Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Known for: Directing
Born: December 8, 1955
Died: December 29, 2018
Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
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).
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Filmography
36 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
4.5
In the Mood for Melville
2017
5.8
Sky on Fire
2016
5.7
Wild City
2015
NR
Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong
2011
6.5
Triangle
2007
6.7
In Hell
2003
4.1
Looking for Mr. Perfect
2003
5.9
Replicant
2001
7.0
Victim
1999
2.9
Simon Sez
1999
6.9
The Suspect
1998
6.8
Full Alert
1997
5.8
Maximum Risk
1996
5.8
The Adventurers
1995
7.0
Burning Paradise
1994
7.3
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
1993
6.8
Full Contact
1992
6.9
Twin Dragons
1992
6.8
Prison on Fire II
1991
6.6
Touch and Go
1991
10.0
Rebel from China
1990
6.5
Undeclared War
1990
7.2
A Moment of Romance
1990
6.8
Wild Search
1989
7.3
School on Fire
1988
6.4
The Eighth Happiness
1988
7.0
Prison on Fire
1987
7.2
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
6.9
City on Fire
1987
6.9
Happy Ghost III
1986
6.9
Cupid One
1985
6.0
The Other Side of Gentleman
1984
5.4
Esprit D'amour
1983NR
ICAC: Section Nine
1978
NR
Luk Siu Fung (Series II)
1977
NR
A House is Not a Home
1977
NR
You Are Wonderful
1976
NR
The Fatal Irony
1974