School on Fire (1988)

Original title

學校風雲

Directed by

Ringo Lam

Genre

crime film, thriller film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

IIB

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolgirl testifies about a triad beating. She then gets trapped by the triad leader who demands protection money. The situation keeps getting worse for her.

tensebleakchaoticgrittyharrowingfast-paceddesperateviolentclaustrophobic

What happens

School on Fire (學校風雲) is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Ringo Lam. The film involves a young schoolgirl Chu Yuen Fong (Fennie Yuen) who becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart (Roy Cheung), Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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