City On Fire 1987 WS DVDRip XviD-AXIAL
Another Asian movie was released by AXIAL today. Another respectful Asian star, Yun-Fat Chow. I never searched for his movie but they are always welcome. Never heard before about this film but I think some will be thankful to AXIAL for releasing this one. They say that this the film where “Reservoir Dogs” by Tarantino is based on. Our chance to see if there was a same movie released 5 years before Tarantino’s film. Quality? I don’t think I have to say something about it, enjoy!
When an undercover cop is killed, Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) is recruited by Inspector Lau (Sun Yueh) to take his place trying to infiltrate a gang of thieves. But Chow had previously done undercover work and had developed an emotional bond with the men he then later had to betray–and he is afraid it could happen again. The loyalty of the younger cop to the older man will be tested against the bonds he must form with the criminals in order to be trusted by them. This theme of the similarities between cops and criminals is a staple of the heroic bloodshed branch of Hong Kong cinema.
Chow befriends Fu (Danny Lee) by posing as a man who can supply the guns needed for a jewelry heist. Director Ringo Lam stages his action and street scenes with a high degree of realism. The characters’ movements are erratic and the violence is brutal and unstylized, with everything unfolding in believable chaos. Released at the same time as A BETTER TOMORROW, it made Chow Yun-Fat a Hong Kong star. This Hong Kong classic formed the basis for Quentin Tarantino’s later RESERVOIR DOGS.
Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (1,253 votes)
Directed by: Ringo Lam
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Yueh Sun
Release Name: City.On.Fire.1987.WS.DVDRip.XviD-AXIAL
Size: 2CD, 1400MB
Quality: 624×336, 448kbps (6ch) CBR
Runtime: 101min
Filenames: axial-cof.a, axial-cof.b
Info: Japanese audio, English external subtitles
Comments(14)
Yun-Fat Chow is one of my favorite action stars. The Killer, Hard Boil, A better tomorrow 1,2,3 are all must see movies.
Great post! i hope the japanese audio is just a typo though.
hard subbed or no?
honestly why would you want dubbed audio with a quality action film like this. I can undertand the comic value in martial arts but not this.
i dunno if you are referring to me or not, but i was hoping the japanese was a typo seeing as how the movie is in Cantonese (or Mandarin, no idea which).
*takes right foot out of mouth and puts both feet in.*
d’oh my bad J-ROC
so, again, is this hard subbed or are the subs just included? if its not hard subbed i cant view subtitles when i burn the dvd
just download the NFO and read
This is the film that Tarantino ripped off and pretty much copied for Resevoir Dogs.
Mike.
I did…it doesnt say if its hard subbed or not just says english subs. im not gonna waste over a gig of bandwidth if its not hard subbed…so…
if anyone on here has downloaded it let me know please
Just download the torrent file and look at the file list for sub files, I already did and there are some sub files so it is soft subbed…
Thanks, love Asian Action movies.
the second cd’s subtitles are out of sync by about 3 seconds. i am sure there will be a sub fix soon or something but if you delay the second cds subs by 3 seconds its more watchable.
still a great release.
where r RS links?