A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Yun-Fat Chow | ... | Mark Gor (as Chow Yun Fat) | |
| Tony Ka Fai Leung | ... | Cheung Chi-Mun | |
| Anita Mui | ... | Chow Ying-Kit | |
| Kien Shih | ... | Mun's father | |
| Saburô Tokitô | ... | Ho Cheung-Ching / Tanaka | |
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Wai Lun Cheng | ... | Pat |
| Maggie Ho-yee Cheung | ... | Ling (as Maggie Ho Yee Cheung) | |
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Yeung-Wah Kam | ... | Jimmy (as Andrew Kam) |
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Ling Nam Lam | ... | Bond |
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Hsiang Lin Yin | ... | General with Bond (as Seung Lam Wan) |
| Chi Wai Wong | ... | Bodyguard | |
| Kirk Wong | ... | Bodyguard | |
| Wai Tam | ... | Bodyguard | |
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Wei Ho Tu | ... | Soldier |
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Chi-Mun Ho | ... | Mr. Ho's Board Member |
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At the end of the Vietnam war, Cheung goes to Saigon, intent on bringing his uncle and cousin back to Hong Kong. In Saigon, Cheung meets beautiful gangleader Chow, and relies on her help for their safe return. A love triangle develops between the cousins and Chow Further complicating matters, Chow's lover Ho, a gang leader, appears Ho deports the cousins, and kills their uncle. Cheung and his cousin return to Vietnam seeking revenge, while Chow and Ho also become entangled with a local vietnamese warlord. Chow tries to stop the battle, but the warlord kills Chow and Ho. Just before her death Chow gives the cousins the last two air tickets with which to leave Vietnam Written by L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
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20 October 1989 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
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John Woo (director of the first two films in the series) wrote the original screenplay for this third installment, but he never got to direct this third entry due to having had artistic differences with producer Hark Tsui during the filming of A Better Tomorrow II (1987). Instead, John Woo took his screenplay and made it into the film Bullet in the Head (1990). Hark Tsui himself would direct his own version of A Better Tomorrow III. The two films have many parallels, most notably, both being set in the Vietnam War. See more »Goofs
In the subtitled version, Ho reveals that his real name is "Tanaka". However, later in the film he refers to his name as being "Tokito". The role was being played by 'Saburo Tokito'. See more »Alternate Versions
A 130-minute Mandarin version was released in Taiwan and has appeared on home video several times over the years. No Cantonese version is in circulation, but an English dub appeared on VHS in France. A 145-minute cut is said to exist, but it is unavailable on video and may be apocryphal. The Taiwanese VCD advertises a running time of 145 minutes, but it is in fact the 130-minute edit. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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A Better Tomorrow 3 is not a sequel to A Better Tomorrow 2, but a prequel to A Better Tomorrow 1. We get to know how Mark Gor(Yun-Fat`s legendary ultracool gangster from ABT1) became a gun-toting gangster in Vietnam in the 1970`s. The movie itself is okay, but a lot worse than its legendary older brothers. The action is directed by Tsui Hark, a very good actiondirector, but not a patch on John Woo. Also, the gunfights lacks the intensity, smoothness and violence that we have come to expect from the ABT-series. If you`re a fan of Hong-Kong-cinema, ABT3 is worth a go, but remember that the other two are a lot better. 5/10