Island of Fire

"When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!"

1991 2h 4m CN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 151

ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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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.

“When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!”

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Cast

Tony Leung Ka-fai
Wang Wei / Andy
Sammo Hung
Liu Hsi-Chia / John
Jackie Chan
Da Chui / Steve
Andy Lau
Iron Ball / Boss Lee
Jimmy Wang Yu
Kui / Lucas
Tou Tsung-hua
Chu / Charlie
Jack Kao
Lin
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Prison Director

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kevin Chu
Writers: Fu Li, Yip Wan-Chiu
Languages: Cantonese, Tagalog, Mandarin, English
Countries: Taiwan

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, Tagalog, Mandarin, English.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Island of Fire Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kevin Chu, shot by Chen Jung-Shu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Chow Tak-Yeung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tony Leung Ka-fai and Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0099812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kevin Chu directs. Chen Jung-Shu behind the camera. Chow Tak-Yeung cuts. Produced in Taiwan. Dialogue in Cantonese, Tagalog, Mandarin, English.

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Things worth knowing

135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, Tagalog, Mandarin, English.
3Part of the "Island of Fire Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kevin Chu, shot by Chen Jung-Shu. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Chow Tak-Yeung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tony Leung Ka-fai and Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!".
8IMDB entry: tt0099812 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 13 different titles around the world.