
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, this movie 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 conditions and communication for all in the refugee camp.... (Full plot summary below)
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A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, this movie 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 conditions and communication for all in the refugee camp.
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| Dallas Morning NewsJane SumnerEarnest, unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable, Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenBegins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA gracious, eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost. |
| Film ThreatRon WellsThis is a story about purgatory, though it goes by the name Camp Pendleton. |
| New York PostMegan LehmannDirector Timothy Linh employs a delicate - but never sentimental - touch which, combined with strong performances from the principals and Kramer Morgenthau's vivid cinematography, makes for a transporting experience. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliPerhaps the most impressive aspect of Green Dragon is Bui's recreation of Camp Pendleton, circa 1975 (filming actually took place in Camp Pendleton). |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyRevisiting the painful aftermath of Vietnam from the perspective of American-bound refugees, Timothy's film is an honorable if not great companion piece to his brother Tony's Three Seasons; both films played at the Sundance Festival dramatic competition |
| MovieholeClint MorrisOne of the best films of Swayze's Career....Not to be missed |
| NewsdayGene SeymourJust when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety, it dives into soapy bathos. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderGreen Dragon falls prey to some threadbare Hollywood conventions, but otherwise maintains a high level of maturity and emotion as it examines the lives of Vietnamese refugees entering America in 1975. |