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🎥 StoneKeeper's Movie Guessing Game: I recommend THIS movie #2418 'City on Fire' (1987) Boromir is on Fire with the win!!!


City on Fire (1987), directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-Fat, features an undercover cop who finds himself deeply conflicted and emotionally entangled in the criminal underworld. The narrative tension builds around his struggle with dual identities, balancing his duties as a policeman with the loyalties he develops toward the gang members he infiltrates. The story focuses on an undercover cop partaking in a heist with a gang of thieves to whom he becomes attached, making Reservoir Dogs… er… I mean… City on Fire a classic heist film that deserves a regular rewatch.

And Tarantino? He definitely did not watch this film before making Reservoir Dogs. I saw him say that in several interviews, so it must be true, right?
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I have a movie in mind and you have to guess which one it is. For each movie you guess, I will give a hint that connects your guess with the movie I have in mind.

For each guess, a connection is posted. Examples of connections: Actor, length, genre, aspect ratio, language, country, year, director, actor, writer in common, rating, number of votes. It can even be something like: both movies involve Cabbage Patch Kids. Also, you can use Metascore color or rating, Rotten Tomatoes score, any award wins or nominations in common, same number of words in the title, plot keywords. Note: "Plot" in the IMDB advanced search links to "Plot Summary" on the film's page. "Keyword" in the advanced search links to "Plot Keyword" on the film's page.

Helpful search engine: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/ Click on Feature Film and TV Movie and Video. Then modify for the hints as they are posted.

- The winner can either start a new game or say "pass". In case of a pass, the OP gets to start another one.
- After 12 hints and 15 incorrect guesses the point goes to the OP and he/she gets to start another one.
- Movie must have at least 3500 IMDB votes. Otherwise, add a bonus hint. No documentaries.
- Maximum 2 guesses per player per hint.
- Can't edit a guess once posted. Delete ONLY
- Post one Hint at a time.

To see if your film title has been used in a previous game:
https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/62dedfb7c5b64278ce3c5b52/StoneKeepers-Game-List-of-Movies

1. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) - Less than 50 critic reviews
2. The Corruptor (1999) - One of the lead actors is the same
3. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - Runtime under 2 hours
4. A Better Tomorrow (1986) - Country of Origin: Hong Kong
5. Full Contact (1992) - Director: Ringo Lam
6. Traveller (1997) - Genre: Drama is a shared genre


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nyctc7: 265
tcrum: 213
LauraGrace: 212
StoneKeeper: 188
MonStar: 157
Allaby: 135
Kawada_Kira: 133
lud: 100
Boromir: 60
dmac8: 44
SkyCoyote5150: 25
Vastuntitled: 25
VinceD: 20
KvlhokVjequs: 17
twinA: 12
zeesha: 7
estcst: 5
bellington83: 5
SomeCodhopper: 4
TalkinPikchorBox: 3
SamGerard: 3
Stratego: 3
KasparHauser: 2
Artemis9: 1
MinaVladimir: 1
godewey: 1
ShogunofYonkers: 1
sslssg: 1
Kowalski: 1
Damosuzuki: 1
TexasJack: 1

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

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Hint.

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The Corruptor
1999

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This is going to be a very short game!

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Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1981

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hint.

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A Better Tomorrow 1986

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Hint

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Full Contact 1992

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Hint.

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Traveller (1997)

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Hint.

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City on Fire (1987)

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Boromir with the win!!!!

City on Fire (1987), directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-Fat, features an undercover cop who finds himself deeply conflicted and emotionally entangled in the criminal underworld. The narrative tension builds around his struggle with dual identities, balancing his duties as a policeman with the loyalties he develops toward the gang members he infiltrates. The story focuses on an undercover cop partaking in a heist with a gang of thieves to whom he becomes attached, making Reservoir Dogs… er… I mean… City on Fire a classic heist film that deserves a regular rewatch.

And Tarantino? He definitely did not watch this film before making Reservoir Dogs. I saw him say that in several interviews, so it must be true, right?

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Oh COOL!!!

Never seen that one.

In IMDb they said: "Inspired Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs (1992)"

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Tarantino denies having seen the film before he made Reservoir dogs lol.

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New game in 5 min

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