The Year of the dragon

the Year of the dragon ( Year off the Dragon ) is an American film of Michael Cimino left in 1985

Synopsis

A veteran of Vietnam, Stanley White (Mickey Rourke), became cop in New York and investigation into assassinations and a drug trafficking with Chinatown.

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Which are the deep convictions which justify Stanley White (Mickey Rourke) captain of police force which declares with him only the Chinese war with the Maffia New-Yorkaise.

Pole of origin (it is not deprived any to recall it to its various interlocutors) Stanley undergoes the fracture of the cultures between his country defined as without spirit and China which is alleged as holder of a higher knowledge by a young gangster go-getter (John Lone) which tries to impose novel ideas of profits in its own clan made up of old too ice-cold chiefs in the innovation.

Police officer more decorated with New York Stanley is coléreux, obstinate and arrogant in conflict with its hierarchy he becomes revanchist and attacks the mass with this Asian empire deployed on Manhattan.

The year of the dragon was taxed with racism at its exit, the Chinese are shown in a negative way, they are exploited in them, they are brutal and only think of killing.

The disproportionate ambitiousness of the new generation which wants to be essential by the force inside its own empire is harmful with the positive projection of a new approach of the people. Chinese is described like a hooligan only designed for evil to act, it is corrupted by the Sex, opium, the racket and violence.

These mentalities are shown like incompetents to yield with legality, the heritage of the dishonesty seems to go back to mists of time.

It is a pitiless war of territory between people established in strict internal rules of operation specific to certain aspects of its culture and a proud police officer liked evil which wants to conquer its close relations by his capacity of dominating.

See too

  • Card IMDb
  • the Year of the dragon on Michaelcimino.fr

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