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Synopsis: Chinatown, New York City. There has long been an unofficial agreement that the NYPD will leave the traditionally run Chinese triad alone to manage the crime issue in the neighborhood, the triad who is the face of organized crime of Chinatown. The triad also has an unofficial agreement with the Italian mafia, still seen as the major player in organized crime in the city, to be cooperative in a win-win situation in their illegal activities. However, the Chinese youth gangs are disregarding these unofficial agreements, being another violent player in the crime scene in Chinatown, they who take a stand by killing Jackie Wong, the head of the triad. To deal with the matter, the NYPD reassign Captain Stanley White from Brooklyn to Chinatown. Stanley, of Polish heritage, is not averse to slinging slurs toward his adversaries, most of those of a racial nature. This reassignment will not help the already deteriorating marriage he has to his long suffering wife, Connie. While Stanley is supposed
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Michael Cimino
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
1985
134 min
1,302 Views


on the youth gangs, not the old guys.

You lay off them, you hear?

The 5th Precinct's a nice,

quiet area, Stanley.

Good springboard for promotion.

Lou, l've been down there one day.

Doesn't take a genius to figure out

something's going on.

Blood's gonna flow in the gutters.

They're gonna muscle across Canal.

They're gonna push the mafia out.

I'm talking banks, real estate, drug money--

Who told you this? The DEA?

They've been peddling that

Chinese mafia theory for years.

And they never made a case

in Chinatown. I wouldn't believe nothing.

You don't know what you're talking about.

The mafia concept's not even ltalian.

It's Chinese.

It's Chinese.

It was invented in China 1 000 years ago.

They call them triads.

That's what we have here. We have

the offshoots of the Hong Kong triads.

You're letting your imagination run.

- No, Lou, like hell I am.

These people are the biggest overall

importers of heroin in this country.

And the fact that we don't have

one single bust...

...against one of these guys

tells me something.

They're smart, Lou. They're smarter

than you and Kearney, this lrish Sphinx.

At least I didn't change my name, Wizynski.

What do you want?

You want to attack Chinatown

with the 82nd Airborne?

You're not in Vietnam here, Stanley.

There, I never saw the enemy. Here,

they're right in front of my eyes.

They got no place to hide, no jungle.

This is just like the South Bronx.

You got a bunch of juvenile delinquents.

Youth gangs. Call them what you want.

Snot-nosed Chinks, scumbags.

Now go and kick their asses.

You're good at it.

Youth gangs? These are midget hit men.

- You know what your problem is?

You move through this department

like heavy machinery.

Nobody likes you, Stanley.

They tell you you're a great cop,

but they don't like you.

So what?

Just put my request through, will you?

Kearney, talking to you

is like one hand clapping.

All of a sudden this job's

made you an expert.

He's got a thing for Chinks.

Connie, l'm home.

- ln here.

Where you been? I've been calling

for two days.

You don't answer the phone anymore?

Connie?

What the hell's going on here?

Don't ask. It's the washing machine again.

And while I was at it, I fixed the sink.

Jesus. Connie, why don't you

ever call the repairman?

You're living in the past, Stanley.

You find one.

Hey, look at this mess.

Buy me a new machine.

But don't break my balls, Stanley.

Been trying to fix this thing

for three hours, and l'm not in the mood.

I didn't say anything.

- You were gonna, weren't you?

I can always tell.

What the hell's wrong with you? I walk

in the door, you don't even say hello.

You don't smile. All you do is say,

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Oliver Stone

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