1. Backdraft (1991)
Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Gregory Widen
Starring: William Baldwin / Robert De Niro / Kurt Russell / Donald Sutherland / Jennifer Jason Lee
Genre: Drama / Action / Suspense / Thriller / Crime
Production Country/Region: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 1991-05-24
Length: 137 mins
AKA: The Flaming Flames / The Flaming Flames
Plot Summary:
The film is about a group of men who are willing to give up their lives for a better future.
The movie shows the extraordinary experiences of a group of firefighters who sacrificed their lives for the sake of death, and the real-life fire scenes that accentuate their courage in the face of danger, their unbreakable faith, and their brotherly fighting friendship.
2. A Hundred Thousand Fires (1997)
Director: Johnnie To
Screenwriter: Yau Nai-hai
Starring: Lau Ching Wan / Alex Fong / Li Ruotong / Liu Songren / Wong Cheuk Ling
Genre: Action / Thriller
Production Country/Region: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Release Date. : 1997-01-03
Length: 108 mins
Synopsis:
Firefighter Captain Yun (Lau Ching Wan) is a dedicated firefighter who rushes to the scene of a fire with his crew whenever an accident occurs. His new superior (Alex Fong) is determined to reorganize the team with rigorous discipline, and his harsh demands cause dissatisfaction among the firefighters. But in life, they are not as happy as each other. His ex-wife is a stranger to him. The female trainee captain (Wong Cheuk Ling), who is dedicated to her career, is also estranged from her husband. Yun rescues Carmen (Li Ruotong) during an on-site rescue operation.
Faced with the sudden outbreak of a catastrophic five-alarm fire, which poses a danger to the firefighters themselves, all of them have to leave the fire scene, which contains a large amount of hazardous materials and causes a large explosion and releases a large amount of poisonous gases, while there are still survivors to be rescued inside the fire scene. The firefighters are on the brink of death, but they decide to risk their lives to save the others.
3. Escape (2013)
Director: Pang Fat / Pang Shun
Screenwriter: Szeto Kam Yuen / Deng Lik Chi / Wu Meng Zhang
Starring: Louis Koo / Lau Ching Wan / Chen Szeto / Li Xin Jie / Li Xin Qiao
Genre: Drama / Disaster
Production Country/Region: Hong Kong / China
The movie is a sequel to a popular TV series, "The Race". Language: Mandarin Chinese / Cantonese
Release Date: 2013-09-30(Mainland China)
Length: 107 mins
AKA: Escape 3D / Fire Pain / Out Of Inferno 3D
Synopsis:
On a hot summer's day in Guangzhou, the skyscrapers towering above the city are full of people from different professions who are busy running their businesses. Inside the towering skyscrapers, people from different industries are busy running their own lives. A firefighting system company run by Keung (Louis Koo), a former firefighter, opens its doors on this day, while a clinic on another floor houses a pre-pregnancy checkup for Si Lok (Lee Sum Kit), the wife of firefighting brigadier Dajun (Lau Ching Wan). Meanwhile, the building's air-conditioning system has a problem, and the less precautionary maintenance staff further causes an unstoppable fire. The experienced Ah Qiang quickly organizes an evacuation, however the fire quickly spreads to all floors and the safety of the affected people is greatly threatened. After receiving the alarm, Dajun led his comrades to the scene quickly.
The unprecedented disaster has reconnected Dajun and Qiang, brothers who have been out of touch for years. In times of crisis, human life and humanity are put to the most severe test ......
4. Skyscraper ? (2012)
Director: Kim Ji-hoon
Screenwriter: Kim Sang-dun
Starring: Kim Sang-kyung / Seol Kyung-goo / Son Ye-jin / Do Ji-hyeon / Kim In-kwon/ More...
Genre: Drama / Action / Disaster
Production Country/Region: South Korea
Language: Korean
Release Date: 2012-12-25(KOR)
Length: 121 mins
AKA: Fire 108 (HK) / The Tower
Synopsis.
On Christmas Eve 2012, inside Tower Sky, a 120-story skyscraper in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Yun-hee (Son Ye-jin), the powerful manager of a Chinese restaurant, Lee Tae-ho (Kim Sang-kyung), the introverted captain of the building's property management team and a single father, a domineering and arrogant noblewoman, the high-powered chairman of the board of directors, and a sloppy chef are all in a different league of professions and identities. ...... People of different professions and identities follow their own paths, intertwined or unrelated, unaware that a disaster is about to befall them all. Night falls, just when people are immersed in the romantic, happy atmosphere created by artificial snowfall, the accident suddenly happened. A helicopter specializing in snow-making crashes out of control into a building due to strong air currents, causing chaos and an uncontrollable fire.
Just now also like heaven like a beautiful, luxurious and beautiful building instantly into a cruel human purgatory ......
5, fire ambition Ladder 49 (2004)
Directed by: Jai Russell
Written by: Lewis Colick
Starring: Jai Quin - Ladder 49 (2004)
Written by: Jai Russell
Written by: Lewis Colick
Written by: Lewis Colick
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix / John Travolta / Jacinda Barrett / Robert Patrick / Maurice Chestnut
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Production Country/Region: United States of America
Language: English
Release Date: 2004-10-01
Length: 115 min.
AKA: Ladder 49 / Fire / Heroes of the Fire
Synopsis:
As the chief of the fire department, Michael (John Travolta) is undoubtedly the spiritual leader of the team, and under his leadership, the team members have time and time again accomplished outstanding fire alarm missions. Michael has a number of great "students" under his belt, with Jack (Joaquin Phoenix) being the one he is most proud of. For Michael, Jack's integrity and bravery are what he's looking for in a successor.
But Jack has his own problems. His busy and dangerous job is causing problems for him and his wife, and the unexpected death of a colleague and close friend has Jack wondering if he should get a new job. At this very juncture, another fire breaks out. The difference is that this time Jack is not the rescuer, but a trapped person waiting to be rescued. Facing the raging flames and watching his peers fight the fire, Jack finds the meaning of life.
6. The Towering Inferno (1974)
Directed by John Gillerman
Written by Sterling Silliphant
Starring Steve McQueen / Paul Newman / William Holden / Faye Donovan / Fred Astaire
Genre: Action / Thriller / Disaster
Type: Action / Thriller / Disaster / Thriller / Disaster
Production Country/Region: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 1974-12-10
Length: 165 mins
AKA: Skyscraper Fire / The Great Firestorm
Synopsis:
Architect Doug (Paul Newman) is a man who is forced to take a job as an architect. Newman Paul Newman) on the occasion of the completion of his own design of the San Francisco skyscraper, hoping to leave his work behind, to start the long-planned far away, but at this time, the main warehouse came to the alarm signal, in the building of the command center Harry with the assistance of the Doug to identify the insurance terminal cabinets are not insulated to protect, and the entire building's electrical circuits are far from their own design requirements. The building builder, Duncan, and his son-in-law, Roger, have lowered the building's fire protection specifications to save on construction costs. When Duncan and a group of celebrities gather in the 135th floor ballroom to celebrate the building's completion, the electrical system becomes overloaded and a fire breaks out, which is fought by Doug and Fire Chief Mike (Steve McQueen). Doug and Fire Chief Mike (Steve McQueen) try to persuade Duncan to evacuate the crowd. The fire in the poorly equipped skyscraper quickly becomes uncontrollable, and Doug, Harry, and Mike's firefighters do what they can to rescue the crowd, but the raging blaze, which seems to be consuming everything ......