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Actors: Dean Shek, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Better Tomorrow II |
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John Woo cowrote with Tsui Hark and directed A BETTER TOMORROW II in 1988.
A policeman and two men who've just lost everything that counted in their lives decide to help one of their friends take revenge on his director who gave away his Hong-Kong business to the mob while he was resting in the U.S. With only a pair of guns and a few grenades, our heroes will kill several dozens bad guys. A la John Woo.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Better Tomorrow II |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Asian crime gangs
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Kind of movie
- combat acrobatics/bullet time
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
- rude people
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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