ABOUT THE FILM: In Cantonese with English subtitles. After a fatal hit-and-run, three high school friends flee the crime scene. They are witnessed by Pearl, a sadistic young girl, who pursues the group and blackmails them into more crimes, with increasingly disastrous consequences. DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE (a.k.a. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND), directed by Tsui Hark (A BETTER TOMORROW), is one of the most controversial and violent crime films from the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Cult Epics COUNTRY: Hong Kong
