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Revenge of the Green Dragons
Revenge of the Green Dragons
	United States theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andrew Lau; Andrew Loo;
Written by	Andrew Loo; Michael Di Jiacomo;
Based on	Revenge of the Green Dragons; by Fredric Dannen
Produced by	Allen Bain; Jesse Scolaro; Michael Bassick; Stuart Ford;
Starring	Justin Chon; Kevin Wu; Harry Shum Jr.; Eugenia Yuan; Geoff Pierson; Ray Liotta;
Cinematography	Martin Ahlgren
Edited by	Michelle Tesoro
Music by	Mark Kilian
Production; companies	Artfire Films; IM Global Octane; Initial A Entertainment; The 7th Floor;
Distributed by	Golden Scene (Hong Kong); A24 (United States);
Release dates	September 10, 2014 (TIFF); October 24, 2014;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong; United States;
Languages	English; Cantonese; Mandarin
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$107,412

Revenge of the Green Dragons is a 2014 crime drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, written by Michael Di Jiacomo and Andrew Loo, with Martin Scorsese as an executive producer. The film stars Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Eugenia Yuan, Geoff Pierson and Ray Liotta. The film is based on Fredric Dannen's New Yorker article that chronicled the true story of Chinese-American gang life in 1980s and 1990s New York City.^[3] The central villain Snake Head Mama is based on gangster Sister Ping.^[4]

Plot

An immigrant named Sonny (Chon) joined the Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons" when he was a kid, and worked his way up through the gang hierarchy. But as he quickly rose up the ranks and became notorious in the community, his life falls apart around him.

Cast

Justin Chon as Sonny
- Alex Fox as Little Sonny
Kevin Wu as Steven Wong
- Michael Gregory Fung as Little Steven
Harry Shum Jr. as Paul Wong
Eugenia Yuan as Snake Head Mama
Leonard Wu as Ah Chung
Jin Au-Yeung as Detective Tang
Jon Kit Lee as Teddy
Shuya Chang as Tina
Celia Szeming Au as Bobo
Ron Yuan as Born to Kill Dai Lo
Billy Magnussen as Detective Boyer
Geoff Pierson as FBI Deputy Director Sam Higgins
Ray Liotta as Michael Bloom

Production

Principal photography began in June 2013^[5] in Chinatown, New York City.^[6] Scenes were filmed in some parts of Queens and Brooklyn, New York such as Elmhurst.

On November 2, 2013, Mark Kilian was hired to score the film.^[7] Varèse Sarabande released the original soundtrack album on October 27, 2014.^[8]

Release

The film had its world premiere on September 10, 2014 at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and then went on to be screened at a number of other international film festivals. The film also received a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release in the United States on October 24, 2014.^[9]^[10] In December 2014, co-director Andrew Lau said that the film was able to make profit.^[11]

Reception

The film has received largely negative reviews from film critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 15% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10.^[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[13]

However, co-director Andrew Loo had traveled all over the United States with the film, and said: "I've found that this is actually a real-audience film.....In terms of audience reception, I don't think we've ever had a 'bad' screening. It's interesting that the critics hate the film because it's not an easy film to watch. It's a genre film dressed up as an art house film because you have Marty's [Scorsese's] name on it."^[14]