In addition to directors like Johnnie To and John Woo, Benny Chan is one of them through works like New Police Story great masters of Hong Kong action cinema. The filmmaker died of cancer in August 2020 at the age of 58. Before that, he was able to finish one last film, which was released in 2021.
You can watch the genre hit Raging Fire with the legendary action actor and martial arts genius Donnie Yen as a German free TV premiere on Thursday.
Raging Fire is the final blast of a late action master
In the film’s story, Donnie Yen plays a renowned police officer who is caught up in his past. This brings him face to face with his former protégé, Yau Kong-Ngo (Nicholas Tse). in prison for three years due to a tragic accident landed and now vows revenge.
Check out the German trailer for Raging Fire here:
Raging Fire – Trailer (German) HD
With Raging Fire, Benny Chan said goodbye as director with a final bang. In their review, our colleagues at FILMSTARTS gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, among other things:
Benny Chan’s last film is once again very much in the tradition of Hong Kong action cinema, which we have loved so much since the 1980s at the latest: densely staged, uncompromisingly violent, brutal to the point of bursting, seasoned with a lot of black humor.
When is Raging Fire on TV?
Tele5 is broadcasting the German free TV premiere of the action hit May 2, 2024 at 8:15 p.m out of. Alternatively, you can rent or buy Raging Fire digitally from Amazon Prime Video, among others.
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