Hong Kong Cinema Classics: A Better Tomorrow II 4K Restoration
Director: John Woo Run Time: 105 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1987 Language: Chinese
Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Dean Shek Tin, Guan Shan, Leslie Cheung, Ti Lung
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
Screening as part of Hong Kong Cinema Classics, eleven rarely-screened, action-packed films from The Golden Princess Catalog. Only at Gateway Film Center in Columbus, Ohio this September 2025.
About the film:
In this sequel, Ho initially refuses to go undercover to bust the gang he used to work for in exchange for his release from prison. He only accepts after his little brother, the policeman Kit accepts the assignment. Meanwhile in New York Ken Gor, the twin brother of Mark Gor from the 1st movie, shelters the boss of the gang, who has had to flee after it is taken over by a more aggressive leadership.
About the filmmaker:
John Woo is a seminal Hong Kong film director celebrated as a pioneer of the “heroic bloodshed” genre. He rose to international acclaim through stylized, operatic action films like A Better Tomorrow (1986), The Killer (1989), and Hard Boiled (1992), renowned for their choreographed “bullet ballet,” dramatic emphasis on brotherhood, and frequent use of slow motion.
His transition to Hollywood in the early 1990s produced major studio releases such as Face/Off (1997) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), cementing his global influence on modern action cinema.
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