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A Better Tomorrow

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

Release Date: August 02, 1986

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Director: John Woo

Writers: Hing-Ka Chan

, Suk-Wah Leung

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cinema City, Film Workshop

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

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1980s affection andy warhol anger apprentice bandage over eye bandaged head barbed wire bare chested male beaten to death beating betrayal birthday bitterness black comedy blood blood on shirt blood splatter bloodbath blowing out a candle boardroom bodyguard boyfriend girlfriend relationship breaking a mirror broken arm broken leg brother brother betrays brother brother brother relationship brutality bullet ballet bullet time burning money cake car crash career change carnage cellist cello cemetery character repeats someone else's dialogue children's choir cigar smoking climbing through a window combat counterfeit money counterfeiting counterfeiting operation crime boss crime family crime syndicate criminal criminal syndicate criminal underworld cruelty crying cult film cult male character cut hand danger dark hero death death of father death of friend destiny detective diving drinking urine dual wield duster english subtitles in original errand boy ex convict exit wound exploding building explosion falling down stairs false accusation false money father father son relationship fight fighting first of series first of trilogy first part fistfight five hundred dollar bill flashback flashback within a flashback flowerpot forgiveness friend friendship gangster garbage gift gore gun gun action gun battle gun duel gun fu gun kata gun sau gun violence gunfight handcuffs handicapped hate held at gunpoint heroic bloodshed hideout hong kong china hospital incense instrument case joke telling judge jumpsuit knife knife in the chest knocked unconscious kung fu law looking at oneself in a mirror loyalty machine gun machismo mafia mafia boss male bonding massacre menace mercilessness mexican standoff million dollars mob mob boss mob violence mobster money motorcycle murder neo noir newspaper nightmare organized crime parking garage parking meter part of trilogy partner in crime passing an exam photograph pistol police police station police superintendent police training policeman power outage prayer prison prison uniform prisoner punched in the face punched in the stomach queen mary the ocean liner rainy night remorse restaurant shoot out revenge revolver sadism sadist sadness scheming wife self respect self sacrifice shame shooting shootout shot in the arm shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the face shot in the head shot in the leg shot in the shoulder shot in the side shot to death shotgun slow motion scene smoking social worker stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed with a knife stabbing suicide by cop suitcase of money sunglasses surgery sweat taipei taiwan taiwan target practice tattoo taxi taxi driver telephone booth temple threat timeframe 1980s toothpick traffic jam tragedy tragic event traitor trap triad uncertainty principle unlikely hero villain violence weapon wet clothes working class wrath

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