A Better Tomorrow

Name: A Better Tomorrow
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 24, 1991
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Emily Chu, Feng Tien, Fui-On Shing, John Woo, Kenneth Tsang

1991

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Rim | Release Date: September 24, 1991 | Not Rated

Starring: Emily Chu, Feng Tien, Fui-On Shing, John Woo, Kenneth Tsang, Leslie Cheung, Lung Ti, Waise Lee, Yanzi Shi, Yun-Fat Chow

Summary: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Director: John Woo

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Glenn Kenny

Chow-Yun Fat’s sleek underworld charisma and intense emotion still come through. As for the action scenes, the dubbing affects them not a whit: They’re as dizzying as any Woo has concocted, and the climactic gun battle has to be one of the most ridiculously exhilarating — or exhilaratingly ridiculous — sequences of its kind. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Woo's direction is clean and direct, with a clarity of purpose behind every scene that makes each wrenching development seem inevitable. It's strong stuff. Read full review

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Floridly romantic and serenely excessive (men shot a dozen times don't die, guns never need reloading), it has the bravado of a minor classic. Read full review

Empire Alan Morrison

A reminder of the astonishingly kinetic talent that John Woo maybe still possesses, this at times is on the verge of melodrama, but rescues itself from the brink with some fine gunplay. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Superlative action scenes, particularly a bloody guns-grenades-and-swords finale with a body count to rival the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan, help wash away many of the flaws. Action for its own sake may not have been the film's intended point, but it'll do. Read full review

Marc Savlov

A Better Tomorrow isn't his best film ever -- that title remains securely attached to The Killer -- but it is required viewing for anyone remotely interested in Hong Kong cinema. After all, there might not be any filmmaking in Hong Kong come 1997. Read full review

Ted Mahar

The action is fast, tough, energetic and extravagant. It is smoothly and stylishly made but more inscrutable than intended. [28 June 1989, p.D05

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Crist12

Nov 3, 2020

Es una gran película, diseñada para calzar en el estilo gánster hongkones de los 90, es una fusión de drama y acción. Los personajes se quedan impregnados en el sentimentalismo que entrega la película, es difícil encontrar errores en esta.

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