John Woo / movies / A Better Tomorrow (1986) | ||||
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This was first Woo's gangster movie. It was the first big hit as well and gave final launch his career as well as Chow Yun Fat, famous soap opera TV-star, whose movie star career on the big screen really began just after Better Tomorrow. Cops and robbers movie about a group of friends and brothers and their loyalties to each other Supercool mobster Mark (Chow Yun Fat) is a man of honor in a world of crime. His partner Ho (Ti Lung) is having second thoughts because kid brother Kit (Leslie Cheung) is an ambitious cop. Kit remains blissfully ignorant until Ho is double-crossed, their father is murdered and Ho is imprisoned. Mark swears to avenge his friend, but his right leg is shattered in the ensuing shoot-out, a legendary scene of sensationally choreographed gunplay. When Ho leaves the slammer he finds the crippled Mark reduced to scrubbing dirt off the gang boss' stretch limo. Both are determined to go straight, but neither Kit nor the crimelords are done with them yet. Finally, Mark, Ho and Kit must face their destiny in a blazing crossfire of conflicting loyalties and hot lead.
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Hong Kong release (1986) Standard Mandarin Romanization Title: Yingxiong Bense Standard Cantonese Romanization Title: Ying Hung Boon Sik literal translation of Chinese title: True Colors of a Hero Official English Title: A Better Tomorrow Alternate English Title: Gangland Boss |
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