Editing Ringo Lam (section)

==Style==
Lam's first four films were comedies not written by Lam.<ref name="Stokes64"/> When Lam began to shoot the films he wanted to make after the success of ''Aces Go Places IV'', he began his ''On Fire'' series.<ref name="Stokes64" /> Lam chose the English titles for these films stating that it gave them "a sense of energy, of action".<ref name="Stokes64" /> The films ''City on Fire'', ''Prison on Fire'' and ''School on Fire'' do not share any characters or situations, but all have a common bleak view on Hong Kong society.<ref name="Stokes64"/> In these films, Lam looks at controversial issues such as street violence and the abuse of street, prison and school systems.<ref name="Stokes64" />

Lam rarely employed [[Cantopop]] in his films. Lam's films often have Western music, such as ''City on Fire'', which features a blues-oriented saxophone score, and ''Full Contact'', which uses American rock music.<ref name="West170">West, 2006. p. 170</ref>