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- Released by MGM/UA Entertainment on August 16, 1985, the film received mixed reviews and did not perform well at the US box office, though it did receive two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for John Lone and Best Original Score for David Mansfield.
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Mar 22, 2019 · Year of The Dragon review || Roger Ebert. Visit RogerEbert.com Movie reviews and ratings by Chicago Sun -Times film critic Roger Ebert. Revisit as they share thoughts on the best...
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The bottom line: Year of the Dragon is a first-rate cops vs the mob melodrama that restores Michael Cimino's reputation as a gifted filmmaker. Full Review | Oct 22, 2018
53% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. 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 ...
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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.
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All in all, Year of the Dragon marks Cimino’s 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.
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American neo-noir 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).
Aug 19, 2020 · YEAR OF THE DRAGON was nominated for a best foreign film César, two Golden Globes (John Lone and composer David Mansfield), and five Razzies. It opened modestly, in fifth place below BACK TO THE FUTURE, VOLUNTEERS, PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, with a higher per-screen average than two of those. But it didn’t make ...
