Programmed December 2025

Directed by Ringo Lam

Featuring a new introduction by author Grady Hendrix, part of Criterion’s Spotlight series Raw, gritty, intensely angry visions of individuals pushed to the brink by a corrupt society, the films of Hong Kong action renegade Ringo Lam scorch the screen with an anarchic fury. His action classic City on Fire offered Chow Yun-fat one of his meatiest roles and inspired Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs . With his further entries in the “On Fire” series, Lam doubled down on social criticism without stinting on the action, offering a searing portrait of systemic moral breakdown.

Still watchable end to end