Award-winning director Yoshida Daihachi ( The Kirishima Thing, Pale Moon)
...Over-the-top gunplay fans rejoice! The last fifteen minutes of A Better Tomorrow II, the sequel to the seminal Heroic Bloodshed film A Better Tomorrow, contains some of the most deliriously over-the-top guns & guts action ever put on film! Director John Woo outdoes his hyperkinetic gunplay from the first film, as he reunites Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, & even Chow Yun Fat for this entertaining & dramatic sequel to one of the most popular Hong Kong films ever. When we last left our heroes, Ho (Ti Lung) was thrown in jail for his triad activities, but the courts grant him lenience for his righteousness. Hes released to infiltrate the gang of suspected bad guy Lung (Dean Shek), whos currently being investigated by Hos brother Kit (Leslie Cheung). But circumstances go sour, & Ho turns to an unlikely ally: former killer Ken, whos the twin brother of Chow Yun Fat from the first Better Tomorrow! With the pieces assembled, its time for righteous retribution as only John Woo can deliver! Triad melodrama & John Woos celebrated themes of brotherhood permeate A Better Tomorrow II, an entertaining & action-packed hit with an unbelievable body count.