A Better Tomorrow

You're a former Triad enforcer in Hong Kong trying to go straight. But your old life keeps pulling you back in, and your brother is a cop sworn to bring you down. Woo's action choreography changed cinema, and the film's sentimental core lingers.

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John Woo directed A Better Tomorrow in 1986. See John Woo's full filmography, where to start with John Woo, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Woo.

A Better Tomorrow was released in 1986 (CN original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.