A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Jackie Chan | ... | Lung / Steve Tong | |
| Andy Lau | ... | Lau / Boss Lee | |
| Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | ... | Fatty Liu Hsi Chia / John Liu | |
| Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... | Wei Wang / Andy Lau | |
| Jimmy Wang Yu | ... | Kui / Lucas (as Yu Wang) | |
| Chun-Hsiung Ko | ... | Prison Chief / Prison Superintendent | |
| Tsung-Hua To | ... | Chiu / Charlie | |
| Barry Wong | ... | Inspector Wong | |
| Chuan-Chen Yeh | ... | Fong | |
| Jack Kao | ... | Ho | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Wang An | ||
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Chung-Kuei Chang | ||
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Jui-chu Chang | ||
| Kuo-Chu Chang | ... | Miao-sheng / Seng | |
| Rachel Chang | ... | Woman in the rain (as Chang Shui-chu) | |
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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. Written by Hans Wadsten <dubl@swipnet.se>
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TaiwanRelease Date:
1990 (Taiwan) See more »Also Known As:
Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner See more »Company Credits
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The film's theme song, "The Last Gunshot" by Jian Cui, was written as a response to the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre in Beijing, China. See more »Crazy Credits
An outtake reel in shown during the end credits. See more »Alternate Versions
Taiwanese video is 35 minutes longer than Hong Kong version and features more character development of the Taiwanese actors and bit players. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The prisoner is a typical hongkong action movie, with great action but also with exxagerated drama and humour. But if you are a fan like me, you will get used to this if you watch a lot of them. The prisoner is a serious movie with some humour in it. It isn't a jackie chan movie, but it is a movie with jackie chan in it. A serious one, which we don't get to see very often . But in this he is great, especially at the end (Jackie a la John Woo).