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Welcome to CathayPlay! Established in 2019, we are a global streaming platform dedicated to Chinese independent cinema. Our mission is to discover and promote films that carry both…

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City on Fire

City on Fire

★★★★★

From the wailing of Teddy Robin's sax to the blues and neon reds of a Hong Kong where all the jewelry stores are open 24 hours to Chow Yun-fat looking impossibly cool wearing two button-down shirts, one on top of the other, collar popped like a superstar, City on Fire is everything. A Better Tomorrow opened the door, but Ringo Lam codified the ethos and the aesthetic of heroic bloodshed, twisting Woo's tale of brotherly tragedy into wrenching, grotesque assaults…