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A Better Tomorrow (1986)

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Reviews Counted:15

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Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The sentimental, action-packed story of two brothers: Kit, an ambitious young cop; and his older sibling Ho, a smooth criminal working for the most powerful underworld organization in Hong Kong.... The sentimental, action-packed story of two brothers: Kit, an ambitious young cop; and his older sibling Ho, a smooth criminal working for the most powerful underworld organization in Hong Kong. When Ho gets involved in a daring counterfeiting racket, he is pitted against the emotional Kit, who already blames him for the death of their father and is continually angered and embarrassed by Ho's lawless ways. Because the turmoil threatens to destroy Kit's career and tear their family apart, Ho's love for his brother leads him to go legit. Unfortunately, he finds that working for the Mob is a lifetime commitment -- retirement just isn't an option -- and Ho is inevitably pulled back into the life. The ensuing maelstrom of violence may mean death for both him and his brother, whether he chooses to do the right thing or not. [More]

Starring: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu

Starring: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Waise Lee, Fui-on Shing, Kenneth Tsang, Hark Tsui, John Woo

Director: John Woo

Director: John Woo
Composer: Joseph Koo, Ka-Fai Koo

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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.

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More melodramatic and operatic than any of Woo's subsequent films.

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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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