Essential Cinema: John Woo: Heroic Bloodshed

A BETTER TOMORROW 2

Directed by John Woo

Hong Kong, 1987, 1h 45min, DCP, In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.

Essential Cinema: John Woo: Heroic Bloodshed

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

“​​A fun-house reflection on the original that manages to be both a satire and an homage.”
—Ric Meyers, author of
Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book

The main players are back in this sequel to John Woo’s breakthrough. What it may lack in plausibility, it makes up for in action, as John Woo piles on the bullet squibs and further refines his filmmaking technique with the additional budget and cred gained from A BETTER TOMORROW’s smash box office success. New 4K restoration.

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