
...was to make Tim Roth's character more sympathetic than Chow Yun Fat's. The latter's performance is remarkably different from his role as Ah Jong ... more
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Great film
to say this film is rubbish because youre all tarantino fans sucks. This film really has no similarities to dogs at all. sure the the main story structure is ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
From out of The Wasteland...
The reason that I rented this film was to investigate the claims that Reservoir Dogs was a complete rip off of it. Looking at the menu screen you could be ... more
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- russio from Harlow
- Posted 01 Jun 2008 15:12
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0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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Down in flames...
Billed as the inspiration behind Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, City On Fire never quite fulfills the heavy weight of expectation on its overblown shoulders.<... more
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
City On Fire..? Don't You Mean
A true classic of Chinese Heroic Bloodshed Cinema, and without doubt one of the films that made Chow Yun Fat a megastar. Tarantino said that this film was his ... more
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1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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It's not Reservoir Dogs
If that's what you're looking for then jump to the final third of the movie - however, it is not a satisfying reason to see the whole film. As it is, ... more
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Critics' reviews (4)
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The designer sunglasses give it away as this violent Hong Kong thriller was the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Here, oriental superstar Chow Yun-Fat stars as an undercover cop who works his way into a gang planning a jewel heist. When it all goes wrong, the gang returns to its warehouse rendezvous, where the recriminations begin. Director Ringo Lam accelerates the violence with undoubted skill, though it lacks the poignancy that Tarantino was to inject into his ground-breaking crime drama.
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Brutal action thriller that was one of the inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, though it concerns loyalty and rivalry between an elderly inspector and a brash new cop as much as dissension between gangsters.
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Full of brutal realism and street level thuggery fused together by a near career high performance from Chow Yun-Fat.
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Without City on Fire there would be no Reservoir Dogs.
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