Dragon Fight (1989) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1989 · 96 mins · Cantonese

Directed by

Billy Tang

Starring

Jet Li, Mark Williams, Stephen Chow, Lynn McRee, Henry Fong Ping, Dick Wei

Jimmy and Tiger, members of China’s national wushu team, travel to Los Angeles for exhibition performances. Tiger secretly plans to defect and build a career there. When Jimmy tries to stop him, he misses his flight home and is stranded. He befriends Andy, a street‑wise teen, while Tiger falls in with a mafia boss. A mishap with a suitcase of cocaine forces Jimmy, Andy and Penny— the boss’s girlfriend— to confront Tiger’s dangerous allies, turning former friends into bitter enemies.