Burning Ambition (1989)
Reviewed by: hkcinema on 1999-12-08
This stars Simon Yam, Yukari Oshima and a couple of other famous actors who I cannot remember. Anyway, the interesting thing is that all the stars have equal screen time and no one hogs the spotlight in this movie. The movie starts off with the crime boss telling his son (Simon Yam) that while he is in Canada, the son (Yam) will run the crime family. Someone is not pleased about this as they feel the oldest son, Yam's older brother, should be running the crime operation. Well, someone assasinates the boss, and from then on, mayhem erupts as the crime ring is divided in half and one side takes revenge on the other. I don't want to give anything away by telling too much as there are some twists and some unexpected deaths. The movie is low budget, but it doesn't look that way. It has tons of great nonstop action (all of which is pretty believable) and tons of killing, all combined with good acting. I highly recommend this movie.

(3.5/4)



[Reviewed by Adam Scott Pritzker]