A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II (1987)

英雄本色2

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

Date of release
1987-12-17
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (335)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
John Woo
Collection
A Better Tomorrow Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

A Better Tomorrow II is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by John Woo, produced by Tsui Hark, and co-written by both. The sequel to A Better Tomorrow (1986), the film stars returning cast members Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung alongside new cast member Dean Shek. The film was released in Hong Kong on 17 December 1987.

Production

After the success of A Better Tomorrow many imitators at other Hong Kong studios attempted to copy the film's success. As a result of the film's enduring popularity, a sequel was commissioned with John Woo returning as director as part of the reason Woo wanted to make the film was to give his friend Dean Shek a big part in the film to help alleviate financial troubles he was having at the time.

Filming took place in Hong Kong, New York City, and Hoboken, New Jersey; the first time Woo had shot a film in the United States.

As with the original film, Woo and producer Tsui Hark's working relationship was tumultuous with the two fighting about everything from the script to the editing with Woo delivering an initial cut of two hours and forty minutes which the studio reacted with ire and demanded the film be trimmed down within a week to under two hours.

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