City on Fire
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Movie Reviews of City on Fire
Movie Review: Charismatic Chow sets this City On Fire!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of Chow Yun Fat's best performances. You really feel for his character as he is torn between his job as a undercover cop and his sympathies with a gang of thieves, and his friendship with one of them, while trying to salvage his relationship with his not too understanding girlfriend.Movie Review: Good Hong Kong Police Film
Summary: 4 Stars
I would have preferred to have seen this film in it's original Mandarin language track but I do not feel it is necessary to knock this edition. I also take the unfashionable opinion that "Reservoir Dogs", Quentin Tarantino's homage(not rip-off) to "City on Fire", is the better of the two films. "Reservoir Dogs" beats this film in terms of style and characterization if not completely original. That said, this is a highly engaging film. It has a compelling central premise of a police undercover operative who not only has to fear the crooks he's infiltrating but his superiors who view him with contempt. There is action here for sure but it doesn't subvert the story. I recommend this film for any fan of Hong Kong action films but if a Mandarin edition becomes available check that out instead.Movie Review: Still better than Reservoir Dogs
Summary: 4 Stars
"City on Fire" far and away is much better than Tarantino's movie "Reservoir Dogs". City on Fire is not like any of Chow Yun-Fat's other movies in that it contains less gun play and less violence. But one thing that is intact is the great story. This is one of the best undercover cop stories there are and no American film company could do it better, they could only copy it like Tarantino. As said before, Yun-Fat is an undercover cop who must bust thieves who are going to pull a big job. One of the thieves is Danny Lee from the Chow Yun-Fat movie "The Killer." If you want to see a smart action film then you must get this one because it actually makes sense.Movie Review: Fan of Chow
Summary: 4 Stars
Chow Yun Fat has this quiet grace and style that I enjoy. Paired with John Woo as a director and I'll watch any film with that combination.Movie Review: worth a look
Summary: 3 Stars
While this movie may not be in the same league as some of the classic Chow Yun Fat thrillers (The Killer, Hard-Boiled, Full Contact, for example), this is still a decent action film. The interplay between the characters is, unfortunately, cliched and sometimes ludicrous (the scene in the cemetery, for example), but the assured direction, complex storyline, and gritty realism more than make up for it; the jewelry heist and the nihilistic, bullet-riddled ending are particularly well-staged. The DVD I have is the (badly) dubbed version, which sounds like it was done by a third-rate comedian locked in a closet. The print of the film, however, is clear and sharp (I had seen this on videotape several years ago, and remember it as being somewhat grainy), though it did seem sometimes as if there was a little jumpiness from shot to shot in some scenes.