April 17, 2008
A Better Tomorrow

mike: <a href="http://hkvibes.com/2008/06/17/singaporean-noodles/#comment-595" title="View the entire comment by mike">It looks great. I love food like that here in New York.
Hong Konger: <a href="http://hkvibes.com/2008/07/28/token-based-mtr-in-shenzhen/#comment-570" title="View the entire comment by Hong Konger">I was in Shenzhen when they first opened their MTR. They also used those plastic

I had never heard about this movie before prior to my arrival in Hong Kong, I bought the VCD because the movie director was by John Woo.. and I discovered a pure masterpiece. A Better Tomorrow stars three huge actors (Chow Yun Fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung) performing at their best in a story all about mob violence, but with ethics, which style would be later dubbed as “Heroic Bloodshed“. The movie title admirably sums up the unrealized hope of two Triad members. To the Hollywood blockbusters lovers, here is a warning: in Heroic Bloodshed, gun fights are not supposed to be perfectly realistic but are rather used in a stylized way, a kind of transposition of ancient dramatic sword fights into modern times. The first ten minutes of the movie (see excerpt above) are my favorite ones: Hong Kong in the 1980s, Chow Yun Fat young with a sunny smile when looking at USD100 fake notes replicated using oversized computers and the unforgettable 1980s soundtrack.

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2 Responses to “A Better Tomorrow”

Xianlin on April 17th, 2008 2:38 pm

The end of the story makes people cry.
Frankly,these old movies are much better than nowadays.
hkvibes on April 17th, 2008 3:29 pm

I totally agree with you The next movie reviews will introduce The Killer, Hardboiled and all the old John Woo movies.