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Island of Fire (1990)
Directed by Chu Yen-ping
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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 | Wang An | Ben Ko Chu | Ming Cheng Tseng | Yang Lieh | Shih Ting-Ken | Hsueh Chang-Wen | Yung Shun-Hing | Kao Ming | Ho Kang | Fong Ching | Hu Tou | Rocky Lai
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/01/2024 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Borrowed | 7 stars |
| 03/18/2022 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| 12/29/2017 | TV | DVD | Library | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
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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