Island of Greed
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- Movie: Island of Greed
- Chinese: 黑金 (Hak gam)
- Director: Michael Mak
- Writer: Michael Mak, Man Keung Chan, Jesse Hung, Hai Ching Liang, Ying Kit Lee
- Producer: Tiffany Chen, Heung Choi, Hazel Lam, Johnny Mak, Stanley Wu
- Cinematographer: Tony Cheung, Jingle Ma
- Release Date: December 23, 1997
- Runtime: 126 min
- Language: Cantonese
- Country: Hong Kong
Plot
Super cop Fong (Lau) opposes the ideology and brash lifestyle of politically motivated triad kingpin Chau (Leung). The two men face off in a number of impressively slick stunts, and mind-bogglingly original action scenes. This mimics the magnificent urban scale of American movies like De Palma's The Untouchables or Cimino's Year Of The Dragon, but with 007 style flourishes and comedic asides.
Head of an investigation team Fong Kwok-fai (Andy Lau) and his teammates, are probing into the games arcades run by Cho Chiu Sin (Tony Leung). Chou is the boss of a triad society in Taiwan, running gambling dens and colluding in government construction projects. He also schemes to redeem himself by running for Taiwan??s Nationalist Party seat. Feng successfully finds evidence to indict Chou, but the judge is bribed into ruling him innocent...
Cast
- Andy Lau - Capt. Fong Kuo-Fai, Bureau of Investigation Artillery Team
- Tony Leung Ka Fai - Chao Chiu-Sen
- Paulyn Sun - Miu-Heung
- Annie Wu - Ling Fai
- Kathy Kuo
- Doze Niu
- Lichun Lee
- Shih Chieh King - Vice Chairman Hau
- Fuzhu Liu
- Hai Ming Wong
- Chung-Yung Chan
- Zhongtai Chen
- Hung Long
- Hai Juei Wang
- Shui Wong
- Winston Chao - The Commissioner
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