Ariane Koizumi, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones
A tough-talking New York City detective is set on bringing a powerful Chinatown crime lord to justice.
DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005
Stats: 182 reviews
Year of the Dragon is something of a little known masterpiece. It is well written by Oliver Stone, and directed by Cimino at a turning point in his career. The centre piece, however, is Rourkes performance, which was caught while he most likely was at the peak of his acting abili...( read more)
The last good film directed by Michael Cimino. a violent thriller written by Oliver Stone and featuring a great cast with an evil John Lone and Mickey Rourke posing as a Bogart of the eighties.
Mickey Rourke is the guy! He is a super dick, gets a lot of people killed and raped, appreciates no one along the way, and still comes out the lovable hero in the end. this is an entertaining movie though.
This is the second film I?m watching in my exploration of the early career of Mickey Rourke, its also interesting as a major work in the career of the director Michael Cimino (another figure I need to catch up on). This is the first movie Cimino was allowed to make after the deb...( read more)
SEEN THIS YEARS GO... IT A GOOD MOVIE ABOUT A COP WHO FALLS FOR THE TOP REPORTER WHO IS JAPAN AND WORK IN NY. SHE IS TOP REPORTER AND HE IS LEAD DETECTIVE. HE HAS TO TAKE DOWN SMALL TIME GANG MOFIA. THE ELDERS ARE NOT SO HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE YOUNG GENERATION IS DOING THINDS. T...( read more)
panned by many..but I think ariane is alluring and seductive in her first cinematic appearance and mickey rourke is relentless and believable in this role...this movie has an 'epic' feel to it..engrossing story, violent, highly entertaining tale from michael cimino (deer hunter, ...( read more)
Not quite bad thriller of an obsessed cop takes on the Chinese mafia, determined to reassert America's supremacy at home, having failed in the East. John Lone should become a major movie star. Mickey Rourke gives a good performance. Director Michael Cimino has talent to burn... h...( read more)
Stanley White is one of the all-time great cinema characters, played to a T by Rourke. Cimino cements his legitimacy as a director.
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