| HKFlix Says: |
Wong Kar-Wai's debut feature is a wonderful outing in the Hong Kong Gangster genre. Excellent cinematography and very good acting. |
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3.9 / 5 (based on 9 ratings). What did you think of it?
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| Plot: | Set on the mean streets of Hong Kong in the late eighties, "As Tears Go By" is the tale of two lowly gangsters, Ah Wah and his side-kick Fly trapped in a endless downward spiral of violence and vengeance.
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| Overview: | A low-level triad "big brother" (Andy Lau) has a hot-tempered "little brother" (Jacky Cheung) who can't keep out of trouble, and consequently is in constant need of being bailed out by his protector. Andy is super cool, but lacks the ambition to rise in the ranks of the triad societies, and once he meets his cousin (Maggie Cheung), and falls in love with her, he decides he wants to leave "the life". But it turns out that he has to bail out Jacky one more time. And this time, Jacky may have gone too far.
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| Cast: |
Andy Lau Tak-Wah || Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau || Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk || Alex Man Chi-Leung || Ronald Wong Ban
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| Running Time: | 94 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | Cantonese (DTS 5.1 Surround) Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Mandarin (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo)
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| Subtitles: | ENGLISH, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Bahasa (Indonesian), Bahasa (Malaysian), Thai, Vietnamese
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| Distributor: |
Mega Star [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating may be roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13" to "R". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations. |
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| Features: |
Anamorphic WidescreenDTS Digital SurroundDolby Digital 5.1 SurroundStereoRemasteredDVD-9
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