Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun Fat, Lung Ti
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
DVD Release Date: May 26, 1998
Stats: 365 reviews
After watching it again recently, I have reevaluated my earlier statement... this is sequel better than the original. In my opinion. This one is bloodier, more brutal and where the first left with a sense of innocence and hope in life, the second strips it away, as the old schoo...( read more)
Very much a copy/paste sequel that becomes memorable for having one of the most insane over-the-top-holy-shit shoot-outs ever filmed. Complete with grenades and even a katana oO!!!
So what do you do when Chow Yun Fat's character dies in the first ABT, but he was so freaking charismatic that you just have to have him in the sequel as well? You get Chow to play the dead guy's twin brother of course. Ti Lung plays a much lesser role in here, where the screen...( read more)
Overly melodramatic, but contains better action than part 1. The climactic shootout is one of the best action sequences ever filmed.
Woo ditches the cheese that tainted the original and concentrates on the most intense action you are likely to see. Probably the highest body count too!
the gunfight at the end of this movie is just ridiculous. i'm still not sure which of them if any are supposed to be alive at the end when they're sitting in the chairs as the police arrive
Like the first movie its more drama parts than pure action scenes compared to Yun-Fat Chow's big hits. Still there are a few nice scenes especially towards the end which was even better than the first flick. The story continues perfectly with the same cast and thats always import...( read more)
Not a very coherent plot like the first one..but who cares shit gets shot and blown up it's great fun.
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