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Year of the Dragon (1985)

Year of the Dragon (1985)

R 134 minutes EN Action , Crime , Thriller
It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn, it isn't even New York. It's Chinatown... and it's about to explode.
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.
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Mickey Rourke
Stanley White
John Lone
Joey Tai
Ariane
Tracy Tzu
Leonard Termo
Angelo Rizzo
Raymond J. Barry
Louis Bukowski
Caroline Kava
Connie White
Eddie Jones
William McKenna
Joey Chin
Ronnie Chang
Victor Wong
Harry Yung
K. Dock Yip
Milton Bin
Bau Hon-Lam
Fred Hung

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Production companies: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $24,000,000
Revenue: $18,707,466

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