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Availability: Special Order - We do not normally keep stock of this title onhand. Once you order it, we will order it from our supplier and ship it out to you. We do not bill you for Special Order items until they ship. You cannot cancel Special Order items after purchase. AKA: Fireline Director: Johnnie To Kei-Fung Producer: Mona Fong (Yat Wa) Choreography: Yuen Bun Released: 1997 [Hong Kong] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure Collections:  Celestial Shaw Bros. Series Keywords:  Fire / Firefighter(s) || Shaw Brothers

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Avg. Rating:	3.6 / 5 (based on 9 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	"Lifeline" follows a firefighting unit considered a jinxed outfit by the rest of the department. The film follows the unit's personal lives and compels the viewer's involvement in their stories--with the bonus of some incredible special effects.
Overview:	A solid piece of filmmaking by Director Johnny To follows a firefighting unit considered a jinxed hardluck outfit by the rest of the Department. Lau Ching Wan is Boss, a hardened veteran who does not share the Department's view that a fireman should let victims burn if the odds are against rescue. He is at odds with his new commander (Alex Fong Chung-sun), a "By-The-Book" officer and involved with a doctor (Carmen Lee), who is distraught over a recent break-up. LIFELINE follows the unit's personal lives and compels the viewers to be involved with their stories. Ruby Wong Chui-mei is particularly good as a female firefighter at odds with her husband over her career and starting a family. Not to say that there aren't incredible special effects. Throughout the first half of the movie, there are disasters every once in a while that call for eye-catching effects. And then comes the finale... 40 minutes of burning, collapsing, exploding building, that ranks among Hong Kong's most Hollywood-shaming technical achievements. Supplementing the visual eye candy, the climax also sets up includes some fine performances: in a wonderful balcony scene, Carman Lee pulls off her richest dramatic performance to date. And Lau gives another of his effective gentle charmers. Overall, an excellent film, Lifeline is also a technical accomplishment, and is worth watching for its special effects alone.
Cast:	Lau Ching Wan  ||  Alex Fong Chung-Sun  ||  Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung  ||  Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling  ||  Damian Lau Chung-Yun  ||  Wong Ho-Yin  ||  Lui Man-Loi  ||  Yiu Ying-Ying  ||  Annabelle Lau Hiu-Tung  ||  Wong Ka-Ming  ||  Shin Kam-Ching  ||  Kwok Yi-Kiu Cameos: Kenneth Chan Kai-T (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	104 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Cantonese (DTS 5.1 Surround) Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Cantonese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono - Original) Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
Distributor:	Intercontinental Video Limited (IVL)  [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
Rating:	IIA - "Some Content May Be Inappropriate For Children" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13") Films rated Category IIA may contain mild violence such as martial arts, mild nudity that is not sexually oriented, mild explicit language and some mild adult situations.
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 DTS Digital Surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Mono "Making Of" (14 mins., w/English Subtitles) Trailers Color Stills Original Poster Production Notes Cast/Crew Info.
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