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The Island

Original title: Sang sei sin
  • 19851985
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
71
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POPULARITY
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29,887
The Island (1985)
HorrorThriller
Mr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane person... Read allMr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane persons and their paranoid mother.Mr. Cheung takes six young students along for a trip to a remote, deserted island. After being dropped, however, they discover there are more people living on the island: three insane persons and their paranoid mother.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
71
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
213,603
29,887
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    • Director
      • Po-Chih Leong
    • Writers
      • The Dak Bo Creative Group(story & screenplay)
      • Kei Shu
    • Stars
      • John Sham
      • Hoi-Lun Au
      • Timothy Zao
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Po-Chih Leong
    • Writers
      • The Dak Bo Creative Group(story & screenplay)
      • Kei Shu
    • Stars
      • John Sham
      • Hoi-Lun Au
      • Timothy Zao
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    John Sham
    John Sham
    • Mr. Cheung
    Hoi-Lun Au
    • Phyllis
    Timothy Zao
    Timothy Zao
    • Timothy
    Ching-Yuen Tse
    • Piggy
    Wai Kwan Kwok
    • Cindy
    Ronald Wong
    Ronald Wong
    • Ronald
    • (as Ban Wong)
    Lung Chan
    Lung Chan
    • Tai-Fat
    Jing Chen
    Jing Chen
    • Yee-Fat
    Billy Sau Yat Ching
    Billy Sau Yat Ching
    • Sam-Fat
    Lap Ban Chan
    Lap Ban Chan
    • Mother
    Si Git Hau
    • Uncle Yau
    • (as Sze-Chie Hou)
    Bo-Yan Ngan
    • San-San
    Lai-Seung Yuen
    • Po
    • Director
      • Po-Chih Leong
    • Writers
      • The Dak Bo Creative Group(story & screenplay)
      • Kei Shu
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    7/10
    Grim and grimmer, Hong Kong-style.
    A nasty little film that starts off relatively light-heartedly, only to render the impending violence all the more savage and effective when things start to go wrong for the small group of students that have chosen the wrong island to go camping on. This is a satisfying and surprisingly well-executed offering, avoiding some of the more obvious excesses of gore that an American version would include yet more than compensating by virtue of its dark, grim tone and the disturbingly realistic grimness of its villains-- definitely recommended for fans of above-average horror flicks, and worth hunting down.
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    • Dec 7, 2000

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 1985 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Life and Death
    • Production company
      • D & B Films Co. Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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