School on Fire (1988)

Synopsis: A part of Ringo Lam's On Fire series, SCHOOL ON FIRE, along with CITY ON FIRE and PRISON ON FIRE, forms a dark and violent trilogy. With its use of handheld cameras and more realistic violence and... A part of Ringo Lam's On Fire series, SCHOOL ON FIRE, along with CITY ON FIRE and PRISON ON FIRE, forms a dark and violent trilogy. With its use of handheld cameras and more realistic violence and staging, SCHOOL ON FIRE differs from the other two by its almost documentary feel. Set outside Hong Kong in a middle school in Kowloon, it tells the story of a young girl's tragic descent into forced prostitution at the hands of a cruel triad leader, Brother Smart (Roy Cheung). Fennie Yuen plays the young girl, who witnesses a murder of a fellow student by members of Smart's gang. When she is convinced by a teacher that she should talk to the police, they prove to be completely ineffectual and she is left to fend for herself. Lam makes the point that the police and the triads are men of the same type when they both are seen making offerings to Kwan Ti, the God of War. Because of the Film Censorship Bill that Hong Kong passed in 1987, allowing films that encouraged crime and corrupted morals to be censored, Lam was forced to make numerous cuts in order to get the film released. [More]

Starring: Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau, Ching-Ying Lam

Starring: Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Tommy Wong

Director: Ringo Lam

Director: Ringo Lam

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