Burning Paradise (1994)
- Original title
- 火燒紅蓮寺
- Directed by
- Ringo Lam
- Genre
- action film, martial arts film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- IIB
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 36 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Set during the Qing dynasty, a martial arts hero fights against a tyrannical regime. He joins forces with rebels to take down a corrupt fortress.
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What happens
Burning Paradise (Foh Siu Hung Lin Ji 火燒紅蓮寺 (lit. 'The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple') is a 1994 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ringo Lam. The film is set in the Qing dynasty and stars Willie Chi Tian-sheng as Fong Sai Yuk and Yang Sheng as Hung Hei-kwun. Burning Paradise was made during a period where there was new wave of popularity of sword-play themed martial arts films after the popularity of Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China films in the early 1990s. The film was initially offered to Tsui Hark, who suggested it to the director Ringo Lam. It was Lam's only film in the style and was shot in Shanghai. The film was a box office performed poorly in the Hong Kong box office, earning just under two-million hong kong dollars against a 23 million dollar budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.