Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Known for

Directing

Born

Dec 8, 1955

Died

Dec 29, 2018

From

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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Twin Dragons

19926.9out of 10

City on Fire

19877.0out of 10

The Eighth Happiness

19886.4out of 10

Touch and Go

19916.6out of 10

Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

19937.3out of 10

In the Mood for Melville

20174.5out of 10

You Are Wonderful

19760.0out of 10

ICAC: Section Nine

19780.0out of 10

Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong

20110.0out of 10

Luk Siu Fung (Series II)

19770.0out of 10

The Fatal Irony

19740.0out of 10

A House is Not a Home

19770.0out of 10

Maximum Risk

19965.8out of 10

Replicant

20015.9out of 10

Triangle

20076.5out of 10

Full Contact

19926.8out of 10

Victim

19997.0out of 10

Looking for Mr. Perfect

20034.1out of 10