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All movies seen on 11/15/2024

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Year of the Dragon (1985)

Directed by Michael Cimino

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Most recently watched by lolareels, BTSjunkie

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 134 minutes

Actors

Mickey Rourke | John Lone | Ariane | Leonard Termo | Raymond J. Barry | Caroline Kava | Eddie Jones | Joey Chin | Victor Wong | K. Dock Yip | Bau Hon-Lam | Way Dong Woo | Jimmy Sun | Daniel Davin | Mark Hammer | Dennis Dun | David Lee | Jack Kehler | Tony Lip | Al Leong | Fabia Drake | Tisa Chang | Gerald Orange | Fan Mei-Sheng | Yukio Yamamoto | Doreen Chan | Yip Ha-Lei | Dermot A. McNamara | Vallo Benjamin | Myra Chen | Chin Feng | Yuk Fan Yiu | Richie Hsiu | Jack Lee | Irene Jung | Josie Lee | Jiwon Chang | Kelly Wong | Chi Moy | Johnny Shia | Gardell Tung | Jeff Khowong | Chen Chao-jung | Jerry Chang | Aileen Ho | Lisa Lee | Sammy Lee | Keenan Leung | James Scales | Ming C. Lee | Kader Ma | Paul J.Q. Lee | Manuel Fung | Emily Woo Yamasaki | Roza Ng | Gloria Au | Jadin Wong | Lin Ngan Ng | Janice Wong | Bruno Millotti | Lucille D'Agnillo | Julian Szumilo | Cecelia Pei | Quan Eng | George Kodisch | Bruce Kennedy | James Chin | Matthew Tung | Pat Fuji | Geoff Lee | Kuni Mikami | Billy Asai | Chi On Soo Hoo | John Sparks | Carmine Venezia | Anthony Parrillo | Matthew Castiglione | Steve Hanson | Raymond Gardner | Michael Acampora | Espérance Pham Thai Lan | Steven Chen | Paul Scaglione | Joseph Bonaventura | Jilly Rizzo

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Back for another movie with the fine but very old Peoria Cinema Society wine and farmer’s cheese crowd who mostly seemed to be nonplussed by this one.

A flawed, scattershot movie and the first Cimino made after HEAVEN’S GATE all but ended his career, but one I still have a soft spot for. Rourke’s cop is such an obsessive, abusive, misogynistic, racist piece of shit and he’s the “hero”! I’ve never read the book this is based on.

One of the things I love about it is that it was almost entirely shot on set in North Carolina instead of the streets of New York. I love the controlled look of movies shot on set and in this case it allows for a much more claustrophobic feel to the streets of Chinatown that has more in common with Ridley Scott’s street scenes in BLADE RUNNER than anything else.

It’d be fun to do a series of screenings of early career Mickey Rourke movies.

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