A Better Tomorrow (2010)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Oct 14, 2010 Limited
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John Woo established himself as one of Hong Kong's premiere action directors with this ultra-hip, ultra-violent action classic. The film centers around the complex relationship between two brothers: Sung Tse-kit (Leslie Cheung) is a recent graduate of the police academy while Tse-ho (Ti Lung) runs a massive counterfeiting ring along with his gangland associate, Mark Lee (Chow Yun-fat). Tension between the two brothers comes to a head when their father is murdered after a crime deal goes sour and
Oct 14, 2010 Limited
Nov 8, 2011
CJ Entertainment
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Yun-Fat Chow
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Woo took the old-time story of two brothers, one a cop and another a counterfeiter, and raised the stakes on it.
More melodramatic and operatic than any of Woo's subsequent films.
While it doesn't rely on style quite as much as [Woo's] later films, it has a complex plot, hundreds of flying bullets and buckets of flowing blood.
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The film hasn't aged so well, and the usual HK melodrama can get way too heavy in some parts. Woo would later top himself with both The Killer and Hard Boiled, but it can't be denied the importance this film had on the genre. Also, for making Chow Yun Fat one of the most recognizable icons of the genre. Boy do i miss the days of the heroic bloodshed.