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
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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.