Island of Greed
6.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Michael Mak Duration | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime Screenplay Johnny Mak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language CantoneseMandarinHokkien Release date 23 December 1997 (1997-12-23) Writer Johnny Mak, Johnny Mak (story), Man Keung Chan (story), Jesse Hung (story), Hai Ching Liang (story), Ying Kit Lee Cast Similar movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Island of Greed is a 1997 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Michael Mak and starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai. The film is set and filmed in Taiwan and deals with corruption in the Government of the Republic of China.
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Plot
Captain Fong Kwok-fai (Andy Lau) of Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau investigates a triad leader, Chow Chin-sin (Tony Leung), who attempts to bribe political officials to get in office.
Cast
Theme songs
Controversy
During the filming of a stunt sequence, Andy Lau damaged a helicopter that was rented from Taiwanese airline company, Daily Air Corporation. In 1998, Daily Air filed a lawsuit against Lau and production company, Win's Entertainment, where the case dragged on for 16 years. In January 2014, Lau was found liable for brushing against the pitch stick of the chopper before jumping out of it. Initially, Lau ordered was to pay NT$5.1 million in compensation, but the amount was raised to NT$6.9 million after Lau lost an appeal. Following another appeal, the compensation was lowered to NT$2.6 million.
Box office
The film grossed HK$12,146,790 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run in Hong Kong.
References
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