Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- CN
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
- prison
- sibling relationship
- snake
- observer
- brotherhood
- conciliation
- arrest
- revenge
- counterfeit
- hong kong
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Waise Lee Chi-Hung — Shing
- Tien Feng — Mr. Sung
- John Woo — Inspector Wu
- Sek Yin-Tsi — Mr. Yiu
- Kenneth Tsang — Kin
- Wang Hsieh — Boss Wang
- Leung Ming — Uncle Chan
- Chan Chi-Fai — Boss Wang's Nephew
- Kam Hing-Yin — Kit's Supervisor
- Tsui Hark — Music Judge
- Pierre Tremblay — Interpol Officer
- Directed
- John Woo
- Written
- John Woo, Chan Hing-Kai, Leung Suk-Wah
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 635 ratings
- Studio
- Cinema City Company Limited, Film Workshop
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1986 · You’re hereA Better Tomorrow
Where it starts.
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
