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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

2 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K

Also in the cast: 1 film

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung photo

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (1955-2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer and scriptwriter. He was known for gritty, dark and realistic action thrillers. He was born in Hong Kong and studied film at York University film school in Toronto. Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) was reworked from Lam's City on Fire (1987), and critics have indicated that there are shot-by-shot copies of certain action sequences. His most recent films include a collaboration with Jean-Claude Van Damme: Maximum Risk (1996), Replicant (2001), and The Savage (2003) (better known as In Hell).

Biography from TMDB

City on Fire (1987)

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K UHD

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Best Video:

Arrow or Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Seems to be the same transfer see Finch's review

caps for the new Arrow/Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray upgrade compared to previous BDs

Arrow has better subtitles

Additional Info:

Arrow UHD has much better English subtitles and additional extras making it the far superior release to the Shout version of the same master.

3.8

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