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Island of Fire (1990)

Directed by Chu Yen-ping

Crime | Action

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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 96 minutes

Actors

Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | Jackie Chan | Andy Lau | Jimmy Wang Yu | Tou Chung-Hua | Jack Kao | Ko Chun-Hsiung | Chang Kuo-Chu | Elsie Yeh | Kei Kei | Rachel Cheung Shui-Chuk | Xu Cheng-Yi | Fong Ching | Chan Yin-Yu | Yu Bong | Chin Ho | Cho Kin | Lai Kin-Sing | Ngai Man-Yin | Tu Fu-Ping | Yeung Hung | Li Chang-An | Yu Kam-Po | Yuan Yi | Chan Man-Wo | Wang Te-Chih | Yeung Sin-Mat | Hong Hai-Ling | Wang An | Chai Kuang-Ning | Chan Man-Wa | Chan Yue-Ching | Chang Chung-Kui | Chang Chung-Yu | Chang Yuk-Lung | Chin Wan-Che | Chin Yung-Hsiang | Chiu Sha | Choi Kwok-Chau | Ben Ko Chu | Chu Kwan-Yeung | Chu Shi-Kui | Subas Herrero | Ho Kang | Wei-Hsiung Ho | Hsueh Chang-Wen | Hu Han-Chang | Hu Tou | Cheng-lin Huang | Kao Ming | Gu Bao-Ming | Kwan Hung | Rocky Lai | Lau Aau | Li Kuan-Ting | Lin Kuang-Chin | Ken Lo | Meng Yuan | Shih Ting-Ken | Shut Leung-Kei | Suen Siu-Ming | Sung Diy-Yat | Tieh Meng-Chiu | Ming Cheng Tseng | Wang Lai | Yao Wang | Wong Sai-Goon | Wong Tak-Sang | Yang Lieh | Ching-Hui Yeh | Yeh Yun-Yan | Yip Wan-Hon | Teddy Yip Wing-Cho | Sung Chao Yu | Yung Shun-Hing

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Weird Jackie Chan movie where he doesn’t appear until the 23 minute mark. Andy Lau, second billed, doesn’t appear until 30 minutes. There are a lot of characters and subplots that I was beginning to wonder if this dubbed Lionsgate DVD (labeled THE PRISONER, the US title) was trimmed. It is: approx 30min are cut from the original version. Even TMDb lists the edited runtime of 95min.

Would appear that more of the character back stories are what’s missing so you have these subplots that never feel fully fleshed out.

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