Green Dragon
Green Dragon
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
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewedMarch 13, 2025
This is a pointiant story of Vietnamese refugees near the end of the war in one of the camps in the US awaiting American sponsors to take them in. Patrick Swayze is the commanding officer and Forest Whitaker is the volunteer cook. The storyline begins as one little boy, separated from his mother during the conflicts in Vietnam, waiting for her to arrive in the US. It blossoms from there into intricate tale of the endurance, hope, and fear of those who seek a new life. Patrick Swayze is great as the once ridgid commanding officer who then realizes just who these people really are. Forest Whitaker is fantastic as the cook, who takes the little boy, as mentioned in the beginning, and brings him courage.