# City on Fire (1987)

> An exhausted Hong Kong police officer enters a jewellery-robbing gang undercover, where suspicion from both sides turns a final assignment into a fight for survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27132

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
- Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Sun Yueh, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Carrie Ng Ka-Lai, Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung, Lau Kong, Fong Yau, Parkman Wong Pak-Man
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093435/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: paranoid, propulsive, gritty, late night action marathon, Hong Kong cinema double feature

## Synopsis

An undercover cop risks everything to infiltrate a dangerous gang of jewel thieves.

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