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449:), a police officer, witnesses the murder of his father-in-law, a police commissioner, at the hands of an assassin. When the assassin attempts to escape, he is killed by a car bomb. Wei and his partner later identify the assassin but discover that he was a felon who was apparently executed in prison several months ago. Wei decides to go undercover in the prison by assaulting a group of gang members at a bar. While inside, he is immediately suspected of being a cop and is beaten in a prison-orchestrated fight, leaving him bloodied and bruised. 476:
extradited. They kill the drug lord, but are betrayed by the Warden, like the assassin that killed Wei's father-in-law, and barely dodge a car bomb meant for them. They become surrounded in an airport tower and take a police captain hostage. Wei's partner, who was present with the police escorting the drug lord, helps Wei hijack a plane and Fatty, Chui, and Iron Ball attempt to reach the plane. Fatty, Chui, and Iron Ball are all gunned down as Wei escapes.
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Wei suddenly awakens in an undisclosed location where the Warden greets him. The Warden says that he fakes the execution of the inmates so that he can recruit them to be part of a vigilante hit squad. Wei is dispatched along with Chui, Fatty, and Iron Ball, to an airport where a drug lord is being
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When the Warden returns to his home, he finds Wei waiting for him, asking for answers. The Warden explains that those who were killed by the hit squad were actually connected to the Warden; the drug lord worked with the Warden and the Commissioner was getting too close to discovering the Warden's
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activities. Angered, Wei threatens the Warden, but is talked down from doing anything further from his partner, who replies that everything the Warden said is on tape. The Warden is arrested and Wei returns to his life as a cop.
464:), a compassionate but pathetic inmate who frequently escapes visiting his young son. Significant tension occurs when Chui and Iron Ball are part of the same block, but any attempts on Chui's life are forbidden by Lucas ( 427:, displaying an image of Chan on the cover as though the lead actor. In fact, Chan only appears in a supporting role, with Tony Leung Ka-fai as the central character. 394:
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 the veteran director
472:), prompting a large-scale riot in which the head guard is assaulted by Chui and eventually killed by Wei. In response, Chui, Iron Ball, and Wei are executed. 398:. The dispute was settled by Golden Harvest paying 10 million HK dollars (2 million US dollars) to Lo Wei. Chan repaid the favor by acting in Wang's 1983 film 378: 957: 982: 972: 962: 937: 927: 912: 726: 952: 917: 456:), who accidentally killed a card player while trying to raise money for an operation to save his girlfriend's life; Iron Ball ( 977: 987: 326: 54: 942: 68: 932: 922: 836: 236: 852: 820: 812: 719: 646: 641: 636: 424: 338: 967: 884: 828: 651: 947: 748: 400: 460:), who has himself thrown in jail to exact revenge for his dead brother killed by Da Chui; and Fatty ( 804: 631: 907: 876: 868: 712: 525: 385: 168: 772: 373:
in 42 days from 5 April until 17 May 1989. The film's theme song, "The Last Gunshot" (最後一槍) by
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In the Taiwanese version, the film begins with the execution of a prisoner inside a prison.
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version which focuses more on character development and plot detail.
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There are two different versions of this film: a 96-minute
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as Da Chui / Lung (Hong Kong version) / Steve (US version)
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and Jackie Chan, With their first, collaboration being
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Sam (uncredited) 430:The film was followed by a sequel, 377:, was written as a response to the 14: 672:"Island on Fire (Taiwan version)" 552:Chin Ho as Iron Ball's assistant 958:Hong Kong action thriller films 125: 555:Teddy Yip Wing-cho as Prisoner 330: 104: 74: 60: 1: 983:Films shot in the Philippines 973:1990s Mandarin-language films 498:as Iron Ball / Lau / Boss Lee 963:Hong Kong martial arts films 938:Films set in the Philippines 928:Films directed by Kevin Chu 837:Naughty Boys & Soldiers 528:as Kui / Lucas (as Wang Yu) 510:as Wang Wei / Andy / Andrew 421:Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner 1004: 913:1990 action thriller films 504:as Fatty John Liu Hsi-chia 743: 618:version and a 125-minute 140: 136: 81: 44: 40: 28: 953:Taiwanese gangster films 55:Traditional Chinese 918:1990 martial arts films 853:One Stone and Two Birds 821:Young Policemen in Love 647:List of Taiwanese films 642:List of Hong Kong films 637:Jackie Chan filmography 365:. 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Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Kevin Chu
Jimmy Wang Yu
Ko Chun-hsiung
Jackie Chan
Andy Lau
Sammo Hung
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tou Chung-hua
Golden Harvest
Chinese
Taiwanese
Hong Kong action film
Kevin Chu
Jackie Chan
Andy Lau
Sammo Hung
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tou Chung-hua
Taiwan
Philippines
Cui Jian
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Jimmy Wang Yu

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