Green Dragon

2001

Drama / War

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 1303 1.3K

Plot summary

A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve

Director

Timothy Linh Bui Photo
Timothy Linh Bui

Top cast

Forest Whitaker Photo
Forest Whitaker as Addie
Kieu Chinh Photo
Kieu Chinh as Kieu
Elyse Dinh Photo
Elyse Dinh as Red Cross Volunteer
Long Nguyen Photo
Long Nguyen as Quang Hai
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1.01 GB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 2
1.88 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 6 / 10

While not reaching outstanding heights, The Green Dragon presents a storyline that merits your time

I recently viewed The Green Dragon (2001) on Tubi. The storyline revolves around Vietnamese refugees arriving in America towards the end of the Vietnam War. As the war's conclusion nears, the film depicts a significant transition for the immigrants, with a few American soldiers striving to facilitate a smooth adjustment.Directed by Timothy Linh Bui (Powder Blue), the film features Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing), Forest Whitaker (Rogue One), Duong Don (We Were Soldiers), Hiep Thi Le (Cruel Intentions), and Billinjer C. Tran (We Were Soldiers).This movie offers a unique and authentic storyline, with well-written subplots that unfold fascinatingly. The acting is solid, with Swayze's character feeling realistic and Whitaker delivering a relatable performance. The portrayal of how the Vietnamese grapple with the tension between their future and past, navigating necessary adjustments, is both believable and compelling. The film concludes with a mix of sadness and enlightenment.In conclusion, while not reaching outstanding heights, The Green Dragon presents a storyline that merits your time. I would give it a score of 6/10 and recommend watching it once.
Reviewed by lingmeister 7 / 10

Memoirs of Vietnamese who were lucky enough to escape their country

This movie seems to be experiences of various Vietnamese people during the stay in the refugee camp. It has been sentimentalized, casting it as some sort of good old memories. Plus it seems most of the people who made it out are the ones, by whatever circumstances, either having power, connection, money or being in the armed forces. So we get a view biased toward the well to do who favored what we did for them.The many little stories intertwined together gives an overall concern that most of the Vietnamese had when they first arrived, with a few like the Camp manager/Patrick Swayze character and Kid/Forest Whitaker character thrown in to reflect American's own remorse and problems.I found that some of the subjects covered to be a bit abrupt, since many of the characters were not introduced, instead were thrown into the action. Like the man with two wives, and the husband and wife with the pictures of their son, who were dragged out of their beds in the middle of the night. Seeing the deleted scenes on the DVD made the characters more rounded and their situations more understanding, allowing us to connect with them better.Many of the more important subjects seems to be lightly touched upon, and the whole American issue seem to play us out as the savior, as opposed to the aggressor. Even the radio reporting of seem to play to the fear of the well to do Vietnamese since they were the ones being preyed upon during the fall of Saigon, which is not unusual in situations where the oppressed overtakes a imperialist backed government.Most of the acting were very humanistic, but I found Patrick Swayze a bit too apathetic, never allowing us to believe that he is filled with guilt. A big part is probably his natural facial expression, which does not gear toward the sorrow look.All in all, still a good movie to see so that we would know what the people experienced when they first came to the US. A little less mush and a little more on the heavy or more controversial topics would have been welcomed.
Reviewed by monkey-man 7 / 10

I love this great movie

This movie is really good and this movie stars two actors that i really like and the actors are The great Forest Whitaker from the great movie Phone Booth and Patrick Swayze from the good movie Ponit Break.This movie some times gets a little bit boring And the acting by the hole cast in this movie is really great.There are some good scenes in this movie like when Forest Whitaker and a kid (Trung Nguyen) are panting a wall and when they finished it turned out to be really beautiful specially the Green Dragon in the painting.Over all this movie is really great and my rating is 7 out of 10.
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