A Better Tomorrow Trilogy [DTS]

*Codes Of Bullets - Encoding the secrets of guns and battle skills by comparison with action scenes in the movies
Part 1: Guns As Partner/One Man Battle
Part 2: Die Hard/Hide! Explosion!
Part 3: A Matter Of Second/Anti-tanks

A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow was the film that turned Hong Kong gangster genre on its head and placed director John Woo (Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II) and actor Chow Yun-fat (The Replacement Killer and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) firmly on the road to Hollywood.
Chow - who won a best actor award for his role - plays the supercool Mark, a man of honor in a world of dishonor. As a sidekick to his former gang boss Tse-ho (Ti Lung, Blood Brothers), Mark finds himself out of favour when his boss is sent to the slammer.
Ho comes out of jail repentant and determined to turn over a new leaf for the sake of his policeman brother, Kit (Leslie Cheung, Farewell To My Concubine) but his old arch enemy is equally determined to take him out of the picture.
Blazing guns, explosive action, a dream cast, and superb direction by John Woo - no wonder this has been hailed as one of the best action films ever.

6th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards:
Awards
- Best Film
- Best Actor (Chow Yun-fat)
Nominations
- Best Director
- Best Actor (Ti Lung)
- Best Screenplay
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Art Direction
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best New Performer
- Best Original Film Score

A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II puts people back in familiar John Woo (Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II) territory - a world of blazing guns, explosive action, superb hi-octane choreography and the supercool Chow Yun-fat (The Replacement Killer and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) in his trademark of trenchcoat and Rayban.
The sequel sees Tse-ho (Ti Lung, Blood Brothers) working together with brother Tse-kit (Leslie Cheung, Farewell To My Concubine) to help the police break a counterfeit syndicate.
Their investigation lead them to the Lung Shipyard where they discover Lung (Dean Shek) is in danger of being killed by his employee, Ko, who is masterminding the counterfeit operations. They send Lung to a former assassin-turned-restaurant-owner Ken (Chow Yun-fat) in New York.
Everything boils to a fiery climax when Ken brings Lung home to Hong Kong to face off with Ko, with the help of Ho and Kit.

7th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards:
Nominations
- Best Actor (Leslie Cheung)
- Best Action Choreography

A Better Tomorrow III
The conclusion to one of the most successful trilogies in Hong Kong films, this prequel features a different kind of rousing action with auteur Tsui Hark (Once Upon A Time In China) at the helm.
Chow Yun-fat (The Replacement Killer and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) reprises his role as Mark who picked up his skills with blazing guns in Vietnam under the tutelage of the tough-as-nails Kit (Anita Mui, Rouge). Kit falls for Mark but the latter, knowing that his cousin Mun (Tony Leung Ka-fai, The Lover) is in love with her, sacrifices his love for her. But the return of Kit's ex-boyfriend Ching brings things to a head, especially after he bombs Mun's new garage.
A moving story, dynamite action and superb performances from its great casts bring the A Better Tomorrow trilogy to a fitting conclusion.

9th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards:
Nominations
- Best Art Direction
- Best Original Film Score