Chinatown est à feu et à sang. En seulement quelques jours, alors que les fêtes du nouvel an chinois battent leur plein, des truands sont parvenus à éliminer le chef de l'association criminelle Hung-San, à pousser un commerçant réticent à se plier à la loi des gangs et à décimer la clientèle d'un restaurant. Le capitaine Stanley White, un ancien combattant du Viêtnam qui ne porte pas les Asiatiques dans son coeur, est chargé de l'enquête. Il comprend rapidement que le gendre de la première victime, Joey Tai, a commandité tous ces crimes et que son insatiable ambition promet encore d'autres assassinats. Entre les deux hommes, un duel sans merci s'engage...
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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30And now, an opening blow at the man who's been called the godfather of Chinatown, Joey Tai.
00:35Mr. Tai, can you tell us if there is such a thing as the Chinese Mafia?
00:40Mr. Tai, what is your comment? Mr. Tai, do you have any comments?
00:46Let me make this real clear to you right here and there.
00:50Joey Tai goes to the mayor, the mayor goes to me, and the word is lay off.
00:55You think gambling, extortion, corruption, or kosher?
01:00What Chinese Mafia?
01:04The investigation's in your mind.
01:07These people are the biggest importers of heroin in this country.
01:10The point here is you cease and desist.
01:16Nobody wants to win this thing, do you?
01:18You don't like it? Resign.
01:20Maybe everybody's right.
01:21I'm chasing something that doesn't exist.
01:28This is not the Bronx or Brooklyn.
01:32It's not even New York.
01:35It's Chinatown, right?
01:37It can be very easy or it can be very hard.
01:39You care too much, Stanley.
01:57How can anybody care too much?
01:59It's Chinatown, right?
02:01This.
02:02It's Chinatown, you know,
02:03that's why in Bolchanzo East.
02:06It's Chinatown is comprend your mind,
02:06and that's why it's your charge,
02:07that's why there's what.