A Better Tomorrow
Original title: Ying hung boon sik
“Brothers by blood. Enemies by chance. Killers by nature.”
1986 · 1 h 35 min
Directed by 
John Woo
John WooCast
Ti Lung 
Chow Yun-fat 
Leslie Cheung
Credits
Written by: 
Hing-Ka Chan
Plot
A reformed counterfeiter tries to go straight, while his younger brother becomes a policeman, and the gang boss he once worked for returns.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Woo's Hong Kong crime classic made Chow Yun-fat a star and defined heroic bloodshed. Its operatic gunfights and themes of loyalty and brotherhood still thrill, even if the melodrama is thick.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (29,798 votes)
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