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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind

Original title: Di yi lei xing wei xian
  • 19801980
  • 1h 35m
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7.4/10
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Di yi lei xing wei xian (1980)
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Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four cri... Read allThree lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
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  • Director
    • Hark Tsui
  • Writers
    • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
    • Hark Tsui
  • Stars
    • Lieh Lo
    • Chen-Chi Lin
    • Albert Au
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  • Director
    • Hark Tsui
  • Writers
    • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
    • Hark Tsui
  • Stars
    • Lieh Lo
    • Chen-Chi Lin
    • Albert Au
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    • 8User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Albert Au in Di yi lei xing wei xian (1980)
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    Lieh Lo
    Lieh Lo
    • Tanas Tan
    Chen-Chi Lin
    Chen-Chi Lin
    • Pearlas Pearl
    Albert Au
    • Paulas Paul
    Tin Sang Lung
    Tin Sang Lung
    • Lungas Lung
    Paul Che
    Paul Che
    • Koas Ko
    • (as Biu Law Che)
    Ray Lui
    Ray Lui
    • Inspector Luias Inspector Lui
    Bruce Baron
    Bruce Baron
    • Bruceas Bruce
    Kwok-Ming Cheung
    • Interpol Officeras Interpol Officer
    Man-Ching Chong
    • Social Workeras Social Worker
    Shing-Choi Chu
    • Paul's Motheras Paul's Mother
    Richard Da Silva
    • Uncle Harkas Uncle Hark
    Xiaoyu Deng
    • Interpol Officeras Interpol Officer
    Nigel Falgate
    • Nigelas Nigel
    Ping Fong
    Ping Fong
    • Woman at Identification paradeas Woman at Identification parade
    Oi-Tsu Fung
    • Bank Clerkas Bank Clerk
    Yun-Chuen Fung
    • Paul's fatheras Paul's father
    Si Git Hau
    Deannie Ip
    Deannie Ip
    • Police Officeras Police Officer
    • (as Deannie Yip)
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Cheuk-Hon Szeto
      • Hark Tsui
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Alternate versions
      Tsui Hark's original version was banned by Hong Kong censors. Several subplots had to be removed (in the original, the three teenagers plant self-built bombs in public places for the fun of it) and scenes were re-shot. The DVD-release by HK Video in France includes both the original and the modified version.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Death King (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Alba Dei Morti Viventi
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Goblin

      Taken from their "Zombi - Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack

    User reviews8

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    10/10
    Tsui Hark's masterpiece?
    Three friends out for a night of fun in daddy's car accidentally kill a pedestrian. The only witness is young, psychotic girl who decides to blackmail them. She forces the boys to participate in her misanthropic deeds, which eventually bring them into some Japanese bank notes for 800 million yen that belong to some illegal arms dealers. Wow, this is one psychotic movie! DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE (aka DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS: 1ST KIND) is Tsui Hark's third film and it is one angry movie. Opening with the scene of a mouse having a pin shoved into its head (sadly, for real), Hark makes modern day Hong Kong look like hell on earth with its grimy streets and claustrophobic apartment buildings. I'd like to think he is making a statement on class warfare, but Hark just seems like he wants to destroy everything in a wave of nihilistic fury. A final shootout in an equally crowded cemetery is the film's highlight. The score is stolen from all over the place. Tracks I identified were from Goblin (off the DAWN OF THE DEAD soundtrack), Jean Michel Jarre, and the disco band The Mike Theodore Orchestra. I actually wish Hark made more modern day stuff like this as I got tired of his costume kung fu drama porn rather quickly.
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    • Apr 20, 2011

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 1980 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Don't Play with Fire
    • Production company
      • Fotocine Film Production Limited
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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