Revenge Of The Green Dragons

[GeneChing]

http://revengeofthegreendragons.com

[hskwarrior]

i liked it

[Jimbo]

This definitely looks worth checking out.

[mickey]

Greetings,

As much as I like action films, gang movies I abhor.

I remember when they put "The Warriors" out on dvd, there was this one idiot who wished that they could have the gangs back again. New York gangs were no joke regardless of how they looked. I hope this film does not glamorize the lifestyle.

To Add:

If I was a child who watched "The Wire" and "OZ", I would be afraid to grow up. I don't know why shows like that exist. They are filth.

mickey

[Jimbo]

mickey,

From the trailer, this movie looks like it could be more of a cautionary tale. I could be wrong. I don't like movies that glorify the gangster life, but I do like crime films like Goodfellas, Casino, A Bronx Tale, etc., because they ultimately show the pitfalls of engaging in crime.

Other crime/gang movies like John Woo's Hard-Boiled, Ringo Lam's Full Contact, etc., featuring triads, I like for the combination of stories, characters and action, and not for any realism. I also enjoy some of the Japanese Yakuza movies. If fact, the Zatoichi character IS a Yakuza, so in a way, the original Zatoichi movies were closer to being period Yakuza films than samurai films.

I've never watched OZ, or The Wire, or Sons of Anarchy. Most people I know who have seen the latter show say it's awesome, but I have no interest in it. I think there's a difference between movies and TV shows that glorify the 'gangsta' life and those that show the consequences of a life of crime.

Much of old-school kung fu cinema also deals with gangs, whether literal, modern 1970s or '80s-era gangs, or 'clans' in period pieces.

[mickey]

Greetings Jimbo,

Let me differentiate the difference between Gang and Gangster movies in my book:

Gangster movies: Adults making the choices/decisions to do wrong things. It is how they chose to live their lives.

Gang movies: Involve adolescent youth doing wrong things, as if there is no better way. I do not like how Hollywood plays with this.


We really have to try to offer better to our future (children). I saw the undercurrent gang element in the Shaw brothers' movies and I was always overjoyed when Liu Chia Liang took the movies in another direction by instilling strong elements of morality.

When it comes to gangster movies, I can watch them. They have pretty much lost their steam. The best gangster movie to come about was "This Thing of Ours". I think it is a more accurate portrayal of the Maffia life that any other. It is not overstated, yet it is profound.


mickey