It isn't the Bronx or Brooklyn, it isn't even New York. It's Chinatown... and it's about to explode.
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 to consider the consequences of his actions.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Mickey RourkeStanley White
- John LoneJoey Tai
- ArianeTracy Tzu
- Leonard TermoAngelo Rizzo
- Raymond J. BarryLouis Bukowski
- Caroline KavaConnie White
- Eddie JonesWilliam McKenna
- Joey ChinRonnie Chang
- Victor WongHarry Yung
- K. Dock YipMilton Bin
Crew
- Michael CiminoDirector
- Michael CiminoScreenplay
- Oliver StoneScreenplay
- Robert DaleyNovel
- Alex ThomsonDirector of Photography
- David MansfieldOriginal Music Composer
- Françoise BonnotEditor
- Noëlle BoissonEditor
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
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