Prison on Fire - Life Sentence
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Directed by | Edmond Yuen |
Produced by | Nam Yin |
Screenplay by | Nam Yin Rex Hou |
Starring | Ben Wong Iris Wong Tommy Wong William Ho Lee Wai-kei Chapman To Bill Lung |
Music by | Brother Hung |
Cinematography | Yip Wai-ying |
Production
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B&S Limited
East Entertainment |
Distributed by | B&S Films Distribution |
Release dates
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18 March 2001 |
Running time
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83 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$18,240[1] |
Prison on Fire - Life Sentence is a 2001 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Edmond Yuen and starring Ben Wong, Iris Wong, Tommy Wong, William Ho, Lee Wai-kei, Chapman To and Bill Lung. Despite the title, this film is not related to the 1987 film Prison on Fire and its 1991 sequel.
Plot
A group of prisoners were doing a variety of activities on the courtyard. Big Fool (William Ho) and Crazy Bill (Tommy Wong) were playing basketball where Bill kicks the ball towards Tung (Ben Wong), who kicks it away. Bill felt humiliated by it and stars a fight with Tung where Tung ends out hospitalized. During hospitalization, Tung thinks about the time when his family moved to another house and opened a food stall nearby. However, their stall was burnt by triad leader Sing (Bill Lung), who constantly bullies Tung's family and also raped Tung's girlfriend, Sau (Iris Wong). Unable to tolerate Sing's bullying, Tung kills Sing by chopping him to death, which leads Tung to being imprisoned.
Cast
- Ben Wong as Ho Sun-tung (何順東)
- Iris Wong as Sau (秀)
- Tommy Wong as Crazy Bill (傻標)
- William Ho as Big Fool (大傻)
- Lee Wai-kei
- Chapman To
- Bill Lung as Brother Sing (大哥成)
- Wong Hok-lam
- Tony Chiu
Reception
Critical
Hong Kong Film Net gave the film a score of 6.5/10 noting the unoriginal plot, but also praising it as a decent triad film that makes a good contrast to the Hollywood inspired Hong Kong films coming out that period despite its low budget.[2]
Box office
The film grossed HK$18,240 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 8 to 14 March 2001 in Hong Kong.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prison on Fire - Life Sentence at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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External links
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- Hong Kong films
- 2001 films
- 2000s crime thriller films
- 2000s crime drama films
- 2000s action thriller films
- Hong Kong crime thriller films
- Hong Kong action thriller films
- Triad films
- Prison films
- Cantonese-language films
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong