Island of Fire

Island of Fire
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	火燒島
Simplified Chinese	火烧岛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huǒ Shāo Dǎo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Fo2 Siu1 Dou2
Directed by	Kevin Chu
Written by	Lee Fu Yip Wan-Chiu
Produced by	Jimmy Wang Yu Ko Chun-hsiung
Starring	Jackie Chan Andy Lau Sammo Hung Tony Leung Ka-fai Tou Chung-hua
Cinematography	Chen Jung-shu Yip Chun-wing
Edited by	Chow Tak-yeung
Music by	Fu Lap Chan Chi-yuen
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release dates	28 March 1990 (1990-03-28) (Taiwan) 1 August 1991 (1991-08-01) (Hong Kong)
Running time	125 minutes (Taiwan) 93 minutes (Hong Kong) 96 minutes (United States)
Countries	Taiwan Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

Island of Fire (Chinese: 火燒島) is a 1990 Taiwanese-Hong Kong action film directed by Kevin Chu, and starring Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Tou Chung-hua. The film was shot in Taiwan and the Philippines in 42 days from 5 April until 17 May 1989.^[1] The film's theme song, "The Last Gunshot" (最後一槍) by Cui Jian, was written as a response to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing, China.

This is the third collaboration between producer Jimmy Wang Yu and Jackie Chan, With their first, collaboration being Killer Meteors in 1976, the film's producer and co-star, Jimmy Wang Yu, came to Chan's aid when the then young actor sought his help in settling a dispute with the veteran director Lo Wei. The dispute was settled by Golden Harvest paying 10 million HK dollars (2 million US dollars) to Lo Wei. Chan repaid the favor by acting in Wang's 1983 film Fantasy Mission Force.

As with both of those earlier films, recent DVD and VHS releases market Island of Fire & Jackie Chan Is the Prisoner as a Jackie Chan film, displaying an image of Chan on the cover as though the lead actor. In fact, Chan only appears in a supporting role, with Tony Leung Ka-fai as the central character.

The film was followed by a sequel, Island of Fire 2 (1997), also directed by Kevin Chu.