Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Known for DirectingBorn 1955-12-08Died 2018-12-29Hong 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).Read more

Movies & web series

Rebel from China

Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

School on Fire

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

A Moment of Romance

Victim

Burning Paradise

The Suspect

Prison on Fire

City on Fire

Happy Ghost III

Full Alert

Cupid One

Full Contact

Prison on Fire II

Wild Search

In Hell

Twin Dragons

Touch and Go

Triangle

Undeclared War

The Eighth Happiness

Sky on Fire

Wild City

Replicant

The Other Side of Gentleman

The Adventurers

Maximum Risk

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

Esprit D'amour

In the Mood for Melville

Looking for Mr. Perfect

Simon Sez

Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong

ICAC: Section Nine

Luk Siu Fung (Series II)

A House is Not a Home

You Are Wonderful

The Fatal Irony