Happy John Woo-LY everyone!

In this series we are spending the month of July by taking a look at four movies (one each week) from one of our favorite action directors - the legendary John Woo!

We're continuing John Woo-LY with 1987's A Better Tomorrow II - the sequel to John Woo and Tsui Hark's 1986 smash hit, A Better Tomorrow. Why aren't we doing the first movie, you ask? Well, although A Better Tomorrow is probably the better movie, we personally find the sequel WAY more interesting.

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00:00 The Start
01:07 We love this movie
02:38 A Better Tomorrow sequel
04:23 The feud between John Woo and Tsui Hark
06:51 Kit and Ho's story
09:32 Lung and Ken's story
18:34 The final shootout
23:21 Closing thoughts

What do you think of A Better Tomorrow II? What's your favorite John Woo movie?

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Big thanks to Shout Studios for restoring these films and bringing them to the public!

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