Belly of the Beast (2003)

2003 film by Ching Siu-tung

Released

2003

Country

Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Language

English, Thai

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Ching Siu-tung

Screenplay

Steven Seagal

Producer

Steven Seagal, George Furla, Randall Emmett

Starring

Steven Seagal, Byron Mann, Sara Malakul Lane, Tom Wu, Monica Lo

Running time

91 minutes

Distributor

Netflix

Set in

Thailand

Belly of the Beast is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu-tung in his American directorial debut, and starring Steven Seagal, who also produced. The film co-stars Byron Mann, Monica Lo and Tom Wu. Seagal plays Jake Hopper, a former CIA agent on a quest to find his kidnapped daughter. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on December 30, 2003; the film recouped its budget from the US home video market alone.

More films directed by Ching Siu-tung

• Duel to the Death 1983
• Witch from Nepal 1986
• The Swordsman 1990
• The Raid 1991
• Swordsman II 1992
• New Dragon Gate Inn 1992
• Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" 1996
• Conman in Tokyo 2000
• Naked Weapon 2002

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q610201 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.