City on Fire
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City on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong crime thriller film, directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat, renowned for its gritty undercover-cop story and major influence on later action cinema.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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crime thriller film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| associatedDirector | Ringo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Andrew Lau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Ringo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Cinema City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Wong Ming-lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmSeriesRelation | first film in Ringo Lam’s informal “On Fire” trilogy ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Prison on Fire
NERFINISHED
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School on Fire ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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crime film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSubtitlesIn |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Reservoir Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese ⓘ |
| leadActor | Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ko Chow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Wong Kai-chee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
gritty depiction of undercover police work
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influence on later action cinema ⓘ |
| notableSceneType |
bloody standoff ending
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heist sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves, leading to a violent and tragic climax. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
loyalty and betrayal
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moral ambiguity in law enforcement ⓘ |
| producer | Ringo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cinema City Company Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ringo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danny Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Yueh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor | Chow Yun-fat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | gritty realism ⓘ |
| supportingActor |
Danny Lee
NERFINISHED
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Sun Yueh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| violenceDepiction | stylized gunplay ⓘ |
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