Island of Fire vs The Bogus Policeman
The Bogus Policeman has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.2/10 for Island of Fire). The Bogus Policeman is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 4m. The Bogus Policeman is the older of the two (1967 against 1990). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Island of Fire
The Bogus Policeman| Island of Fire | The Bogus Policeman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1990 | 1967 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kevin Chu | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Main cast | Jackie Chan, Tou Tsung-Hua, Jack Kao, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Ka-fai | Shintarō Katsu, Shirō Ōsaka, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Sugata, Daisuke Katō |
Synopsis
Island of Fire
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
The Bogus Policeman
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too…
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