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A Better Tomorrow
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305972532
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305972532
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: Cantonese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 16, 2001
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
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Editorial Review:
The John Woo gangster classic that started it all, a romantic, violent, swirlingly stylish melodrama about dueling brothers--with a mesmerizing lead performance by Hong Kong's favorite actor, Chow Yun-Fat. In repose, Chow's sleepy magnetism recalls the glory days of Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen, and Takakura Ken; when he's stepping high, Chow has a unique, ebullient star presence, a man who embraces life so unselfconsciously that he becomes vulnerable to all kinds of suffering and heartache (he endures masochistic megadoses of violence here). The sequence in which Chow's Mark avenges his betrayed best friend---by blasting his way into, and then out of, a Chinese restaurant, twin .45s blazing---is a swashbuckling standout. Woo's film technique may have been more polished in later efforts, but Tomorrow has a direct emotional power that is still unique. Kung fu star of the 1970s, Ti Lung is also terrific here as the 40ish established mobster, relied upon by all, who allows conflicting loyalties toward Mark and toward his younger brother, now a cop, to undermine the stability of his position. --David Chute
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The most influential Hong kong ganster film, and an Action-cinema masterpiece.
The best introduction i can think of for this 1986 all-time classic action thriller that started the true Hong Kong ganster genre, and its influence over the movie industry, is this: In Quentin Tarantino's own words, this film, along with Ringo Liam's "City on fire", was the true influence and reference behind his first masterpiece "Reservoir dogs", film that turned the independent ganster film genre upside down, and changed the style of movie-making forever. On top, this is Quentin's favorite movie ... Read More
Rating: - Woo's International Calling Card
This is the Hong Kong action/crime film that kick started the flagging careers of director John Woo and actor Chow Yun Fat. Prior to this, both were relatively small players in the Hong Kong New Wave, Woo at one point was even seconded to Taiwan to direct desultory comedies and romances, similarly Chow was hardly box office gold. The success of the film lies in its energetic synthesis of local allegorical concerns (the 1997 handover to China, and urban dystopia), its aesthetic merits (Woo's balletic, ... Read More
Rating: - My favorite of John Woo
I still have to see Bullet In the Head but this movie is just flat out awesome. Ti Lung starts out as a guy who prints fake money. He ends up getting screwed over by somebody and has to go to jail for 3 years. When he gets out he is expecting a warm reception from his brother(Leslie Cheung)but he doesn't know that his release from prison is jeopardizing his brothers job as a cop. He then meets his gangster friend again and things have changed big time. His friend(Chow Yun-fat)who was on the top of ... Read More
Rating: - "It's easy to become a ganster, but it's hard to get out..."
"A Better Tomorrow" is John Woo's first tense, bloody gangster epic, and while it wasn't his best it certainly shows the potential that would be fully realized later. It's here that Woo started developing the themes that he later explored further in "Hard Boiled" and "The Killer." Like those movies, "A Better Tomorrow" is a compelling tale of honor, loyalty and devotion set against the unlikely backdrop of the criminal underworld. The movie's principal plot, the relationship between an ex-gangster and ... Read More
Rating: - One of John Woo's best!!!
This classic Hong Kong flick is one of John Woo's best films!!! 2 sequels followed!!! This is the first and the best of the series!!! The action is intence!!! Anchor Bay did a top notch job with this DVD!!! I'ts in 16:9 Widescreen and has multiple language tracks and great subtitles!!! Some trailers and production notes round out this awesome DVD!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+
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