Island of Fire
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Island Of Fire | |
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IMDB 5.4/10 (573 votes) As of July 14, 2006 |
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Directed by | Yin Ping-Chu |
Produced by | Jimmy Wang Yu Ka Cheuen Hsing |
Starring | Jackie Chan Barry Wong Sammo Hung Andy Lau |
Music by | Fu Lap Eckart Seeber |
Release date(s) | 1990 |
Running time | 96 min. |
Language | Cantonese |
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Island of Fire is a 1990 film directed by Chu Yin-Ping.
The prisoner or island of fire is the third and final film Jackie Chan had to do as a favor to actor Jimmy Wang Yu. The other two films were The Killer Meteors and Fantasy Mission Force. Recent DVD and VHS versions of the film list it as a Jackie Chan movie but he is only in it a little bit. The film also stars Sammo Hung.
The tagline for this film is When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!
There are three different versions of this film.There is a 93min Hong Kong version,a 96min US version and a 125min Taiwanese version which focuses more on character development and plot detail.
[edit] Cast
- Jackie Chan as Lung/Steve
- Barry Wong as Inspector Wong
- Sammo Hung as Fatty Liu Hsi Chia/John
- Andy Lau as Lau/Boss Lee
- Tony Leung Ka Fai as Wei Wang/Andy
- Yu Wang as Kui/Lucas
- Chun Hsiang Ko as Prison Chief/Prison Superintendent
- Chung Hua Tou as Chiu/Charlie
(Second character name is character name in western DVD release)
Island Of Fire is definitly considered to produce one of Jackie Chan's most powerful performances, it's shock ending also is a surprise and takes away from normal Chan efforts.
[edit] Crew
- Director : Cheu Yen-ping
- Producer : Jimmy Wang Yu, Ka Cheuen Hsing
- Writer : Fu Lee, Yen Yun Chiao