Producer Tsui Hark takes the directing reins from John Woo for the third & final film in the A Better Tomorrow trilogy. A Better Tomorrow III is a prequel to the earlier films, & features the return of Mark, the suave, righteous killer made popular by actor Chow Yun Fat in the original A Better Tomorrow. Still young & without the seasoning which would make him one of the triad underworlds most fearsome killers, Mark journeys to 1974 Saigon, where he hooks up with tough-as-nails gangster Anita Mui. She teaches him the way of the gun, but her former flame doesnt take kindly to Chows presence around his ex-girlfriend. Making matters worse is a love triangle involving Chows cousin Tony Leung Ka Fai, & the approaching fall of Saigon. Tsui Hark serves up slow-motion bullet ballet & wrenching melodrama in classic Better Tomorrow tradition, while managing to put his own unique spin on one of Hong Kong Cinemas most beloved franchises.