Dragon Fight

{{Short description|1989 Hong Kong film by Billy Tang}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = Dragon Fight | image = DragonFight.jpg | native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none| t = 龍在天涯 | s = 龙在天涯 | p = Lóng zài tiān yá | j = Lung4 zoi6 tin1 ngaai4}} | director = Billy Tang | producer = Henry Fong | writer = James Yuen | starring = Jet Li Nina Li Chi Stephen Chow Dick Wei | music = Violet Lam | cinematography = Louis Yuen Chu Chi-hung Rumjamn Abdul Mohammed | editing = Siu Lam | distributor = Grand March Movie Production | released = {{Film date|1989|9|1|df=y}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = Hong Kong | language = Cantonese English | gross = HK$6,815,936 }} '''''Dragon Fight''''' is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Billy Tang, with a screenplay written by James Yuen, and starring Jet Li, Nina Li Chi and Stephen Chow.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Dragon Fight|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=10 September 2021|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/268530/Dragon-Fight/overview}} {{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=CW>{{cite web |url=http://chinesemov.com/1989/Dragon%20Fight.html |title=Dragon Fight |accessdate=29 June 2010 |publisher=chinesemov.com |archive-date=7 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907014139/http://chinesemov.com/1989/Dragon%20Fight.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Synopsis== Lee Kwok-Lap and Wong Wai were childhood buddies who grew up training together in the state-sponsored martial arts troupe. Wai felt there was no future in the troupe and plotted to remain illegally in San Francisco when the troupe was on a performance tour. Lap found out at the airport just before their return flight and tried to stop Wai. Lap not only failed to dissuade Wai, he also became the unwitting scapegoat after Wai unintentionally killed an airport police. Both went separate paths.

Lap was sheltered by Yao who admired Lap's skills. Lap began working in Yao's uncle's grocery store while evading police manhunt. Wai took up with the mob lieutenant, Marco, and began to impress the bosses with his ruthless efficiency at getting rid of rival gangs.

When the Big Boss decided to give Wai the chance to conduct a major drug deal, the jealous Marco tipped off the police to discredit Wai. Wai escaped the police but lost the drugs. Yao accidentally found the drugs and decided it was his ticket to get rich. However, his attempt to sell the drugs led the mob back to his uncle's grocery store. The Big Boss ordered Wai to prove his worth to the mob by cleaning up the mess and finishing off Lap.

==Cast== * Jet Li as Lee Kwok-Lap * Nina Li Chi as Kuen * Stephen Chow as Yao * Dick Wei as Wong Wai * Henry Fong as Marco * Robert Urich as Airport Police * Scott Coker as Big Boss's Bodyguard * Kenny Pérez as Big Boss's Gangster * Mike Kim as Vietnamese Killer * Darren Pang as Vietnamese Killer * Barry Wong as Drug Dealer * Lynn McRee as Air Hostess * Steven Ho as Big Boss's Gangster * Ernie Reyes Sr. as Big Boss's Killer * George Chung as Big Boss's Killer

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0095542}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|long_zai_tian_ya}}

Category:1989 films Category:1989 martial arts films Category:1989 Cantonese-language films Category:1989 Hong Kong films Category:Films directed by Billy Tang Category:Films set in San Francisco Category:Foreign films set in the United States Category:Hong Kong martial arts films Category:Kung fu films Category:Wushu films