2017 · action · crime · thriller
Chasing the Dragon
Directed by Wong Jing, Jason Kwan2h 8m2017
An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into the corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless drug lord.
Our read: Chasing the Dragon (2017) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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