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7.7/10   179 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Chuek-Hon Szeto (writer)
Hark Tsui (writer)
Release Date:
4 December 1980 (Hong Kong) more
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Tagline:
It started as a joyride; the terror never ended...
User Comments:
Dangerous spiral more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Lieh Lo ... Tan
Chen Chi Lin ... Pearl
Albert Au ... Paul
Tin Sang Lung ... Lung
Biu Law Che ... Ko
Ray Lui ... Inspector Lui
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Baron ... Bruce
Gwok-Ming Cheung ... Inspector of Political Department
Man Ching Chong ... Social worker
Richard Da Silva ... Uncle Hark
Nigel Falgate ... Nigel
Shing Hon Lau ... Inspector of Political Department
Po-Chih Leong ... Head of Political Department
John Sham ... Inspector of Political Department
Stephen Shin ... Inspector of Political Department
Terry Tong ... Inspector of Political Department
Pierre Tremblay
David Wu ... Tour Guide
Ronny Yu ... Inspector of Political Department
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dai yat lui ying aau him (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind (Hong Kong: English title)
Don't Play with Fire (International: English title)
Playing with Fire
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Runtime:
Netherlands:95 min | UK:92 min (cut version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Soundtrack:
Alba Dei Morti Viventi more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Dangerous spiral, 12 August 2000
9/10
Author: 34low from U.S.A.

I love the heroine of this movie. She, a beautiful teen-age sister of a cop, is in fact a fiery, sadistic psychopath who dominates hapless (and spineless) threesome of students and forces them to participate in her reckless criminal scheme.

Even though the heroine is totally amoral, and sadistic etc., we can't but root for her because she is fearless and puts up a lone fight against..., against everything. She is motivated by dark and formless anger, and she controls (or tries to control) three students through fear and greed. This relationship between the girl and the threesome is the most interesting aspect of the film.

Their dangerous game leads to the involvement with organized crime (the triad?) and to the dire conclusion. The last twenty or so minutes of the film is truly gruesome.

The other characters in film are pretty two-dimensional --- the villains are mere killing machines, and the cop, the brother of the heroine, is also rather stereotypical loner cop. But the dangerous and out-of-control spiral of the four main characters is riveting to watch.

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