What Is ‘A Better Tomorrow’ About?

Yet, his true desire was to create a crime-thriller inspired byJean-Pierre MelvillesLe Cercle RougeandMartin ScorsesesMean Streets.

Simultaneously, the brothers sick father urges Ho to quit the life of crime for good.

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This John Woo film forever changed the action genre.

Hos love for his brother Kit is just as strong as his bond with Mark throughout the story.

However, the true standout of the film was Yun-Fat as the charismatic gangster Mark.

Chow Yun-Fat lighting a cigarette with a banknote that’s on fire in A Better Tomorrow

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But Woo saw positive values in Yun-Fat that he wanted to be translated to Mark.

Such a traumatic moment in Marks life only made him resort to violence as a means of self-preservation.

Their loyalty and family bonds are tested as they confront a powerful criminal syndicate.

Two men with guns on the poster for The Killer (1989) directed by John Woo

A Better Tomorrowis currently not available to stream in the U.S.

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A Better Tomorrow is a Hong Kong action film that centers on two brothers, one a respected police officer and the other a reformed criminal. Their loyalty and family bonds are tested as they confront a powerful criminal syndicate.

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