BETTER TOMORROW (1986)

Just like the second it arrived on time in great condition. It's a birthday present to me from me lol. Buy this and the second one folks, you won't regret it!

Oh, wow. What a film. What amazing acting. Was glued to it ~ ~ then had to watch it again! Fantastic.

My comments are for this MIA release rather than the StudioCanal 2007 release which I understand has a very different soundtrack tacked on. This MIA release has the original soundtrack but picture quality is just okay depending on the kind of TV one has. On mine, I can adjust the picture that upgrades picture quality a tad. I have the MIA Special box edition VHS and had to get this on dvd despite poor comments regarding picture and sound quality.On this MIA label release, the sound quality is great and uses the original soundtrack. Picture quality is just okay depending on whether you can adjust the picture on your TV.Had to remove one star as this film should have been released with better picture quality in this day and age and it is a crying shame that such a classic piece of Hong kong cinema should not have been so upgraded for better viewing pleasure!Am not a gun play movie fan, but this film has a really great story that packs quite an emotional punch. All fans of gun play heroic bloodshed and/or the gangster genre should include this gem in their collection. It was this film that led me on to Woo's classic 'The Killer', 'Once a Thief', 'Hard boiled', and 'Face-off'.

classi film that you cant got wrong with, has been copied in recent years, most noticebally in bollywood with a film called 'aatish' - this original is what its about though

Dated but classic John Woo gun play on dvd

An OK Woo heroic bloodshed movie from the mid 80s. It's very dated though. However, how on earth can the DVD be called 'Ultimate'. The print of the movie is an old European copy - it's very soft in places and some scenes just look horrible on the eyes. If you're used to the superb 'Hong Kong Legends' titles this isn't a patch on them. Extra's wise it falls down too. There's a ood Bey Logan commentary on disc one, disc two includes a John Woo documentary - not one specific to 'A Better Tomorrow' - it's not that good either spending a lot of time on Woo's Hollywood career. And there's a couple interviews. Not so much Ulimate as the 'That'll do for now' edition. However, the movies enjoyable enough and we're unlikely to see a better copy in the near future. There's just a lot of better examples of this kind of movie out there.

excellent ,high innovative action .must see.

I really enjoyed the film. Great shootouts, good acting and lots of blood.

I love this movie. Great story about brotherhood versus greed. Signature John Woo cinema.

L'ho comprato non avendo letto le recensioni che segnalavano problemi di funzionamento con il BR, ma, per fortuna, il mio ha funzionato regolarmente. E' la versione del 31/10/2014.Il film è interessante e coinvolgente, peccato per le sparatorie esagerate in cui i protagonisti sopravvivono miracolosamente.

Période hongkongaise d’un John Woo en grande forme, John woo peut se venter aujourd’hui d’être l’innovateur du style Gun-fight où les armes automatiques ont remplacé les sabres. Woo et Hark utilisent des ralentis grossiers qui rendent l’action encore plus impressionnante, les scènes sont violentes et fortement issues des arts martiaux : la scène des pots de fleurs est mythique tant dans sa conception, dans sa cruauté que dans l’attitude du personnage principal. Le scénario tourne beaucoup autour de Ho et de son petit frère Kit engagé dans la police et c’est peut-être pourquoi des creux se font sentir alors que lorsque Mark fait son apparition, la puissance des personnages est révélée. D’ailleurs, c’est aussi le mystère et le charisme de Mark interprété par Chow Yun-Fat qui a plu aux spectateurs et c’est justifié. Tout réside dans le charisme des acteurs qui donnent du souffle au film et surtout au récit. Ce film est finalement très complet et on voit bien que Yakuza et Triades sont deux mondes complètement différents où aucune pitié ni tradition n’est respecté par les mafias hongkongaises. De plus, de multiples facettes du milieu sont abordées ce qui donne de la crédibilité au film malgré quelques décors, Une BO d’enfer à noter avec des longs morceaux au synthé et un thème accrocheur. Une fin dure et cruelle est au rendez-vous mais come le dit le titre anglais : ‘A Better Tomorrow’ est à espérer...

今の韓国映画の成功もこの映画が出発点なり。影響を受けた韓国監督は数知れず永遠の名作です。

Excelente el transfer de imagen y sonido en cantones, solo esta subtitulada en italiano.Una obra maestra del heroic bloodsheed, de lo mejorcito de John Woo, antes de que emigrara a los USA a rodar truño tras truño.Tsui Hark produciria dos secuelas, una, A BETTER TOMORROW 2 (aqui titulada por MANGA VIDEO como el libro imprescindible de los hermanos Escajedo, HONOR,PLOMO Y SANGRE), todavia dirigida por Woo, e igualmente violenta y emotiva, y otra, A BETTER TOMORROW 3, bastante mediocre.Todo fan del actioner hongkones deberia tener los dos primeros titulos en su videoteca.