City on Fire fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Melancholic and cathartic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime and the mind
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Fast from start to finish.
City on Fire is tense, violent, and thrilling.
Melancholic and cathartic
Emotionally, it's melancholic and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime and the mind
Its world is built around crime and the mind.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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City on Fire is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71/100 (IMDb 7.1). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
1 h 45 min
City on Fire runs 1 h 45 min.
It was made in cn. Produced in Hong Kong SAR China.
+17GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for City on Fire in 31 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 47 storytelling tropes for City on Fire, including Cassandra Truth, Karma Houdini, Ax-Crazy.
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