Find out why author Grady Hendrix calls Ringo Lam “the mad dog of Hong Kong filmmaking” and says that watching one his movies “is like getting a punch to the face.” In the following introduction, Hendrix explores Lam’s unique contribution to the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, relating how he used gritty location shooting, authentic Cantonese street talk, and an instinctive rapport with actors like Chow Yun-fat to create a series of social-realist crime pictures centered on ordinary people.
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City on Fire
Directed by Ringo Lam • 1987 • Hong Kong
Starring Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, Sun YuehThis sizzling, highly influential crime drama from explosive genre stylist Ringo Lam stars Chow Yun-fat as Ko Chow, an undercover cop torn between his duty as a police officer and his loyalty to his friends on th...
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Prison on Fire
Directed by Ringo Lam • 1987 • Hong Kong
Starring Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chow Yun-fat, Roy CheungDirector Ringo Lam explores potent themes of loyalty, authority, and corruption in this tough-as-nails crime drama set within the simmering confines of a prison. When he is incarcerated for accidentally...
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Prison on Fire II
Directed by Ringo Lam • 1991 • Hong Kong
Starring Chow Yun-fat, Chen Sung-young, Yu LiChow Yun-fat returns as a convict navigating the perils of life in a repressive Hong Kong jail in Ringo Lam’s hard-hitting sequel to his action classic PRISON ON FIRE. Here, the good-hearted Ching (Chow) must ...
