Year of the Dragon

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6.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Michael Cimino

Starring (View all)

Mickey Rourke
Stanley White

John Lone
Joey Tai

Ariane
Tracy Tzu

Leonard Termo
Angelo Rizzo

Raymond J. Barry
Louis Bukowski

Caroline Kava
Connie White

Eddie Jones
William McKenna

Victor Wong
Harry Yung

Written by

Oliver Stone
(screenplay)

Michael Cimino
(screenplay)

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A good movie

10 years, 9 months ago at Sep 4 15:23

johanlefourbe

Michael Cimino is what you could consider a really doomed director. Indeed, once a wonder boy following the release of ‘The Deer Hunter’, he completely destroyed his career with the really misguided ‘Heaven’s Gate’ and he single-handedly managed to end up the golden age of American cinema, an age when the authors were given pretty much carte blanche and a seemingly unlimited budget. Sinc... read more

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In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures – even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.

Release date: 16 August 1985
UPC: 012569673199

Tags: Crime (8), Action (7), 1980s (6), Gangster (5), 1985 (5), Drama (4), Neo Noir (4), Drugs (3), Murder (3), Police (3), Prostitution (3), New York City (3), Organized Crime (3), Desert Eagle (3), Interracial (3), New York (2), Thriller (2), Undercover (2), Usa (2)

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