Raging Fire

If you can sit through the occasional sermon about the role of police in modern society, you’ll find yourself in the lap of true action greatness.

Aided by the star magnetism of Yen and Tse, and back in his element on the colorful streets of Hong Kong, Chan goes out with both guns blazing.

It’s a throwback to the exhilarating, ferocious Hong Kong action filmmaking of yore, capping off a muscular actioner that marries old-school bravado with contemporary technique.

Despite a few moments of heightened bliss that remind us what kind of talent it has in front of the camera (and the operatic possibilities of Hong Kong action), Raging Fire’s dull discussion of policing never lights a fire.

Benny Chan Really Directed Very Well, Before He Passed Away. Sad That The Ex-Cops, Were Following Orders, And Ended Up In Prison, Because The Management Wants To Save Face. Donnie Yen And Nicholas Tse Acted Very Well.

I really enjoyed this film. Its got a good mix of character development and action, with some really quite impressive explosions and other slick action based special effects. The plot has some twists and its pretty gripping stuff. If your looking for a slick Asian action film, this may well be it. I'd definitely recommend it, yes.

Raging Fire is amazing from start to finish! The film’s story is not necessarily original, but was very clear and light. Conflict of morals, drama, action, fighting scenes. The editing was choppy in parts but those are small negatives! Overall this is a classic! Donnie Yen convinces as righteous cop who never seeks for the easy but rather the right way out of trouble. But Nicolas Tse as a villian was awesome. His backstory was well written and it shows the motives behind his actions. I even have a sympathy feeling for what was happened to him and his team. Honestly it felt good to see a HK action film like this.

(Mauro Lanari) A wannabe Michael Mann, but the Honk Kong action movie has become predictable, repetitive, barters the characteral thickness with the kinetics of bodies and objects, the psychological duels with physical ones, and some directorial choices, score, car chases, slow motion scenes, are dated.

Le regretté Benny Chan livre comme de coutume un film très correctement réalisé, notamment dans les scènes d’action (plutôt impressionnantes), ce qui à notre époque moderne (de films agités, secoués et montés n’importe comment) n’est certainement pas rien ! Néanmoins, l’action n’est pas ici prédominante, loin de là même, puisque diluée sur plus de deux plombes, lesquelles sont plombées par ailleurs par une histoire pourrave et un scénar carrément très naze sur les bords (et au milieu aussi !). On dénombre tout de même une fusillade, deux poursuites en voiture et une grosse castagne (celle-là pour le grand final qui en fait d’ailleurs un peu trop). Dans l’ensemble, c’est joliment fait (en ce qui concerne l’action) malgré parfois des effets numériques un peu pourris mais comme dit plus haut, on s’ennuie beaucoup entre les bastons et les comédiens sont mal dirigés et sombrent régulièrement dans la caricature. Même ce bon vieux Donnie Yen est de façon regrettable très transparent en fait (malgré bien sûr sa virtuosité habituelle en coups de tatanes). Un mauvais film donc, regardable surtout avec la télécommande.