Year of the Dragon

United States

1985

134 Min

Color

2.35:1

English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Polish, Vietnamese

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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SCR Oliver Stone, Michael Cimino

CAST Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry

ED Noëlle Boisson, Françoise Bonnot

Using unprecedented degrees of violence, young Joey Tai becomes the head of Chinese mafia in New York and undisputed leader of the Chinese community. Stanley White, the most decorated cop in New York, who hates Asian people since his service in Vietnam, is put in charge of Chinatown. Both men are prone to breaking long-established rules and both men are unlikely to make compromises with each other, which leads to unavoidable and bloody conflict. —IMDb

Director

Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts from Yale; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director, Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer Hunter (1978) which won the Oscar for the Best Film. For another successful film he got in trouble: The Sicilian (1987) – critics accused him of portraying as a hero, with his biography, the Italian criminal Salvatore Giuliano. —IMDb

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Samuel Andrade

23Mar13

★★★★ clueless excess, senseless machismo, ruthless moviemaking. I really miss the boldness of the 80's crime movies — and this one must have a director's cut.

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G.W. Johansson

8Mar13

This movie had so much fucking potential, a shame it is only good in some parts and fails to be the epic crime film it could have been. Although miscast by that white freaking hair, I think this is Rourke's finest hour. Still recommended.

Howard Orr

2Jan13

YotD captures the menace of tenuous, violent lives caught in the maelstrom of urban, immigrant life, much like "Heaven's Gate". One feels that Oliver Stone's co-writing credit explains much of why this works in ways that the subsequent films (and, much as I love it, parts of "Heaven's Gate") do not. But YotD is part of a laudable tradition with "Heaven's Gate" that both criticises and praises the American experience.