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A lot of times in any mobster movie, gang movie or in real life, theres so much that leads up to those events and those. After an ill fated love affair pits sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge. Sonny ostentatiously broadcasts his inevitable failure in a worldweary introduction. Best movies like revenge of the green dragons bestsimilar. Oct 29, 2014 revenge of the green dragons is a film chronicling the stories of two asianamerican immigrants, sonny and steven.
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But it sure as hell wasnt as bad as everybody says it is. Can someone explain the ending of revenge of green dragons to me. Revenge of the green dragons will change how you see harry. Dont let some of the pedigree that revenge of the green dragons can whip out fool you executive producerpresenter martin scorsese and codirector andrew lau have made some transcendent gangster movies, but this one is more or less.
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Oct 24, 2014 revenge of the green dragons synopsis two immigrant brothers sonny and steven survive the impoverished despair of new york in the 1980s by joining chinatown gang the green dragons. In the vein of crime classics like mean streets and infernal affairs, revenge of the green dragons follows two. In the vein of crime classics like mean streets and infernal affairs, revenge of the green dragons follows two immigrant brothers sonny and steven who survive the impoverished despair of new york in the 1980s by joining chinatown gang the green dragons. Annals of crime about the green dragons, a chinese gang in queens, n. The problem with this movie is that it is often too gory or semigory depending on your definition and violent. Revenge of the green dragons will change how you see. The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard. Revenge of the green dragons is the story of sonny and steven justin chon and kevin wu, two young men who try and fail to discover themselves by joining a gang. As he opened the door to his car, a white jeep cherokee, a member of the green dragonsit was later alleged to be steven ngjumped out of the honda and shot him once in the head and three times in the back with a. Two immigrant brothers sonny and steven survive the impoverished despair of new york in the 1980s by joining chinatown gang the green dragons.
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