Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Year of the Dragon

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search


Year of the Dragon
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Movie poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Michael Cimino
Release Date 1985
Language English
Chinesse
Polish
Studio Dino De Laurentiis Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributor MGM/UA
Main Cast
Character Actor
Stanley White Mickey Rourke
Joey Tai John Lone
Angelo Rizzo Leonard Termo
Louis Bukowski Raymond J. Barry
Herbert Kwong Dennis Dun
Tracy Tzu Ariane Koizumi
Harry Yung Victor Wong




The following weapons were used in the film Year of the Dragon:


Error creating thumbnail: File missing WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!


Handguns

Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark I

When Ronnie Chang (Joey Chin) fails to strangle Stanley White in his home, Stanley White (Mickey Rourke) grabs a .357 Magnum Desert Eagle Mark I out of his living room cabinet and uses it when Ronnie tries to flee. Stanley uses it again in his final shootout with Joey Tai (John Lone). According to Magnum Research, Inc., Year of the Dragon is the first-ever use of the Desert Eagle in a film. The blank-adapted firearm was provided to the production by Weapons Specialists, Ltd. and later sold in a 2018 Heritage Auction listing.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark I used in Year of the Dragon; the weapon pictured here is the actual screen-used firearm carried by Mickey Rourke in the film - .357 Magnum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Opposite view of the Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark I from Year of the Dragon -.357 Magnum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Closer view of the slide markings of the screen-used Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark I from Year of the Dragon - .357 Magnum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley fires his Desert Eagle at Ronnie as he tries to flee.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley threatens Joey to find out where the heroin is.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley holds his Desert Eagle on Joey.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Highlight for Spoilers: Joey Tai (John Lone) asks Stanley for his gun.

Colt Detective Special

The main sidearm of Capt. Stanley White (Mickey Rourke) is a Colt Detective Special. He uses it throughout most of the film and carries it in a shoulder holster.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
1st Generation Colt Detective Special - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley fires his Colt at the Pei Brothers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Clear shot of his Colt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley fires his Colt while the Pei Brothers flee, while his eyes are mostly covered up. The gun sight is at eye level.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stanley fires his Colt at Red Hair (Doreen Chan) and Aileen.

Beretta Cheetah

After refusing to pay protection and insulting him, Lenny Carranza (Tony Lip) is killed by Ronnie Chang (Joey Chin) with a Beretta Cheetah variant with a round trigger guard.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Beretta 84B (earlier version with round trigger guard) - .380 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Ronnie draws his Cheetah on Lenny Carranza.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Close up of the Cheetah.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Ronnie fires his Cheetah.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

New recruits along with Herbert Kwong (Dennis Dun) are seen qualifying with the Smith & Wesson Model 10.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A recruit qualifying with the Smith & Wesson Model 10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Another qualifying with the Smith & Wesson Model 10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Herbert with a Model 10.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Highlight for Spoilers: Herbert is not a very good shot. Not enough trigger time. Stanley White (Rourke) is told by his superiors that Herbert doesn't have enough training. But Stanley needed someone undercover ASAP, so Herbert did with minimal training which may have cost him his life.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel

One of the new recruits is seen qualifying with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel - .38 Special
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A new recruit with a Model 10HB.

Browning Hi-Power

A new gang member is forced to shoot the Pei Brothers with a Browning Hi-Power fitted with a suppressor.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Browning Hi-Power fitted with suppressor - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The gang member with the Hi-Power.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Hi-Power aimed at one of the Pei Brothers.

Colt M1911A1

A Colt M1911A1 is used by a gang member.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The gang member aims the Colt M1911.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The gang member fires the Colt M1911.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Colt M1911 cycling.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Best view of the Colt M1911.

