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Actors: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Raymond J. Barry
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Year of the Dragon |
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YEAR OF THE DRAGON is a Dino De Laurentiis production written (with Oliver Stone) and directed by Michael Cimino in 1985.
Police officer Stanley White has been transferred to Chinatown, NYC. He arrives just in time to see Joey Tai being made head of the Chinese mafia of New-York after having secretly instigated of the murder of Jackie Wong, the precedent boss. Joey, who wants to give a more important role to his fellow men in the NYC organized crime, has deliberately broken the old alliance with the Italian mob.
Stanley White, the most decorated cop of the city, doesn't play by the rules and, with the help of the anchorwoman Tracy Tzu, denounces the lack of motivation of the police forces from the moment that Chinese interests are at stake. He'll be soon the target of Joey Tai's hit men and a growing problem for his hierarchy.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Year of the Dragon |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- wild
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Southeast Asia
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- building
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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