SummaryTwo immigrant brothers, Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu), survive the impoverished despair of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons". The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard-boiled city cops. After an ill-fated love affair pits Sonny against his own brother, he sets out ... Read More
Directed By:Andrew Lau, Andrew Loo
Written By:Michael Di Jiacomo, Andrew Loo, Fredric Dannen
Revenge of the Green Dragons
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Generally Unfavorable
36
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Generally Favorable
6.7
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Oct 23, 2014
58
Most of the pleasure in Green Dragons comes simply from the opportunity to watch some underused actors dig into meatier parts than they’re usually offered.
Oct 23, 2014
50
What initially feels like brash energy peters out until what’s left mainly evokes pretty ordinary gangster movies.
Oct 23, 2014
40
In Lau and Loo’s telling, the off-the-boat indoctrination of young, undocumented Chinese families into vicious gangsterism is overstated and cartoonish, like The Warriors trying to pass itself off as a docudrama.
Oct 20, 2014
40
In the end the taste of H.K. filmmaking dominates in the film's deliberately chaotic visual style, a circular narrative that heads nowhere, and lyrical song interludes that abruptly interrupt the non-stop action and camera movement.
Oct 30, 2014
38
By widening the scope of their based-on-a-true story, the makers of Revenge of the Green Dragon make their subjects look like the products of unimaginative cultural assimilation.
Oct 29, 2014
30
This crudely made thriller plays like a stilted Cantonese riff on organized-crime cliches, substituting blood and brutality for novelty or insight.
Oct 20, 2014
16
Loo and Lau’s Dragons is too busy reveling in tilted angles, music video editing, mind-numbingly clichéd dialogue, wooden acting and a one-dimensional story about brotherhood.
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Jun 22, 2017
6
Revenge of the Green Dragons zeigt, dass nicht nur Fußballer früh anfangen: Ende der 80er fliehen zwei Jungen von Hongkong nach Ellis Island – und geraten sofort in die Fänge der Queens-Gang Green Dragons. Während die Untaten von Mafia oder Yakuza zumindest einem verqueren Moralkodex folgen, geht der chinesischen Variante jedwede Menschlichkeit ab: Ohne Grund wird geprügelt, geraubt und vergewaltigt, selbst vor der Verwandschaft macht man nicht halt. So ist die Eskalation vorprogrammiert – und reißt beide Knirpse mit in den Abgrund. Auch wenn Martin Scorcese produziert und Andrew Lau (Internal Affairs) Co-Regie führt, ist Revenge of the Green Dragons kein Meisterwerk – wohl aber ein nostalgischer Ausflug ins Gang-Thriller-Genre der Reagan-Ära. Lau inszeniert seine Hommage temporeich, unprätentiös stylish und äußerst brutal. Der Plot ist zwar vorhersehbar und ohne große Wendungen, dafür winkt ein unangenehmes Ende und ein garstiger Kommentar auf das Geschäft mit Einwanderern.
Sep 7, 2017
3
I'm not sure of labeling this movie as a thriller, but it has elements though its strongest base is to show how this Eastern mafia operates in a fully western world. Revenge Of The Green Dragons is a failed movie, somewhat entertaining but failed in general, if they like the genre they will find it a little more passable, but for me it is a movie that I would not see a second time.
Production Company:
- IM Global
- The 7th Floor
- Initial A Entertainment
- Artfire Films
Release Date:Oct 24, 2014
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:R
Tagline:The American dream isn't free
