Review of Year of the Dragon (1985) by Justin L — 04 Mar 2009

A surprisingly underknown Mickey Rourkey cop film from the 80s. It deals with familiar subject matter but it handles it really well and Rourke is great. It's also surprisingly brutally violent and felt a lot more like a product of the 70s than the 80s because of it.

The big downside here, the length, Michael Cimino has an issue with cutting his films down and this is no exception. It drags on for nearly a half hour too long and does absolutely nothing with it. Worth seeing for Rourke and the gritty portrayal of the material but there are definitely better films that are similar.