Tony Leung Ka Fai,
Jackie Chan,
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo,
Yu Wang,
Andy Lau
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Chu Yen-ping directs this all-star cast prison flick about cop Huang Wei (Tony Leung Kar-fai) who goes into the clink undercover to figure out how the fingerprints of a long deceased death-row inmate ... read more
DVD Release Date: February 20, 2001
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I knew going in this isn't typical Jackie, or even very good Jackie, but it is on my dwindling list of unseen Jackie. Basically he appears in it as a 'favor' to a shifty filmmaker named Jimmy Wang Yu and has a... read more -
July 10, 2008not one of the best jackie chan movies i have ever seen as he was hardly in it..the co acting and stunts were very well done by sammo hung and tony leung. anytime sammo is in one of his movies he provides the humorous backbone. i did not like how jackie chan played a very little ... read more
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May 21, 2008What happens when you get three of Hong Kong's most talented martial arts' stars put into one film? Well, it could have been good, but it wasn't. Awful directing, terrible plot, and hardly any fighting to be found. However, this film reminds me a lot of Shawshank Redemption, so a... read more
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July 16, 2007Jackie was great in this movie. Too bad he wasn't in it more. Not really a Jackie Chan movie. More of a ensemble of martial art stars.
Fun movie to watch. I wish that it had a little more action though. -
June 2, 2007This movies was NOT a movie about jackie chan really... it wasnt really even LIKE a jackie chan movie. It was one of the off ones... where its violent but not really funny in any way.. Still ok...
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July 14, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com
July 26, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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