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Huo shao dao (1990)
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April 1992 (Japan)
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Tagline:
When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!
Plot:
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled. full summary | add synopsis
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Prison
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Corruption
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Warden
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Chain Gang
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Martial Arts
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One Of The Most Underrated Jackie Chan Films Ever!(not really a Chan film though)
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Jackie Chan | ... | Lung / Steve Tong | |
| Andy Lau | ... | Lau / Boss Lee | |
| Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | ... | Fatty Liu Hsi Chia / John Liu | |
| Tony Leung Ka Fai | ... | Wei Wang / Andy Lau | |
| Yu Wang | ... | Kui / Lucas | |
| Chun Hsiung Ko | ... | Prison Chief / Prison Superintendent (as Chun-Hsiung Ko) | |
| Chung Hua Tou | ... | Chiu / Charlie | |
| Barry Wong | ... | Inspector Wong | |
| Chuan Chen Yeh | ... | Fong | |
| Jack Kao | ... | Ho |
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Also Known As:
Island of Fire (International: English title)
Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner (USA) (video title)
The Burning Island
The Prisoner (Europe: English title) (video title)
When Dragons Meet
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Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner (USA) (video title)
The Burning Island
The Prisoner (Europe: English title) (video title)
When Dragons Meet
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Rated R for violence and language.
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Runtime:
Hong Kong:93 min | USA:96 min | Taiwan:125 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18A |
Finland:K-16 (video premiere) |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Norway:15 (video premiere) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Rated R for Violence and Language. Quebec Rating:13+ Canadian Home Video Rating:18A
I saw The Prisoner yesterday night on Showcase Action.I'm surprised at the low rating.It should be in the 6's or 7's.Now I am going to say this now.This is not a Jackie Chan film or a Martial Arts film.The VHS's and DVD's have Jackie Chan's face on the cover and the film is called Jackie Chan's The Prisoner.But Jackie Chan is definitely not the main star of the film.He is a supporting actor who does have some fairly memorable scenes.This was the third film Jackie Chan had to do for actor Jimmy Wang Yu.The first was The Killer Meteors in 1976,then Fantasy Mission Force in 1982 and this film.Out of those three Jackie Chan films I must say that this was the best.Also the film is not a martial arts film.It is a gritty and violent prison film with profanity and violence but it does have some small traces of humor in it.The US release has some obvious scenes cut out.The film has a fairly good storyline.The film is about a man who'se girlfriends father got killed by some thugs.To find out who he must go to prison and explore the prison underworld.He does so by beating up a pimp.While he is there he meets and makes friends and enemies with the prisoners.That is one of the stories of the film.There are three stories related to the film.The second story is about another prisoner(Sammo Hung) who tries to escape from prison to see his son at boarding school.The third story is about a pool hustler(Jackie Chan) who gets into a fight with some triads for not losing.His girlfriend then gets stabbed by one of them.She needs a liver-transplant in 24hrs.So Jackie Chan tries gambling but after th others want to win back their money he gets into a fight with them and he himself ends up in prison.The Prisoner is a very underrated and good prison film with a fairly good storyline.The ending sort of came out of nowhere but whatever.The prisoner is a very good gritty and violent prison film which Jackie Chan is not the star of and I recommend it!
Runtime:96min
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