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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   7,061 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Hing-Ka Chan (written by) &
Suk-Wah Leung (written by) ...
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Release Date:
2 August 1986 (Hong Kong) more
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The movie that began it all......... more
Plot:
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 12 nominations more
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Actor Leslie Cheung Commits Suicide
 (From WENN. 1 April 2003)

User Comments:
Still holds up more (72 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Lung Ti ... Sung Tse-Ho (as Ti Lung)

Leslie Cheung ... Sung Tse-Kit

Yun-Fat Chow ... Mark Gor / Mark Lee (as Chow Yun Fat)
Emily Chu ... Jackie
Waise Lee ... Shing (as Lee Chi Hung)
Fui-On Shing ... Shing's right hand man

Kenneth Tsang ... Ken

Hark Tsui ... Music Judge (as Tsui Hark)

John Woo ... Inspector Wu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chi Fai Chan ... 'Little' Wang
Kwok Leung Cheung
San Nam Hung ... Triad Member
Hing Ying Kam ... Mr. Mok
Shung Fung Lau
Ming Leung
Patrick Leung
Yangzi Shi ... Mr. Yiu
Feng Tien ... Father Sung
Wei Ho Tu
Hsieh Wang ... Mr. Wang (as Hap Wong)
Sai Gwan Yeung ... Triad Member in Parking Lot
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong: English title)
Gangland Boss
Rapid Fire (Philippines: English title)
The Essence of Heroes (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Ying xiong ben se (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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Runtime:
95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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When it was released in the Philippines in 1989, it was retitled as Better Tomorrow: Rapid Fire II. Distributors promoted it as sequel to _Rapid Fire (1988)_ which became a hit in that Asian country in 1988. It has nothing to do with Rapid Fire. more
Quotes:
[as Ho first enters United Taxi Co]
Ho Tse Sung: You the manager?
Ken: There's no manager here.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.65)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Love of the Past Years more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Still holds up, 6 April 2007
9/10
Author: kosmasp

This movie kick-started many things. The very fruitful partnership between John Woo and Chow Yun Fat, the successful career for of them, the heroic bloodshed movie (don't try this at home or let kids watch them) and a lot of imitators! So one should be really thankful to Tsui Hark, because it's a really good thing he couldn't direct. Otherwise we most likely wouldn't have any of the above!

But being as it is, you can watch this movie and see how it is done correctly. Replacement Killers eat your heart out! This movie still is superior to imitators such as the named one or a few others. Yes I know that some have argued that it is dated and other movies (such as Matrix) have not only copied some of it's styles, but improved them. Not for me, they haven't! Because it's not only about copying a slow motion effect here, it's about the story too. And the characters and their believes. And of course the acting!

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