A Better Tomorrow III details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Anita Mui |
| Director: | Tsui Hark |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Romance - Thriller, World Cinema - Chinese |
| Original title | Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor |
| Collections: | Exclusive Films, Number 2s |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
A Better Tomorrow III |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Rental release: | Not currently released |
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| Main languages: | Cantonese |
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Aplomb-filled Saga!
By Joseph Kuby from Britain, Colne, Lancashire , 15 Jul 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
This prequel has its moments (e.g. Tsui Hark's famous references towards time, a memorable soundtrack, etc.) and is good enough to be classified as a follow-up to the other two films but I wish Tsui Hark could have focused on the relationship between Mark & Ho or even Mark & Ken, explaining why Ken became disillusioned with the crime scene.
As it is, A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death In Saigon comes off as an exploitative movie. Not merely on an action level but it feels like Tsui Hark used the A Better Tomorrow title just to make his own heroic bloodshed movie and to give his own take on the genre much commercial value.
It was like as if he was trying to show Woo (and everyone else) who was the better director not just for the series but in general. This addition to the series feels like Tsui merely used the name to craft not only his take on the genre, but to craft his own personal take on the Vietnam war and the things that happen in times of war.
Perhaps if this was done by John Woo, the action would have been better as well as a better story told. Woo would eventually do his own take on the much planned Better Tomorrow prequel though one that was heavily rewritten - this was the masterpiece Bullet In The Head, which is really Citizen Kane in comparison to this picture (funnily enough the cinematographer who worked on A Better Tomorrow III was the same as the one used in Bullet In The Head).
Even when taking this all into account, it beats watching the Rambo and Missing In Action films. Despite this being a film made on a smaller budget than those films, the action is far more watchable with plenty of rewind moments and memorable inclusions.
The acting is suitably low-key and the action is over the top (particularly the finale involving machine guns, a tank and a motorbike).
Be sure to check out the Taiwanese version of the film which is the full uncut version: http://www.sogoodreviews.com/specialfeatures/abt3g allery/gallery.htm- Was this review helpful to you?
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(2)Aplomb-filled Saga!
By Joseph Kuby from Britain, Colne, Lancashire , 15 Jul 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
This prequel has its moments (e.g. Tsui Hark's famous references towards time, a memorable soundtrack, etc.) and is good enough to be classified as a follow-up to the other two films but I wish Tsui Hark could have focused on the relationship between Mark & Ho or even Mark & Ken, explaining why Ken became disillusioned with the crime scene.
As it is, A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death In Saigon comes off as an exploitative movie. Not merely on an action level but it feels like Tsui Hark used the A Better Tomorrow title just to make his own heroic bloodshed movie and to give his own take on the genre much commercial value.
It was like as if he was trying to show Woo (and everyone else) who was the better director not just for the series but in general. This addition to the series feels like Tsui merely used the name to craft not only his take on the genre, but to craft his own personal take on the Vietnam war and the things that happen in times of war.
Perhaps if this was done by John Woo, the action would have been better as well as a better story told. Woo would eventually do his own take on the much planned Better Tomorrow prequel though one that was heavily rewritten - this was the masterpiece Bullet In The Head, which is really Citizen Kane in comparison to this picture (funnily enough the cinematographer who worked on A Better Tomorrow III was the same as the one used in Bullet In The Head).
Even when taking this all into account, it beats watching the Rambo and Missing In Action films. Despite this being a film made on a smaller budget than those films, the action is far more watchable with plenty of rewind moments and memorable inclusions.
The acting is suitably low-key and the action is over the top (particularly the finale involving machine guns, a tank and a motorbike).
Be sure to check out the Taiwanese version of the film which is the full uncut version: http://www.sogoodreviews.com/specialfeatures/abt3g allery/gallery.htm- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from england , 27 May 2005Best movie, best actor. will definetly recommend.- Was this review helpful to you?
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