Year of the Dragon (1985)

Release date: 1985-08-16
Country: USA
Language: Mandarin|English|Cantonese|Vietnamese|Polish
Director: Michael Cimino
Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Company, AMLF, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 6.9/10
Length: 2h 14min

Storyline

Chinatown, New York City. There has long been an unofficial agreement that the NYPD will leave the traditionally run Chinese triad alone to manage the crime issue in the neighborhood, the triad who is the face of organized crime of Chinatown. The triad also has an unofficial agreement with the Italian mafia, still seen as the major player in organized crime in the city, to be cooperative in a win-win situation in their illegal activities. However, the Chinese youth gangs are disregarding these unofficial agreements, being another violent player in the crime scene in Chinatown, they who take a stand by killing Jackie Wong, the head of the triad. To deal with the matter, the NYPD reassign Captain Stanley White from Brooklyn to Chinatown. Stanley, of Polish heritage, is not averse to slinging slurs toward his adversaries, most of those of a racial nature. This reassignment will not help the already deteriorating marriage he has to his long suffering wife, Connie. While Stanley is ...