← Back to Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
Year of the Dragon
UNITED STATES · 1985

Year of the Dragon

Michael Cimino
police corruption organized crime racial tension obsession and vengeance moral descent
Watch on MUBI → ▶ Trailer

Synopsis

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him t

More from Michael Cimino

United States
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 • United States
View →
The Sunchaser
1996 • United States
View →
Desperate Hours
1990 • United States
View →