About City on Fire
4K restoration of the seminal and influential Hong Kong crime classic.
Ko is an undercover cop on one last job, assigned to infiltrate a gang of jewel thieves committing armed robberies across Hong Kong. When another police officer is killed in the line of duty during one of the gang’s heists, Ko finds himself caught in the crossfire between the police force desperate to catch the culprits at any cost, and the trigger-happy thieves who begin to smell a rat in their midst. As the bullets fly and the body count rises, Ko’s only hope for survival might be his burgeoning friendship with weary gang member Fu…
Our thoughts
A star making role for Chow Yun Fat after the success of A Better Tomorrow. The film marks the first paring of Chow Yun Fat and Danny Lee, who would reverse roles a couple of years later in The Killer. The film is now known as one of the key inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. The film has not been available for the big screen in 30 years and we can't wait to see it!
BBFC Insight: Contains strong bloody violence
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