Chasing the Dragon (2017)

Original title

追龍

Directed by

Jason Kwan, Wong Jing

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

IIB

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1963, an illegal immigrant from China enters British-colonized Hong Kong and builds a drug empire. The film follows his rise as a ruthless criminal lord.

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What happens

Chasing the Dragon (Chinese: 追龍; Sidney Lau: Jui1 Lung4), previously known as King of Drug Dealers, is a 2017 Hong Kong action crime drama film directed by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan. The film stars Donnie Yen as Crippled Ho, based on real life gangster Ng Sik-ho and Andy Lau reprising his role as Lee Rock from the film series of the same name. The film is about an illegal immigrant from China who sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord. The film is a remake of the 1991 film To Be Number One. Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch, a standalone sequel new characters and a new storyline, was released in June 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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