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  1. Year of the Dragon is really something. It captures a time, a place and a spirit. Everyone is incredible, particularly Mickey Rourke. It is sensational, raw and powerful. Unlike many 80's films, it feels real, even despite dramatic plot. Surprisingly, and rarely, it still looks good and doesn't feel slow.

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    • 'Dragonslayer' Dragon: Vermithrax Pejorative. The kingdom of Urland is being plagued by Vermithrax Pejorative, a four-hundred-year-old dragon who demands two virgin women be sacrificed every year.
    • 'How To Train Your Dragon' Dragons: Many different species, the most prominent of which is the Nightfury. The Viking village of Berk has been at war with dragons for as long as anyone can remember.
    • 'Spirited Away' Dragon: Haku. While moving to their new house, Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi/Daveigh Chase) and her family cross into the spirit world and arrive at a bathhouse.
    • 'Sleeping Beauty' Dragon: Maleficent. After being snubbed from attending the christening of Princess Aurora (Mary Costa), the evil fairy, Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses her to die on her sixteenth birthday.
    • Falkor in The NeverEnding Story (1984) A classic of '80s fantasy and childhood trauma (RIP Artax), The NeverEnding Story brought to life the Glücksdrache (Luck Dragon) Falkor, introduced in German author Michael Ende's 1979 novel.
    • The Great Protector in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) A stand-out in Marvel's increasingly spotty slate over the past couple of years, Shang-Chi finds "Shaun" working as a parking valet, scrupulously dodging his past as heir to the criminal empire known as The Ten Rings.
    • Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) In the same year she was playing a dragon-adjacent sidekick in Shang-Chi, Awkwafina was voicing Sisu, the titular last dragon, in this animated stunner from Disney.
    • Vermithrax Pejorative in Dragonslayer (1981) About a quarter of Dragonslayer's budget went into the constructio n of 400-year-old antagonist Vermithrax Pejorative, an impressive creation with an even cooler name.
  2. Year of the Dragon examines the subjects of racism, ethnicity and organized crime, but does it in such a raw, primal, blood-drenched way that people might be misled into thinking the film is not much more than a stylish, flashy exploitation flick. But it is much more: sure, there are overly sentimental parts, dealing with Rourke’s character’s relationship with two women that exist in his ...

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  4. The Year Of The Dragon Review. With a new, brutal boss heading up the Chinese mafia, tough-minded New York cop Stanley White is put in charge of Chinatown, a man left racist by his treatment in ...

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  6. Rent Year of the Dragon on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. ... good cast and intrigue and expertly directed by Michael Cimino. 85% ...

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