# Year of the Dragon (1985)

> A volatile NYPD captain wages a brutally personal campaign against a rising Chinatown triad boss while the city's criminal alliances collapse around them.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6046

## Facts

- Runtime: 134 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Michael Cimino
- Cast: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Eddie Jones, Joey Chin
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090350/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: volatile, operatic, paranoid, 1980s crime marathon, gritty thriller night

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- [Chasing the Dragon (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/305462)
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- [The Protector (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/30017)
- [A Better Tomorrow II (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/11014)
- [In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/25232)
- [Violent Cop (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/7257)
- [Nighthawks (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/12985)
- [Hard Boiled (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/6699)
- [Tiger Cage (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/40151)

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