| This movie was a very interesting to say the least. It had the 'Better Tomorrow' title slapped on it to sell more tickets. While there were some surprisingly good shootouts in the film, I still don't think it quite lived up to the name. And what is up with all the slow mo' in the film. I just don't understand why directors think they have to slow the movie down during dramatic fight scenes. It rarely ever works to any advantage. While the cover art for the film was good, it was kind of false advertising because it showed Michael Wong on the front, and he didn't show up till almost an hour into the film. That is alright, he didn't need to be in the film anymore than that anyways...
Ok enough about bashing the film - despite some minor flaws, this was actually a pretty good movie for the most part. The two main characters: Ekin Cheng and the almost always flawless, Lau Ching Wan, were superb in their kind of "reversal of power" roles they established throughout the film. I was really surprised by Ekin's acting - it was pretty good, almost better than his Young and Dangerous roles. Chingmay Yau's part in the film was also fairly good, but kind of left us wanting her to go away towards the latter half of the movie, as she turned into a drug addict. The cute little girl ,who was the daughter, had some very memorable and shocking scenes in the movie.
What got me was how everything molded together : story, characters, setting, action and "triad themes", to make for an above average HK production. This movie won't be on many top ten lists or become a movie to watch over and over but it is a pretty fun ride the first time through. If you want to watch this movie, ignore the title and don't' expect much then you may find it entertaining - otherwise, you may just think of it as a bunch of Wong Jing crap! Good but not great. |
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