If you loved Máximo Riesgo, try City on Fire
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. City on Fire tiene aproximadamente 3.2× votos menos que Máximo Riesgo — es una opción más underground, no una recomendación de masas. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, and they sit in Action / Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Máximo Riesgo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What City on Fire is
A neon string of fireworks bursts over Kowloon’s wet pavement. A revolver’s click echoes in a noodle shop back-alley. Ko Chow juggles three lies: one badge hidden behind clenched teeth, another ring in his pocket, and a badge that isn’t his hunting him down the same rain-slicked lane. The closer — a 1987 Hong Kong thriller that burns through loyalties faster than its own gunpowder fumes.

