Island of Fire

1990 "When you're looking for the living dead you start your search in hell!"
5.7| 1h35m| R| en
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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.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
joellibee2006 One of the greatest movie of Jackie! I recommend this movie to all of you that like karate movies.I really like movies like this one.I also like Jackie Chan Adventures: The Shadow of Shendu features three episodes of the animated series The Jackie Chan Adventures. The show finds the star's animated alter ego teaming up with his niece, Jade, to keep magical talismans that allow a person to have superhuman powers from falling into the wrong hands. Episodes include "Bullies," "Tough Jackie Chan has become known for doing the dangerous stunts his characters perform in the films. This documentary, hosted by the actor, shows how some of those stunts were rehearsed and what happens when some of the stunts go wrong.good! www.free-game-downloads.mow.com/
gangstahippie Rated R for Violence and Language. Quebec Rating:13+ Canadian Home Video Rating:18AI 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 10/10
callanvass This is a very good prison film, that's quite intense, with great performances all around, however if your expecting Jackie Chan to be the star in this film you will be very disappointed!. All the characters are great, and it had a couple of great fight sequences, plus Jackie Is simply amazing in his screen time!. The story can get very emotional at times, and since i love Prison films, i was really looking forward to this one, however it actually surpassed my expectations, due to the great acting, an engrossing and emotional story!. The only thing that disappointed me was Jackie's lack of screen time, however he was amazing as usual when he was on screen, and i thought the finale was very intense, plus the ending was great!.I found it very moving when Sammo Hung's character escaped the prison just to see his son. This is a very good Prison film, that's quite intense, with great performances all around, however if your expecting Jackie to be the star in the film you will be very disappointed, still i highly recommend it!. The Direction is very good. Yin-Ping Chu does a very good job here, keeping things intense, great camera work, and keeping the film at a pretty fast pace!. The Acting is great!. Jackie Chan is AMAZING as always, however he does not have much screen time, still i really liked his character and was tons of fun to watch!, too bad he only owed the director a favor! (Jackie Rules!).Sammo Hung Kam-Bo is fantastic here, he gave a great acting performance,and he was involved in one of the most emotional scenes in the movie!, he was fantastic!. (Sammo rules). Andy Lau,Barry Wong and Chung Hua Tou all do well in there roles. Tony Leung Ka Fai is excellent in his role i liked him lots. Yu Wang is good with what he had to do. Rest of the cast do fine. Overall highly recommended!. ***1/2 out of 5
FinnishChanFan First of all, this movie doesnt really have main character. There are five of them. Like the original trailer says, "five stories in one", the film is about five main characters, whose life are somehow related to each other. Jackie Chan does a different role in this movie. Role is similiar to Heart of the Dragons. There are only few fight's, but it didnt bother me. I didnt watch this as a Chan movie.Movie is touching especially the ending. Surprising is the violence level in this movie. Endings big shootout and some other brutal violence too. The way jail-staff(movie happens in jail)treats the main character's made me wanting them to die. Guards are real a***oles.Movie success as a drama too. Samo Hung's character is most touching. He desperately escapes from jail to meet his son and pays for it, with pain. Ending is surprising and shocking. This movie is very very good. I can recommend this movie to every one who likes HK movies. Great actors. Great plot. Great emotions. I loved it.

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