Year of the Dragon
Director: Michael Cimino
Genre: Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure, Gangster, Action, Thriller, Action Thrillers, Drama
Year: 1985
Country: United States of America
Language: Cantonese, Polish Language, English Language, Standard Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese
Starring: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Eddie Jones, Victor Wong, K. Dock Yip, Pao Han Lin, Caroline Kava, Raymond J. Barry, Leonard Termo, Joey Chin, Ariane
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 crime action film directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke, Ariane Koizumi and John Lone. The screenplay was written by Cimino and Oliver Stone and adapted from the novel by Robert Daley.
This was Cimino's first film after the infamous failure of Heaven's Gate (1980). Year of the Dragon is a New York crime drama and an exploration of gangs, the illegal drug trade, ethnicity, racism, and stereotypes.
Stanley White (Rourke) is a decorated police captain and Vietnam War veteran assigned to New York City's Chinatown, where he makes it his personal mission to come down hard on Chinese organized crime.
White comes into conflict with Joey Tai (Lone), a young man who ruthlessly rises to become the head of the Chinese triad societies, and as a result of his ambition, creates a high profile both for himself and the triads' activities. Together, they end the uneasy truce that has existed between the triads and the police precinct, even as they conduct a personal war between one another.
The married captain also becomes romantically involved with Tracy Tzu (Ariane), a television reporter, who comes under brutal attack from the criminals, as does White's
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