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Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.
Jin Au-Yeung
- Detective Tang
- (as Jin Auyeung)
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- TriviaThe first film Wai Keung Lau and Martin Scorsese officially work on together (after Wai Keung Lau's Mou Gaan Dou (2002) inspired Martin Scorsese's The Departed (2006)).
- GoofsIn the beginning of the movie its supposed to be 1983, however they show a big pile of modern US currency spilling on table with the current large President's head on the bills.
- ConnectionsFeatures Xue xi Tang Ren Jie (1982)
- SoundtracksGreen Dragon
Written by Devon Diep, Angelo "DOC" Velazquez & Terri Patterson
Performed by Devon Diep
Courtesy of Cutting Edge Music (Holdings) Limited
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Not too bad, but too much Hong Kong* in this.
*What's the Hong Kong equivalent of Hollywood, eg "Bollywood" for India?
I read the story of the Green Dragons over 20 years ago, and have just recently heard of the movie adaptation. After watching this, I think this is another case of "the facts are more interesting than fiction". The original events were violent and raw. It ended with a sense of retribution. What the director did with the movie version was to partially "Hong Kong"ize the story. This really doesn't work unless you go all in and purposely try to suspend the audience's disbelief.
I don't mean to say Hong Kong action movies are bad, but they only fit in a style that shouldn't be done for non-fiction, even with a gangster movie. All the brooding, the slow moving gun mechanics, the improvised romance, etc. works great when the action is so gratuitous, you can shut your brain off and enjoy the flick for what it is. In Dragon, all the personalities, including the lead, just mesh into a stylized melodramatic comic character of their real counterparts. It's not the actor's fault, since their portrayals are closely reminiscent of Hong Kong action movies.
Again, I just think they should have gotten a more appropriate director and stay truer to the original events. For example, in Casino, I can believe it happened in real life as shown on the screen... not so much with Dragon.
That said, I enjoyed the movie, perhaps mostly because I enjoyed the story.
I read the story of the Green Dragons over 20 years ago, and have just recently heard of the movie adaptation. After watching this, I think this is another case of "the facts are more interesting than fiction". The original events were violent and raw. It ended with a sense of retribution. What the director did with the movie version was to partially "Hong Kong"ize the story. This really doesn't work unless you go all in and purposely try to suspend the audience's disbelief.
I don't mean to say Hong Kong action movies are bad, but they only fit in a style that shouldn't be done for non-fiction, even with a gangster movie. All the brooding, the slow moving gun mechanics, the improvised romance, etc. works great when the action is so gratuitous, you can shut your brain off and enjoy the flick for what it is. In Dragon, all the personalities, including the lead, just mesh into a stylized melodramatic comic character of their real counterparts. It's not the actor's fault, since their portrayals are closely reminiscent of Hong Kong action movies.
Again, I just think they should have gotten a more appropriate director and stay truer to the original events. For example, in Casino, I can believe it happened in real life as shown on the screen... not so much with Dragon.
That said, I enjoyed the movie, perhaps mostly because I enjoyed the story.
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- Nov 11, 2014
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- Yeşil Ejderhaların İntikamı
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- $5,000,000 (estimated)
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- $107,412
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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