A Better Tomorrow II 1987  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Dean Shek, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Kwan Shan, Regina Kent, Lung Ming Yan, Shing Fui-On, Ken Boyle, Dean Harrington, Mark King, Waise Lee, Siu-Ming Lau
Following the highly successful "A Better Tomorrow," John Woo brings a sequel that is filled with intense scenes as twin brothers, aided by two other brothers, seek revenge on a notorious gang.
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A Better Tomorrow 1986  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Emily Chu, Waise Lee, Shing Fui-On, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Yangzi Shi, Hsieh Wang, Hark Tsui, Chi Fai Chan, Feng Tien, Stephen Chow, Hing Ying Kam
Ho Tse Sung (Ti Lung) and Kit Sung (Leslie Cheung) are two brothers whose lifestyles have diverged along very different paths. Ho Tse is a police officer, and Kit has turned to a life of crime. Now, recently released from prison, Kit wants to go straight but cannot shake his mob connections, and his brother still blames him for their father's death. A major hit when released in Hong Kong.
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Heart of Dragon 1985  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The First Mission
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Emily Chu, Yuen Wah, Mang Hoi, Melvin Wong, Corey Yuen, Lam Ching-Ying, Chin Kar Lok, Chan Lung, James Tien, Phillip Ko
In a change of pace for Jackie Chan, drama plays a bigger role than martial arts action–though there are good fight scenes. Fung (Jackie Chan), a police investigator, longs to become a sailor, but instead he must take care of his mentally challenged brother Dodo (Sammo Hung) with the help of Fung's wife, Jenny (Emily Chu). When Dodo is kidnapped after inadvertently getting in the middle of a gangland struggle, Fung must act.
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Witch from Nepal 1985  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Ching Siu Tung
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Lam Kit Ying, Emily Chu, Kit Wei
While in Nepal, Joe (Chow Yun-Fat) is provided with magical powers by a mystical tribe. Back in Hong Kong, it becomes clear that he was chosen by the tribe to defend them–and this includes fighting the Messenger of Evil. Good special effects in an otherwise weak film.
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| 1. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
2. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
3. Heart of Dragon (1985)
aka: The First Mission
4. Witch from Nepal (1985)
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