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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Biography
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).
Top Filmography
6.7
Twin Dragons
1992 // MOVIE
6.9
City on Fire
1987 // MOVIE
6.1
The Eighth Happiness
1988 // MOVIE
6.2
Touch and Go
1991 // MOVIE
7.3
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993 // MOVIE
3.0
In the Mood for Melville
2017 // MOVIE
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You Are Wonderful
1976 // MOVIE
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ICAC: Section Nine
1978 // MOVIE
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Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong
2011 // MOVIE
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Luk Siu Fung (Series II)
1977 // TV
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The Fatal Irony
1974 // TV
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A House is Not a Home
1977 // TV