Chasing the Dragon

Original title: Chui lung

2017
2h 8m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

4.7K

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Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)

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An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord.An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord.An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations

Chubby
(as Ben Ng)

Kent Tong

Tong
(as Chun-Yip Tong)

Dongdong Xu

Rose
(as Raquel Xu)

Michelle Hu

Jane

Niki Chow

Sahajak Boonthanakit

General Piyamas

Chloe Chan

Alva

Kam-Fung Chan

Michael Wai-Man Chan

Master Dane
(as Wai-Man Chan)

Yiu-Wing Chin

At Cripple Ho's wedding

Lawrence Chou

Willy

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Trivia
First collaboration between Donnie Yen and Andy Lau

Goofs
AT the funeral scene in Thailand Ho lights a roll of $100 bills. But the bills have the 2006 redesign.

Connections
Follows Lee Rock (1991)

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A remarkable gangster epic

Obviously, the movie "Chasing the Dragon" is not a remake of the 1991 movies "Lee Rock" and "To be Number One". Instead, it borrows their main protagonists and antagonists, and tells a completely different story. In some sense, "Chasing the Dragon" is a reboot of the gangster epics.

The production design, music score, action sequences and acting performances are most notably brilliant. The action sequences are unexpectedly brutal and bloody, and really stun me from time to time. Donnie Yen has long established himself as one of the best martial artists of all time, and here in "Chasing the Dragon" he gives an almost career-best emotional performance, even better than that in "Rogue One". The acting of Andy Lau, Kent Tong, Kent Cheng, and Ben Ng is fantastic as always.

On the other hand, the plot and the editing are not satisfying. Wong Jing is not a talented filmmaker. Some scenes simply lack consistency and credibility.

In a nutshell, the rating for this movie is 7/10.