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Format: VHS
Oct 1994
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
95 min. |
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Movie Description
A death-hardened cop (Leslie Cheung) battles the Hong Kong underworld, including his own brother (Ti Lung), who joins the bad guys and his former partner in crime (Yun-Fat Chow). This progenitor of Woo's "heroic violence" films introduces the theme of loyalties between men shattered by a violent world that forces them apart. Only through sacrifice can honor be attained.
Synopsis
The sentimental, action-packed story of two brothers: Kit, an ambitious young cop; and his older sibling Ho, a smooth criminal working for the most powerful underworld organization in Hong Kong. When Ho gets involved in a daring counterfeiting racket, he is pitted against the emotional Kit, who already blames him for the death of their father and is continually angered and embarrassed by Ho's lawless ways.
Because the turmoil threatens to destroy Kit's career and tear their family apart, Ho's love for his brother leads him to go legit. Unfortunately, he finds that working for the Mob is a lifetime commitment -- retirement just isn't an option -- and Ho is inevitably pulled back into the life. The ensuing maelstrom of violence may mean death for both him and his brother, whether he chooses to do the right thing or not.
Film Notes
Copyright 1986 Cinema City Co. Ltd. Copyright 1994 Atlas International Film GmBH. Copyright 1994 Republic Pictures Corporation.
Industry Reviews
"...A welcome jolt....Ridiculously exhilarating..." -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly - p.73 - Glenn Kenny (10/21/1994)
"...A romantic, violent, swirlingly stylish gangster melodrama about dueling brothers -- with a mesmerizing lead performance by Hong Kong's favorite actor Chow Yuen Fat..."
Film Comment - David Chute (11/01/1987)
"Woo's hugely influential gangster melodrama is vivid, stylish and full of bloody and balletic slow-motion gun battles."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (08/01/2006)
Quotations
"Brothers by blood.
Enemies by chance.
Killers by nature." -- marketing line for the film
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