What makes it different from others?

one of my absolute favorites!

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I had had a hopeful expectation about this movie since its cast are all Asian-Americans, I had really wanted this movie to succeed so that Asian-Americans actors and actresses could get more spotlight in the mainstream American media. Unfortunately, I was utterly disappointed, to the point that I had thought about turning it off. Clearly, it was like a B-rated movie or a budget movie. I don't want to spoil the plot for you and I just wish that directors and casts had done more and put in more investments and efforts into this movie.

A very brutal gangster gangster epic about an Asian gang in New York in the 80's and early 90's.Although the gangs are supposed to be immigrants they all speak perfect English which I guess was mostly to do with it being more easily to comprehend and more easily accessible for an English speaking audience who otherwise wouldn't watch Asian cinema.So it's a non-issue really that one can look aside.The acting is fine, as is the cinematography and editing etc. As I was watching it I found myself wondering why the rating was so low because I felt like it was a well-made movie on all levels.But then of course in the end they had to throw one final twist into the mix that didn't make any sense with the movie we just witnessed.Really irks me when they do this in films, if you're gonna add a twist you need to make sure that everything we witnessed checks out and that character personalities aren't completely bypassed just for the sake of throwing in that twist.Which is the exact thing they did not do here, won't get into details but when you see it you will know what I mean.Would have gotten a 7 but because of that I have to pull it down a notch to a 6.

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning In the early 80s, a swathe of Chinese immigrants arrived on Ellis Island, eager for a new life. Seeing no other way to pursue their slice of 'the American dream', and gain the status and respect they crave, brothers Sonny (Justin Chan) and Steven (Kevin Wu) become part of the titular 'Green Dragons' street gang, who are locked in a turf war with other similarly named Oriental gang members in their area. Detective Michael Bloom (Ray Liotta) follows a lead, tying them to narcotics activities and becomes determined to bring them down. But when one of their members behaviour crosses a line, it plunges the whole group into a deadly spiral of destruction.Adapting a true story, and seeing it's potential for an electrifying action flick, after exhuming some brief history that serves as the backdrop, this biopic of the Green Dragons quickly shifts gear into a high energy, full on action flick, with an Oriental flavour and some brutal, unflinching violence and set pieces. The big draw, though, is Martin Scorsese as executive producer, and after a while it seems he's trying to forge a Goodfellas lite kind of thing, charting how the two central characters became involved in the gang and how their rivalries with each other formed. It's even more down this ark with Ray Liotta as the main star, but even in the lead, this seems like another of his recent 'barely there' parts, with minimal screen time compared to the central protagonists.It's relentlessly flashy, and brutally head on, but it's all completely lacking in coherence, and as a result all seems like a bit of something over nothing, a little too sure of itself without much in the way of genuine substance to keep it going. It makes the mistake of being impetuous when it should have been considered. **

Two brothers Sonny and Steven, survive the impoverished despair of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang "The Green Dragons". The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard-boiled city cops. After an affair puts Sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge on the very gang who made him who he is.....It's another case do great name above an absolute shambles of a film, and if you know what an executive producer does, you will instantly think less of this 'film'.I mean come on, every actor, writer, and director at one point has, or will executive produce something, you just have to show up, tell an actor to stand somewhere other than where they are, take a huge cheque for your name to be used, and then toddle off.No disrespect to Scorcese, the guy is a certified genius, and I'm sure he did more than the above mentioned, but after seeing this, I highly doubt it.It starts off okay, a little like Gangs Of New York (and then Scorcese left the building), but it soon veers into absurdity, and seeing as this is only ninety minutes long, it seemed a lot longer than Gangs of.....Brothers stick together, argue, fight, and a little more, Ray Liotta pops up for a while looking very, very ill, like he did in Goodfellas (then Scorcese put the phone down), and then there's a stupid twist come the end, and it finishes.It looks okay though, but the flashes of admitted genius, just vex the viewer that little bit more.Really soulless stuff....l