Anita Mui, Chow Yun Fat, Leung Siu Hung

A prequel, set in Saigon during the fall, and the weakest link in the trilogy, unacceptably restrained in both action and emotion. Chow Yun-fat plays a younger version of Mark, his original character,...( read more  read more... ) a hesitant young man digging for his roots in Vietnam, which was also Tsui's birthplace, and we get to watch him assemble his totemic trappings: the duster overcoat, the French shades, the twin .45s. The surprise is that he gets most of them from a torchy dame played by Anita Mui (the seductive singing ghost from Rouge), who's a more-than-worthy high-noir love object. She can perforate miscreants with the best of them. (John Woo wrote the original script, only to be supplanted as director by his boss and supposed pal, Mr. Tsui; much of Woo's original material ended up in his later magnum opus Bullet in the Head.) --David Chute

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R, 114 min.

Directed by: Hark Tsui

Release Date: October 20, 1989

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2000

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  • October 12, 2006
    Poor. What a song though.
  • August 6, 2009
    This movie they could have called something else because its much different than the first 2 movies actually. Its a new director aswell so its not quite the same John Woo feeling to it. Its generally a good movie despite this and the story follows this time Mark Gor ( Chow Yun Fa...( read more)t ) in earlier years after the Vietnam war and how he became the cool dude later on. Its a rather slowpaced movie compared to the other 2 but luckly there are a few good action scenes atleast and overall a solid flick in the end for this trilogy.
  • August 6, 2009
    I will have to pass on this whole series.
  • June 10, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • January 29, 2008
    Would like to see at some stage.
  • January 23, 2008
    Unless Chow Yun Fat isn't kicking someone's tail or acting like a pirate, then I don't want to seee it.
  • January 5, 2008
    gal also can hold 2 M16
  • December 9, 2007
    Film Name: A Better Tommorow III
    Alternative Titles: None that i know of (help appreciated)
    Country of Origin: Hong Kong
    Year: 1989
    Genre: Action/Drama
    Director: Tsui Hark (OUATIC series)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat (Pirates of the Carribean III), Anita Mui (Miracles) ,Tony Leun...( read more)g Ka Fai (not the same Tony Leung from Hero and Infernal affairs)
    Company: Film Workshop (Tsui Hark's Company)
    Running Time: around 2 hours
    Language: Cantonese (English and mandarin versions avaliable)
    DVD Avaliablilty:
    USA: Yes
    UK: unsure
    AUS: no
    HK: yes
    Setting: Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) near/at the end of the Vietnam War
    Music:
    Composed by: Joseph Koo
    End Credits Theme: Uknown Song by Anita Mui (help appreciated)
    memorable Scenes: Where Chow Yun-Fat dispatches Vietnamese gangsters with a pair of M16's.
    REVIEW: Part 1, plot:
    Trying to get his friend Mun (Tony Leung) and his father out of Saigon, Mark (Chow Yun-Fat) requests the help of a local crime boss, named Kit (Not the same Kit from I+II, this one is played by Anita Mui) When a South Vietnamese General tries to mess up their escape to Hong Kong, the two of them fight their way out in a terrific gun battle (the only real good part of the movie) which cements their bond, and the two soon fall in love. Mark tries to get Kit to leave Saigon with him, but she declines. Mun, his father and Mark escape to Hong Kong where they open up a business together, but the Japanese, ex-Lover of Kit, Tanaka, has other ideas...
    REVIEW Part 2, Verdict: Three must be Tsui Hark's unlucky number, as both A Better Tommorow III and OUATIC III were overlong, had little to nothing to do with the other two films and had love storys that just didn't work. Had the movie been given a different title, i probably would have given it a better rating, because as bad as the movie is, the ending is kinda sad. still this movie is a dissapointment and a discrace to the A Better tommorow name.
    SparkingAC195's Rating 4/10
  • November 19, 2007
    dont bother without john woo directing these films went shit.the first 2 films are cult classics and they are a must see

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