Island of Greed

Starring:Hai Ming Wong, Doze Niu, Chung-Yung Chan, Annie Wu, Paulyn Sun, Hung Long, Fuzhu Liu, Kathy Kuo, Shih Chieh King, Zhongtai Chen, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Shui Wong, Winston Chao, Lichun Lee, Andy Lau
Director: Michael Mak
Studio: Tai Seng
Product Type: DVD

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South Seas in a Swimming Pool

Monsoon (Isle of Forgotten Sins)
Starring: John Carradine , Gale Sondergaard , Sidney Toler , Frank Fenton , and Veda Ann Borg
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
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ASIN: B0000996F8
Release Date: 2003-06-24

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South Seas in a Swimming Pool.......2003-12-08

I read somewhere that this was filmed in the swimming pool at PRC, the doyen of poverty row movie makers. Maybe so, but it is amazing what a genius director like Edgar Ulmer (who gave us the wonderful "Detour") can do with a small budget. Gale Sondergaard is the madam of a south sea island brothel called "Isle of Forgotten Sins". John Caradine is her two-fisted, diver boyfriend who goes after sunken treasure with Frank Fenton, a rival for Gale's affections. Sinister Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan) is also along for the ride but I wont tell you what happens because it's well worth a look, especially at the cheap price. However, be prepared for a fair bit of rear projection, obvious miniatures and a puppet. But it's all good fun in an el cheapo sort of way, plus you also get a couple of songs for your trouble. I had to smile when the diver walked the deck of the sunken ship to the strains of what sounded like a pirate sea shanty. Wonderful stuff. The monsoon of the title, complete with wind, rain and a tidal wave, comes late in the picture. It's short but quite well done considering this is a PRC release. Now for the bad news. The Alpha dvd is taken from a VHS master (a few video drop-outs are evident) of a very worn print. The sound was very scratchy in places and particulary noticable during the tropical moon number. But it definately IS watchable.... and the all babes wear sarongs! Watcha waitin' for.

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Watch it for Tony Leung Kar-fai
Island of Mess!
Intensity and politics
A great view into gang related matters in Taiwan.

Island of Greed
Starring: Andy Lau , Tony Leung Ka Fai , Paulyn Sun , Annie Wu , and Kathy Kuo
Director: Michael Mak
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
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ASIN: 630503446X
Release Date: 1998-07-28

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Watch it for Tony Leung Kar-fai.......2005-01-10

First-rate Taiwanese drama about the tainted politics of the island. Despite having two leads from Hong Kong, this is not a Hong Kong movie. Mak's taut direction moves the well-thought-out script along in a compelling and gritty fashion, and the drama never slackens. Andy Lau plays a righteous cop trying to track down proof of the corruption; he looks good here, but he is no eye-candy (for once). But Lau is upstaged here by a staggering Tony Leung Kar-fai of "The Lover" fame (no relation with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), who plays a ruthless gang leader - he is worth the entrance fee alone. This performance proves once again that the best of Hong Kong is more than a match for the best of Hollywood. And you get more than a glimpse on his tattooed butt. Definitely worth catching.

Island of Mess!.......2001-01-23

What a waste of money and a waste of time watching this badly directed mess.

Intensity and politics.......2000-01-23

Michael Mak makes very intense movies. He also incorporates a lot of human internal struggles, although not so much in this one.

Island Of Greed is about Taiwan's very tainted politics. In interviews Mak is very assured of the realism. It shows through the story, as some events are really familiar. But it's the movie-making, the story-telling, the actions that make this unforgetable. Incidentally, the current mayor of Taipei Ma Ying-Jiu is known to have done something like this.

Lau has certainly delivered the honest cop, but the best actings are from Tony Leung and Annie Wu. Quite phenomenal.

A great view into gang related matters in Taiwan........1998-12-14

This movie tells about a conflict between a powerful gang leader (Leung) and the police detective (Andy Lau) and his team. Leung's and Lau's characters struggle throughout the movie (lots of action) and at the end, we see that a gang leader is not as cold blooded as he seems. There is coarse language, violence, and some pornography in the movie but the message of the story is strong...

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