A Better Tomorrow

Name: A Better Tomorrow
Director: John Woo
Released: 1986
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Waise Lee

1986 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 26,498 VOTES · DIR. John Woo

Overview

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Dialogue Timeline — 902 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:44 Kit!

00:06:09 Thanks!

00:08:08 Search!

00:09:39 Your brother doesn't know what you have been doing

00:12:22 I can't do it

00:15:40 I will

00:20:06 If you hurt my son

00:25:40 Even my nephew, Wang

00:31:51 The case is still open

00:36:26 Thanks, Kin

00:42:18 Tell us about your stories

00:44:35 Bullshit, really

00:47:49 Please come in!

00:50:23 Ho!

00:53:08 I see!

00:57:31 What wish did you make?

00:59:44 Jackie!

01:05:18 breaking rules again

01:08:25 I'm still alive

01:13:19 Not only you will die but even the syndicate will collapse

01:15:16 2 minutes ago

01:19:07 Do you believe in god?

01:24:00 Otherwise, I'll kill your brother

01:33:19 I want to be back on the right one now

Cast & Characters

Lung Ti Sung Tse-Ho Leslie Cheung Sung Tse-Kit Chow Yun-Fat Mark Emily Chu Jackie Waise Lee Shing Feng Tien Father Sung John Woo Inspector Wu Yanzi Shi Mr. Yiu Kenneth Tsang Ken Shing Fui-On Shing's right hand man

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed902

Dialogue density9.5 lines / min

First line00:00:44

Final line01:33:19

Production Record

DirectorJohn Woo

LanguageChinese

Revenue$4,469,460

IMDb votes26,498