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S6E3 - City on Fire (1987)

Heroic Purgatory: An Asian Cinema Podcast by John Atom, Jason Maher

Apr 27, 202601:14:52TV & Film

In this episode of Heroic Purgatory: An Asian Cinema Podcast, John and Jason revisit the heroic bloodshed genre with arguably the second (and far less melodramatic) entry into the category: Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987...

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