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1997 Certificate 18
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A criminal mastermind (Tong Leung) is running for government office in Taiwan. It's up to a police detective (Andy Lau) and his cohorts to probe the candidate's campaign and see if he's cleaned up his act, after all. The action, of course, leads to a violent face-off. Read more

Starring Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Paulyn Sun
Director Michael Mak
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Island Of Greed

A criminal mastermind (Tong Leung) is running for government office in Taiwan. It's up to a police detective (Andy Lau) and his cohorts to probe the candidate's campaign and see if he's cleaned up his act, after all. The action, of course, leads to a violent face-off.

Starring Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Paulyn Sun
Director Michael Mak
Studio MIA VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 6 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language DVD: Cantonese
Released DVD: 25 Mar 2002
Production year: 1997
Format DVD
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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    forget about it!

    well....to be honest this is not Hong Kong movie! this is a taiwanese production movie! although 2 famous hong kong star casting(Andy Lau and Tony Leung)

    To be honest Asian movie only good if the movie production is from Hong Kong. very bad picture quality and this is really waste my time. if you are looking for quality asian movie . FORGET ABOUT IT! please note only Hong Kong movie is a real Asian Movie.!!not from Taiwan, India, Korea etc....

      • A customer from London England
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Subtitles too small

    Couldn't read the subtitles, why, when there was so much space available due to the letterbox format, were the subs so badly done?

      • A customer from UK
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    Hong Kong star Lau loses appeal in film stunt suit

    • 03 Jul 2009

    Hong Kong singer/actor Andy Lau is facing an increased compensation payout to a Taiwanese airline after he wrecked a helicopter in a failed film stunt. Bosses at flight company Daily Air loaned Lau a chopper in 1997 for his film The Island of Greed. During shooting, he brushed against the aircraft's automatic flight control system as he leaped from the helicopter in a high-octane scene, causing it to crash into lighting equipment. The company sued the star and was awarded £113,000 by a... Read more

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    • Island Of Greed
      A criminal mastermind (Tong Leung) is running for government office in Taiwan. It's up to a police detective (Andy Lau) and his cohorts to probe the candidate's campaign and see if he's cleaned up his act, after all. The action, of course, leads to a violent face-off....