Movie
1985
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, and starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone, and Ariane Koizumi. The film follows tough New York City police captain Stanley White (Rourke) battling ruthless Chinese-American Triad boss Joey Tai (Lone). The screenplay, written by Cimino and Oliver Stone, is based on a 1981 novel by Robert Daley.
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Some people would hardly believe it, but in the early 1980s Oliver Stone was regarded as anything but left-wing. His scripts were often being accused of promoting ethnic stereotypes, sexism, and in the case of *Conan the Barbarian*, even the most questionable right-wing agenda. One of such examples is *Year of the Dragon*, now almost forgotten 1985 gangster epic by Michael Cimino, the very first film that unfortunat…More
