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Release Year2001
Runtime1h 24m
LanguageCantonese
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama
Votes1
DirectorEdmond Yuen Chi-Keung
WritersRex Hon, Nam Yin
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsPrison on Fire: Life Sentence
About Prison on Fire: Life Sentence
A group of prisoners were doing a variety of activities on the courtyard. Big Fool (William Ho) and Crazy Bill (Tommy Wong) were playing basketball where Bill kicks the ball towards Tung (Ben Wong), who kicks it away. Bill felt humiliated by it and stars a fight with Tung where Tung ends out hospitalized. During hospitalization, Tung thinks about the time when his family moved to another house and opened a food stall nearby. However, their stall was burnt by triad leader Sing (Bill Lung), who constantly bullies Tung's family and also raped Tung's girlfriend, Sau (Iris Wong). Unable to tolerate Sing's bullying, Tung kills Sing by chopping him to death, which leads Tung to being imprisoned.
Directed by Edmond Yuen Chi-Keung, Prison on Fire: Life Sentence leans on a strong ensemble — Ben Wong Chi-Yin, Iris Wong Yat-Tung, Tommy Wong — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 2001.
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