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With: Chow Yun-Fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Dean Shek
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Written by: John Woo, Tsui Hark
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Directed by: John Woo
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MPAA Rating: NR
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Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
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Running Time: 104
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Date: 17/12/1987
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Woo'd by Sequel
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Buy A Better Tomorrow II on DVD. Though he occupied the supporting role and dies at the end, Chow Yun-fat clearly stole A Better Tomorrow. So, when box office performance demanded a sequel, Woo resurrected Chow in the form of a long-lost twin brother who joins the characters of the first film (Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung) for revenge. A Better Tomorrow II is less cohesive than the first, but also more charged. Chow doesn't show up for a long time, but when he does, it's worth it. Playing a restaurant owner, he torments a gwailo customer trying to collect protection money by making him eat fried rice that's fallen on the floor. A huge shoot-out finale with a body count that makes Dirty Harry look sloppy ends the movie.
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