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Island of Fire (1990)

Directed by Chu Yen-ping

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Overview

Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Andy Lau | Jackie Chan | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Jimmy Wang Yu | Tou Chung-Hua | Jack Kao | Ko Chun-Hsiung | Chang Kuo-Chu | Elsie Yeh | Xu Cheng-Yi | Yeung Hung | Barry Wong | Ken Lo | Teddy Yip Wing-Cho | Chin Ho

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/18/2022ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
12/29/2017TVDVDLibrary0 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Needed something simple to watch bc I was so exhausted but not ready to crash. Spun this up again mainly for the cast. Apparently the actors got involved to help out the director thru a difficult period. Fun to see older Jimmy Wang Yu as the grizzled prison boss.

Supposedly the original cut was 2 hours which I’d love to see. This is not a great movie but interesting for all the parties involved. That ending is just nuts!

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