The life of two young brothers, Sonny and Steven, who survived the hard time in New York, political depression, and immigrate to China, where they join a dangerous gang, has been turned upside down, when Sonny goes against his brother, after having an affair with an attractive woman.
Revenge boasts Martin Scorsese as an executive producer (and it really does boast - Scorsese's is the first name we see), but the cliché-ridden narrative and patchy acting prevent the film from being Chinatown's answer to Goodfellas.
The self-inflating tale of two immigrant brothers, who join a Chinatown gang as kids, falls woefully short of significance, despite being executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
The representation of Asian American men as hot-blooded toughies in the film does put a dent in the omnipresent nerdy eunuch stereotype and the model-minority myth.
