Year of the Dragon
It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn. It isn't even New York. It's Chinatown...and it's about to explode.
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 neo-noir action film directed by Michael Cimino, starring Mickey Rourke, Ariane Koizumi and John Lone.
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Using unprecedented degrees of violence, young Joey Tai becomes the head of Chinese mafia in New York and undisputed leader of the Chinese community. Stanley White, the most decorated cop in New York and a Vietnam veteran, is put in charge of Chinatown. Both men are prone to breaking long-established rules and both men are unlikely to make compromises with each other, which leads to unavoidable and bloody conflict.