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A Better Tomorrow (1986) More at IMDbPro »Ying hung boon sik (original title)

This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the way are plenty of heists, double-crosses, and shoot outs. Written by Victor R. Volkman <sysop@hal9k.com>

Sung Tse-Ho is a gangster trying to go straight but caught between loyalty to his down-&-out partner and rookie cop brother, and the ominous pressure of his former triad bosses. Written by Eric Hendrickon <edh@med.umn.edu>

This John Woo film tells the tale of Mark and Ho, friends and couriers for a Hong Kong crime syndicate with a large counterfeiting operation. Ho is double-crossed during a set-up and turns himself in to the police and Mark is shot during the firefight of a retribution hit. The plot is complicated by the fact that Ho's younger brother, Kit, is a rookie cop whose reputation is tarnished by his gangster brother. When Ho gets out of prison, he wants to start a new life, free of crime. Unfortunately, he is haunted by his past, with the crime bosses leaning on him and Mark encouraging him to return to a life of crime as his partner. In typical Woo fashion, the various factions clash and our protagonists engage both the police and the gangsters in a bloody bullet-fest. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

A ex-con just released from prison is forced to choose between his loyal gang-based best friend and join crime once again, or, turn himself and his former mob in and make remorse with his angry, betrayed policeman brother. Written by L. Lim <penny1@es.co.nz>

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