Year of the Dragon (1985) - The Showdown

One of the greatest endings of all time. From Michael Cimino's underated crime film "Year of the Dragon" (starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone)

Length of sequence: 4 Minutes, 13 seconds

Amount of shots in sequence: 91 shots

Average shot length: approx. 2.78 seconds per shot.

Longest shots:
1. The shot of Joey Tai's car driving and pulling into the row of cars, starting at 0:32 (19 seconds).
2. The shot of Stanley White jumping out of his car and pulling the two out of theirs starting at 1:19 (13 seconds).
3. The final shot after the trigger is pulled starting at 4:12 (12 seconds)

Shortest shots.
The three series of shots starting at 1:44 when 1) Stanley fires his second shot 2)we cut into the car 3) the car crashes into the other (about a third of a second each)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• mickey
• rourke
• john
• lone
• michael
• cimino
• shootout
• stanley
• white
• joey
• tai

[aaartnaz]

ever notice how it was like joey tai was on his way to death when he was running into the light? and mickey almost got hit by the train

[brizzlestick]

I was born in the year of the dragon

[brizzlestick]

@jutubaeh say what?

[jutubaeh]

@brizzlestick kuhkulkahn4u!

[llkk750]

I love the scene where Joey Tai gives this speech about 5000 years of chinese history and Stanley White says"F*ck You, you're too impressed with yourself!, this is America it's 200 years old so you're gonna obey the law!" Some of Mickey's best work!

[gojiguyver3]

@TOBAL83 That was not entirely Sofia's fault (although it was partly)

[TOBAL83]

@RAIDERS58th godfather 3

[kjsh987]

if you get a shot of a 357 in the chest u die.u dont keep talking

[kjsh987]

if you get a shot of a 357 nin the chest u die.u dont keep talking

[PuppyPetite]

I saw This as a kid in the movies, And again on DVD The chinese were saying that it was a racist shot at the chinese community, However, it was good film, Plenty of action, and a good story Line, I Think they should have gave the film More credit

[RAIDERS58th]

Most people don't seem to remember that on its release this superb movie was completely engulfed in a storm of allegations of racism. Critics, fearing for their professional lives, ignored the fact that this was truly fantastic movie and tore into it. They hinged most of their criticism on the truly awful performance of M.T.A. Ariane. Yes, she was a perfectly dreadful actress but since when does the performance of one actress ruin an otherwise solid motion picture?

[Mogh]

A great and underrated movie.