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Awhile back when we listed some of notorious Hollywood remakes of foreign films, I wrote about Infernal Affairs and The Departed. As one of my all-time favorite Martin Scorsese films, The Departed was both a remake and amazing homage to Infernal Affairs, a near-brilliant 2002 Hong Kong action film that was a huge blockbuster hit in China. With Infernal Affairs directors Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo shooting a New York-set film, it would only make sense to have Scorsese be a part of the production right?

That’s the case with the directing duo’s upcoming Revenge of the Green Dragons with Marty set to executive produce the film based on “the true story of New York’s most notorious street gang.” Set in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the film is based on a New Yorker article that detailed one of New York’s most infamous Chinatown gangs, The Green Dragons. The trailer has everything you’d want in a modern crime film: guns, action, and vengeance.

Revenge of the Green Dragons will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, air exclusively via DirecTV for a 30-day window, then be released into theaters in October. You can check out the film’s synopsis and gorgeous poster below.

In the vein of crime classics like MEAN STREETS and INFERNAL AFFAIRS, REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS follows two immigrant brothers Sonny (Justin Chon) and Steven (Kevin Wu) who survive the impoverished despair of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang “The Green Dragons”. The brothers quickly rise up the ranks, drawing the unwanted attention of hard-boiled city cops. After an ill- fated love affair pits Sonny against his own brother, he sets out for revenge on the very gang who made him who he is. From acclaimed Director Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, and legendary Executive Producer Martin Scorsese comes a brilliant mix between a Hong Kong action film and a New York City crime thriller, portraying the never-before-told true story of “The Green Dragons”.

Revenge of the Green Dragons poster