Lam’s Prison on Fire (1987) focuses on the harshness of prison life, while Prison on Fire II (1991) goes all out on the violence

But that film and its sequel were quite different to City on Fire. Here’s how.

The story, written by Lam’s elder brother Nam Yin, who reportedly based some of it on his own experiences, works as a social comment on the harshness of prison life without hammering the point home.

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