Lifeline (1997)
Reviewed by: resdog781 on 2000-07-31
Summary: A pretty decent HK take on "Backdraft"
Let me just say right now, that I have the utmost respect for firefighters. The balls it must take for someone to run into a burning building and save someone's life is completely beyond me. I commend them all.

Anyway, the point: This was a phat-ass movie. Lau Ching-Wan plays the head of a supposedly jinxed HK fire station. As they build up the suspense toward the final pre-req "gigantic fire" sequence, the movie shows how this squad of firefighters screw up their missions, and the havoc it plays on their consciences.

A great performance by Lau Ching-Wan as usual, but an amazing performance by Ruby Wong, as a female firefighter whose conscience is burdened after failing to rescue a baby buried alive in the rubble.

Of course, they finally prove to their fellow firefighters, as well as the entire city, that they are *not* losers, but that heroism just needs a little elbow grease to get rolling. You gotta love how Lau Ching-Wan gets the idea to escape the fire at the end. This is a GREAT movie.