The Killer 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Chu Kong, Kenneth Tsang, Shing Fui-On, Lam Chung, Ye Rongzu, Yi Fanwei, Huang Guangliang, Barry Wong, Parkman wong, Wu Shaohong, Yang Xing, Yan Zhaohong
This is an unusual film with violent, intense action. Jeffrey Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) is a hit man ready for retirement in order to care for his girlfriend Jenny (Sally Yeh) who he has accidentally blinded. When he is betrayed by his boss, he teams up with Detective "Eagle" Lee (Danny Lee) who has been assigned to get him to fight off the REAL bad guys. The characters are well developed, the directing is superb, and the action is spectacular.
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The Prisoner 1990  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Island of Fire
The Burning Island
When Dragons Meet
Director: Chu Yin-Ping
Cast: Jackie Chan, Barry Wong, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Wang Yu, Ko Chun-hsiung, Tou Chung-Hua, Yeh Chuan Chen, Ken Lo, Jack Kao
A good cast contributes to this tale that is different from the martial arts flicks usually attributed to Jackie Chan–in fact, he is a supporting actor, though first-billed. A policeman (Tony Leung Kar-Fai) goes undercover in a prison to get the goods on a possibly corrupt warden. He finds that the warden fakes executions of inmates and then has them trained as assassins.
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| 1. The Killer (1989)
2. The Prisoner (1990)
aka: Island of Fire
aka: The Burning Island
aka: When Dragons Meet
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