Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014) on Netflix
Sonny and Steven are immigrant brothers in 1980s New York. They survive poverty by joining the Green Dragons, a Chinatown gang, and their rise through its ranks draws police attention.
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Plot summary
Sonny and Steven are immigrant brothers growing up poor in New York in the 1980s and 1990s. They join the Green Dragons, a Chinatown gang, with Sonny entering as a kid, and both work their way up the gang hierarchy. Sonny becomes notorious in the community as he rises, and the brothers draw the attention of the city's cops. Fredric Dannen's New Yorker article on Chinese-American gang life in New York in those decades is the source of the story.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film comes from Fredric Dannen's New Yorker article chronicling the true story of Chinese-American gang life in 1980s and 1990s New York City, and its central villain, Snake Head Mama, is based on the real gangster Sister Ping.
