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Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)

Revenge of the Green Dragons poster
Directed by
Andrew Lau
Genre
drama film, action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 108 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set in 1980s and 1990s New York City, this film follows two brothers who join a Chinese-American gang. Their involvement leads to violence and conflict as they navigate the criminal underworld.

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What happens

Revenge of the Green Dragons is a 2014 crime drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, written by Michael Di Jiacomo and Andrew Loo, with Martin Scorsese as an executive producer. A Hong Kong-American co-production, the film stars Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Eugenia Yuan, Geoff Pierson and Ray Liotta. The film is based on Fredric Dannen's New Yorker article that chronicled the true story of Chinese-American gang life in 1980s and 1990s New York City. The central villain Snake Head Mama is based on gangster Sister Ping. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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