Chasing the Dragon (Chinese: ??; Jyutping: Zeoi1 Lung4), previously known as King of Drug Dealers, is a Hong Kong-Chinese action crime drama film directed by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan. The film stars Andy Lau reprising his role as Lee Rock from the film series of the same name, Donnie Yen as Crippled Ho, based on real life gangster Ng Sek-ho. The film is about an illegal immigrant from China who sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord. The film is a remake of the 1991 film, To Be Number One.
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Cast
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Production and release
Director Wong Jing personally flew to Canada in 2016 to persuade Yen to star in his film Chasing the Dragon, while Yen was filming xXx: The Return of Xander Cage at that time. Yen was convinced by Wong's sincerity, playing a non-traditional role of a villain with limited fighting scenes and the opportunity to work alongside Andy Lau. Yen flew back to Asia to take part in the film after filming xXx in 2016.
In September 2017, Chasing the Dragon was released to mixed reviews from critics. Chasing the Dragon was also a huge hit with audiences in most Mandarin-speaking parts of Asia (including China, Singapore and Hong Kong), beating Hollywood blockbuster Blade Runner 2049 and Jackie Chan's The Foreigner, despite being marketed less heavily than the two films. In Hong Kong, Chasing the Dragon earned more than 10 times of the box office gross of The Foreigner, and is ranked one of the top 5 highest-grossing Hong Kong films in 2017. Chasing the Dragon earned US$86 million in China e.
Chasing the Dragon was released as a digital, Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on January 23, 2018.
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External links
- Chasing the Dragon on IMDb
- Chasing the Dragon at Box Office Mojo
- Chasing the Dragon at Metacritic
- Chasing the Dragon at AllMovie
- Chasing the Dragon at Rotten Tomatoes
- Chasing the Dragon at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Chasing the Dragon at Douban (in simplified Chinese)
- Chasing the Dragon at the Mtime.com (in simplified Chinese)
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