# Year of the Dragon (1985)

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**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Michael Cimino
**Written by**: Oliver Stone, Michael Cimino
**Starring**: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava

> *It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn, it isn't even New York. It's Chinatown... and it's about to explode.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

August heat on Canal Street. A revolver’s hammer clicks back, then clicks forward again, unloaded.

White burns case files at night while a brass dragon whispers on Joey Tai’s desk. White’s wife leaves notes no one reads. White crumples them into his fist.

Cimino wires paranoia like live current through a neon noir.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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