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A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast)| Kang-Yeh Cheng | |||
| Lei Cheng | |||
| Kuan Tai Chen | ... | Leung Jang Lung | |
| John Cheung | |||
| David Chiang | ... | Cheung Pak Wai | |
| Tao Chiang | |||
| Tina Fei Chin | |||
| Stephen Chow | ... | 'Jacky' Yuen Kei-hao | |
| Paul Chun | ... | Tsou | |
| Hark-On Fung | ... | Informant | |
| Tsan Hsi Hsia | |||
| Phillip Ko | ... | Thug | |
| Feng Ku | ... | Tsou's Man | |
| Cally Kwong | |||
| Danny Lee | ... | Sou | |
| Chia Yung Liu | ... | Tsou's Man | |
| Lieh Lo | ... | Law | |
| Joe Nieh | |||
| Fui-On Shing | ... | Wah | |
| Chia Tang | |||
| Ching Tien | |||
| Niu Tien | ... | Annie | |
| Lung Ti | ... | Loon | |
| Bill Tung | ... | Uncle Gwai | |
| James Wong | ... | Solicitor Wong | |
| Parkman Wong | ... | Officer Lee | |
| Ma Wu | ... | Ma | |
| Shao Hung Wu | |||
| Tse Lin Yang | |||
| Fan Wei Yee | ... | Triad | |
| Hua Yueh | |||
| Woo-ping Yuen | ... | Triad | |
| Lei Zhao |
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Just Heroes (Hong Kong: English title)Tragic Heroes
Yee daam kwan ying (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Yi Dan Qun Ying/Just Heroes(1987) is a very good action flick with tones of King Lear. Just Heroes(1987) was done between A Better Tomorrow 2(1987) and The Killer(1989). The film is really a parody of A Better Tomorrow 1&2. There is a character in the film who likes to recite lines by Mark of A Better Tomorrow(1986). John Woo even pokes fun at the famous guns in the flower pot scene by using it again.
This was one of two films that Danny Lee did not appear as a Police Officer(the other being City on Fire). The film opens and ends with some excellent gun play. Its about members of a Mob gang who scamble for control after the head is assassinated. Danny Lee is very good in the role of the confused Sou. John Chiang is good as the idealistic Wai.
Although not as brilliant as the best of John Woo, its still superior to three out of four films that he has done in the USA. Just Heroes is notable for the early appearence of Comedian Stephen Chow in a dramatic role. Deals with the themes of honor and loyalty. The movie shows that there are differences between the fantasied and reality of life as a Triad. Ti Lung has a short cameo that ties Just Heroes(1987) to the two A Better Tomorrow films.
Just Heroes(1987) has a lot in common with the similarly themed epic Tragic Hero(1987). Woman have a much bigger role here that is unusual in a John Woo film. More than one person directed this feature film. One of my favorite scenes is the flashback sequence with the gun battle. Another favorite scene is the shoot out at the deserted mine.