This is the prequel to Chow Yun-Fat's bullet ballet A Better Tomorrow, where Mark Gor travels to Saigon near the end of the Vietnam war to get his cousin, Mun (Tony Leung Kai-Fai) and uncle out of jail. He falls in love with female gangster Chow Ying-Kit (Anita Mui), and her dangerous ex-boyfriend complicates the mission.
Like the original movie, this movie has a powerful plot from start to finish, from the intense drama between the Mark Gor and his cousin to the war suspense in Vietnam.
There is plenty of mind-blowing action, some to the point that is a little overkill. The acting was pretty good with its strong characters and there is a good balance of humor and drama. I just wished ***spoiler ahead*** that the ending could have been better and not so much a downer. ***spoiler ends***.
The theme song sung by Anita Mui is a powerful and haunting piece of music. Not a bad film overall.
Grade B-
Like the original movie, this movie has a powerful plot from start to finish, from the intense drama between the Mark Gor and his cousin to the war suspense in Vietnam.
There is plenty of mind-blowing action, some to the point that is a little overkill. The acting was pretty good with its strong characters and there is a good balance of humor and drama. I just wished ***spoiler ahead*** that the ending could have been better and not so much a downer. ***spoiler ends***.
The theme song sung by Anita Mui is a powerful and haunting piece of music. Not a bad film overall.
Grade B-