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Quick Info

Rating

6.9/10

Release2017

Runtime2h 8m

StatusReleased

Budget$200,000,000

Revenue$87,965,942

Production

Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP)

Bona Film Group

Infinitus Entertainment

Movie

Chasing the Dragon

2017

2h 8m

6.9

Action

Crime

Thriller

Synopsis

An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into the corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless drug lord.

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