Walther PPK

Highlight for Spoilers: As retribution for the death of Herbert Kwong (Dennis Dun), Stanley White finds Joey Tai (John Lone) in a nightclub, where he takes him to a bathroom stall and beats him. Red Hair (Doreen Chan) and Aileen (uncredited) draw Walther PPKs on Stanley and his partner Angelo Rizzo (Leonard Termo). Joey Tai (John Lone) uses what appears to be a gold plated PPK in the final shootout with Stanley White.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Walther PPK - .380 ACP.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Red Hair aims her PPK at Stanley.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Red Hair fires her PPK, which grazes Stanley's neck.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Aileen fires her PPK, which wounds Rizzo in the stomach.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Red Hair lying on the street with her PPK. Note that the slide is locked back.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Best view of the PPK. Slide is forward.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Joey Tai (John Lone) with his gold plated PPK.

Smith & Wesson Model 27

Gen. Ban Sung (Yukio Yamamoto) gives a Smith & Wesson Model 27 to Joey Tai (John Lone) to shoot the old General for talking to the Americans.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Smith & Wesson Model 27 - .357 Magnum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Gen. Ban Sung hands off the S&W Model 27.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Joey Tai aims the S&W Model 27 on the old General. Notice how the soldier on the right gets out of the would-be bullet path.

Unknown Revolver

When Angleo Rizzo (Leonard Termo) is shot by Aileen with her PPK, Rizzo's revolver is seen holstered.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Submachine Guns

IMI Uzi

The Pei Brothers (Sammy Lee) & (Kennan Leung) shoot up Harry Yung's restaurant armed with IMI Uzis, killing a great number of innocent bystanders.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
IMI Uzi - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
One of the Pei Brothers reloading. Note the spare magazine is clipped with a bracket at a right angle to the other. This configuration, originally conceived of by Israeli Special Forces soldiers, not only facilitates a rapid magazine change, but adds a small amount of additional weight facing forward, helping to control muzzle rise. When the first magazine is empty and the full one is flipped upward and into the magazine well, the empty magazine extends backward, parallel to the arm and out of the way.

IMI Micro Uzi

After a failed attempt to assassinate Stanley White, Ronnie Chang (Joey Chin) draws a IMI Micro Uzi before trying to flee.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
IMI Micro Uzi w/ folding stock - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Ronnie fires a Micro Uzi at Stanley, using the folding stock as a foregrip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Better view of the Micro Uzi, while Ronnie tries to flee.

Shotguns

Winchester Model 1897

After hearing gunshots down the street from Stanley's house, Louis Bukowski (Raymond J. Barry) carries a Winchester Model 1897 when trying to find out what's going on.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Winchester Model 1897 - 12 gauge
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Louis Bukowski with his Model 1897.

Rifles

M16A1

When Joey Tai goes to Thailand, most of General Ban Sung (Yukio Yamamoto) soldiers are armed with M16A1s.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
M16A1 with 30-round magazine - 5.56x45mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Soldiers with M16A1s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Soldiers on the left with M16A1s.

SKS

A soldier on horseback is seen with an SKS, while escorting Joey Tai to the General.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
SKS - 7.62x39mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A soldier behind Joey with an SKS.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Best view of the SKS.

Heckler & Koch HK33A3

A few of the General's soldiers are armed with Heckler & Koch HK33A3.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Heckler & Koch HK33A3 - 5.56x45mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Soldiers in the center with their HK33A3s
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Close up shot of the HK33A3.

Type 56-1

Gen. Ban Sung (Yamamoto) handles a Type 56-1 while discussing kilo prices with Joey Tai. Gen. Ban Sung calls the Kalashnikov the best rifle ever made, despite most of his men being armed with M16A1s and also claims this specific rifle is Russian in origin, when it is actually Chinese. One soldier is seen with a milled receiver Type 56-1 when Joey Tai is given a S&W Model 27 to shoot the old General (Harry Yip).

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Gen. Ban Sung with a Type 56-1.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Gen. Ban Sung : "A Kalashnikov! Best rifle ever made. The Russians used to give them to us to fight the Burmese. But now it's harder to get. They want dollars. Everybody wants dollars".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A soldier with Type 56-1.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Seen right, note milled receiver above magazine, as opposed to stamped receiver.