Cheetah on Fire

Cheetah on Fire (Chinese: 獵豹行動; Jyutping: lip6 paau3 hang4 dung6, released in the Philippines as Fight to Survive) is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Thomas Yip and starring Donnie Yen, Carrie Ng, Sharla Cheung, Gordon Lau, Ken Lo, Eddy Ko, Shing Fui-On, and Michael Woods.

Cheetah on Fire
Traditional Chinese	獵豹行動
Jyutping	lip6 paau3 hang4 dung6
Directed by	Thomas Yip
Written by	Hung Hin-pang
Produced by	Tsui Fat
Starring	Donnie Yen Carrie Ng
Cinematography	Ma Kam-yeung
Music by	Simon Leung Tony Tam
Production company	Cheung Yau Production[1]
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	84 minutes[1]
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Cast

• Donnie Yen as Ronald^[1]
• Carrie Ng as Wu Li-yung^[1]
• Sharla Cheung as Peggy^[1]
• Gordon Lau as Long Hair^[1]
• Ken Lo as Long Hair's man^[1]
• Eddy Ko as Fok Chi-kien^[1]
• Shing Fui-On as Tong Yiang^[1]
• Michael Woods as black thug^[1]
• John Salvitti as white thug^[1]
• Mark Houghton as Mak^[1]

Release

Cheetah on Fire was first released in Hong Kong in 1992. In the Philippines, the film was released as Fight to Survive on 12 November 1992.^[2]

Home media

The film was released on VHS in the United States by Tai Seng Video Marketing in 1998.^[3]

On 1 August 2000, the film was released by Universe Laser on VCD in Hong Kong; it has since gone out of print.^[4]

Critical reception

In his encyclopedic book about Hong Kong cinema, John Charles gave Cheetah on Fire five out of ten stars, stating that "this low budget effort is packed with action, which helps one to forget just how pedestrian the screenplay is."^[1]