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Solid prison movie. Yun-Fat is great as usual, in my estimation. Very harsh, but probably realistic.
| Ringo Lam's "Prison on Fire" is a gritty prison drama that revolves around two inmates. When one of them notices a triad inmate steel a pair of scissors a war of grudges erupts with violent confrontations between prisoners and even the warden.I enjoyed this movie because it seemed quite realistic especially Chow Yun Fat's good performance as the experienced prisoner used to life in the "Big House". Ringo Lam has constructed a good plot that includes emotions from joy to hatred. The climax is especially entertaining and I give it my strong recommendation. This film was followed by a sequel but it failed to capture the grittyness and haunting themes of the original. Chow Yun Fat's character in this film resembles Paul Newman's in the classic 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke". I think all Hong Kong movie fans should watch this film because it's a hidden gem that although was not an international hit ranks among my all time favorites. |
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| The film that convinced me Chow Yun Fat was the greatest actor of all time. And also the film that convinced me Ringo Lam is one sick bastard too.
Leung Ka Fai gets sent to jail for manslaughter after kicking a triad under a bus, complete with sound effects (EWW!). There, he meets up with Chow Yun Fat's Ah Ching character, who happens to be the most charismatic prison inmate ever. Stuff happens, but I don't need to say more because you WILL see Prison On Fire. Basically, Chow Yun Fat and Leung Ka Fai both deserved awards for this film as both of them are FUCKING FANTASTIC. No jokes. While some may say Roy Cheung is his usual sneering self, it works here and the evil prison warden is bloody well suited to this flick. I was stuck to the screen for the whole thing and I hated the fact that it ended because it just really demands more - probably why there was a sequel that was almost as good (but not quite). Ringo Lam really made the dull grey prison come alive with the characters and not the visual aspect because there's only so much you can get from grey walls and dusty exercise yards. Prison On Fire gets a bit freakin' sick near the end and Chow Yun Fat shows that Mike Tyson watches Hong Kong movies with a nasty moment, but it doesn't detract from the film because it's already shocked you with the way the prisoners are treated. Ah Ching must be the most luckless man in Hong Kong... Some of the best acting ever. |
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The mainland prisoners and "hongkies" (HK prisoners) duke it out while Chow Yun Fat forms a bond with a Mainland triad boss wrongly framed (by one of his own men) for the murder of an inmate. Tommy Wong reprises his role from the first.
-DP
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