Island of Fire

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name = Island Of Fire


caption = UK DVD Cover
writer = Lee Fu
Yip Wan-Chiu
starring = Jackie Chan
Barry Wong
Sammo Hung
Andy Lau
director = Chu Yin-Ping
producer = Jimmy Wang Yu
Ko Chun-Hsiung
distributor = flagicon|Hong Kong|colonial Golden Harvest
flagicon|USASony Pictures Home Entertainment (DVD)
flagicon|UK Hong Kong Legends (DVD)
music = Fu Lap
Eckart Seeber
released = 1990
runtime = 96 min.
language = Cantonese
imdb_id = 0099812

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Uruguay = "Island of Fire" (zh-t|t=火燒島) is a 1990 Taiwanese action-crime film directed by Chu Yin-Ping. The film is also known in Germany and the United States as "The Prisoner". It was shot in Taiwan and the Philippines. [cite web
title = Island on Fire (Taiwan version)
work = Film review
url=http://www.dighkmovies.com/v3/175/175.html
publisher = Hong Kong Digital
accessdate=2007-10-05]

As with both of those earlier films, recent DVD and VHS releases market "Island of Fire" as a Jackie Chan film, displaying his image on the cover as though he was the lead actor. In fact, Chan only appears in a supporting role, with Tony Leung Ka-Fai as the central character. The film also co-stars Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, and Barry Wong.

After appearing with Chan in "Killer Meteors" in 1976, the film's producer and co-star, Jimmy Wang Yu, came to Chan's aid when the then young actor sought his help in settling a dispute with veteran director, Lo Wei. Chan repaid the favour by playing roles in Wang's films, which included this film as well as the 1982 film "Fantasy Mission Force".

There are three different versions of this film. There is a 93-minute Hong Kong version, a 96-minute American version and a 125-minute Taiwanese version which focuses more on character development and plot detail.

The tagline for "Island of Fire" is "When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!"

Cast

* Jackie Chan as Lung (Hong Kong version) / Steve (US version)
* 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

ee also

* List of Taiwanese films
*Jackie Chan filmography

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099812/ "Island of Fire" at the IMDB]