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    Year of the Dragon

    R1985 · Crime drama · 2h 14m

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  1. Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American neo-noir [8] crime thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, and starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone, and Ariane Koizumi. The film follows a tough New York City police captain (Rourke) battling a ruthless Chinese-American Triad boss (Lone).

  2. Aug 16, 1985 · Year of the Dragon: Directed by Michael Cimino. With Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo. A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

  3. 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.

  4. Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Michael Cimino and starring Mickey Rourke, Ariane Koizumi and John Lone. The screenplay was written by...

  5. Movie Info. Synopsis In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White (Mickey Rourke) becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai (John Lone), an up-and-coming young...

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    • Crime, Drama
    • R
  6. All in all, Year of the Dragon marks Ciminos return to filmmaking after five years of exile. By eschewing his grand, operatic pretensions, the back-to-basics approach works to create a modestly effective and lean thriller.

  7. Year of the Dragon (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  8. Novel. Oliver Stone. Screenplay. 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.

  9. Director Michael Cimino turned YEAR OF THE DRAGON, an engrossing novel by Robert Daley, into a confused, overlong, preachy, and at times downright annoying crime epic with a wholly unsympathetic main character played by the totally miscast Mickey Rourke.

  10. Vietnam War veteran Stanley White (Mickey Rourke--Diner, Body Heat) is the most decorated cop in the history of the New York Police Department. But when White infiltrates New York's Chinatown to fight its violent street gangs, he discovers the gangs are but one arm of a violent criminal empire headed by Joey Tai.

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