A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986) Presented by the Hong Kong Cinema Club

About the Show

A BETTER TOMORROW

Presented by The Hong Kong Cinema Club

The Hong Kong Cinema Club’s 1 year anniversary event! To celebrate, we’re presenting one of the most iconic Hong Kong films of all-time for its 40th anniversary, A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) directed by action-maestro John Woo! Join us for all the festivities before showtime: trivia contests, prizes and a DVD/Blu-ray vendor, plus themed-zines with original writings and hand-drawn event posters by the incredible Eric Beck (@gherkinpop) for sale!

“The box-office sensation that established director John Woo as the king of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema and set the standard for the heroic bloodshed genre, this electrifying gangster saga combines the director’s intricate bullet play with operatic emotion as it tracks the explosive relationship between two brothers, one a criminal trying to reform (Ti Lung), the other a cop (Leslie Cheung) who blames his brother for their father’s death. In the first of his celebrated collaborations with Woo, Chow Yun-fat radiates his matchless cool as a hit man who lives by his own code." - Criterion

A BETTER TOMORROW will be presented uncut, from a recent 4K restoration, in its original Cantonese w/ English subtitles.