Revenge of the Green Dragons
A24 | Release Date: October 24, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloOct 23, 2014
Most of the pleasure in Green Dragons comes simply from the opportunity to watch some underused actors dig into meatier parts than they’re usually offered. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNov 1, 2014
Bloody, brutal and melodramatic. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiOct 23, 2014
Fredric Dannen's reportage, which appeared in a 1992 issue of the New Yorker and serves as the film's basis, contains lurid details that leap off the page in a cinematic way. The "Dragons" script by Michael Di Jiacomo and co-director Andrew Loo preserves many, but few register on-screen. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldOct 23, 2014
What initially feels like brash energy peters out until what’s left mainly evokes pretty ordinary gangster movies. Read full review
40
The DissolveScott TobiasOct 23, 2014
In Lau and Loo’s telling, the off-the-boat indoctrination of young, undocumented Chinese families into vicious gangsterism is overstated and cartoonish, like The Warriors trying to pass itself off as a docudrama. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael NordineOct 21, 2014
Green Dragons wants to be spaghetti with marinara, but it's closer to egg noodles and ketchup. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungOct 20, 2014
In the end the taste of H.K. filmmaking dominates in the film's deliberately chaotic visual style, a circular narrative that heads nowhere, and lyrical song interludes that abruptly interrupt the non-stop action and camera movement. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 30, 2014
By widening the scope of their based-on-a-true story, the makers of Revenge of the Green Dragon make their subjects look like the products of unimaginative cultural assimilation. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 19, 2014
Like Better Luck Tomorrow, it tries to cut cool-movie poses under the pretense of providing an alternative racial viewpoint to typical genre tropes. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangOct 29, 2014
This crudely made thriller plays like a stilted Cantonese riff on organized-crime cliches, substituting blood and brutality for novelty or insight. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanOct 29, 2014
The local angle offers a degree of flavor, but this is a dull tale, reminiscent of a hundred others. The dialogue is ludicrous, the video stock looks cheap. Read full review
16
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicOct 20, 2014
Loo and Lau’s Dragons is too busy reveling in tilted angles, music video editing, mind-numbingly clichéd dialogue, wooden acting and a one-dimensional story about brotherhood. Read full review
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