A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Reviewed by: Fatty on 2001-02-18
Summary: ABT II: Somewhat better then first
One year later, out comes John Woo's sequel to the gr8 orgional.

This time, this story takes place I guess like a month after the first, Shing is dead..Mark is dead and Ho is sleeping in his sweat again.Plus we get to see some new characters aswell in this action sequel. Kit is now a Hard Ass Cop and some new Gangster's in Town in all..Good Fun!!!


Now I really did enoy this film, it did have some boring parts but the ending solved that problem. I still missed Mark but we get to see Ken kick some ass, but he ain't good like his Brother thou. Fat did a good job as Ken, I never thought something like a twin would work...but it did. Good job Woo! Ti Lung still kicks ass as Ho who is now working with the cops in taking down some Gangster. But then teams up with his old friend Lung. who becomes Insane or something when he see's a little girl get killed and his brother.Dean Shik did a good job with Lung aswell. Leslie came back as Kit but poor Kit gets killed :(. But the guy I loved was that baddie who always wear shades plus he is the strong and silent type, plus he doesn't fuck around aswell.

Now the plot wa aight, but a little weird. I didn't understand it abit but as I said it was aight. I did like the characters thou and the plot gave them that time.

Now the music was like the first one but it's still good. They played my fav song again near then end when Ho,Ken and Lung were ready to kick some ass!!!


The action was very sweet. Explosions and lot of dead bodies. The last part of the movie was the best. Plus we saw my Shades man get blown away by Ken(Bastard! :D) But we didn't see anyone with two shotguns in two hands..like in The spinoff I guess called *Return to a Better Tomorrow* where we saw Ekin do that shiaznitty. But when we saw Ho, Ken and Lung sitting in the chairs smoking up and dead bodies all around was definatley too fricking sweet!!!!


In all ABT II was quite good with still damn good characters a cool sub boss I guess(Shades man) and a boring plot but the action gets rid of that in the end.

4.5/5 (Just because of Shades man and the big ass gun battle at the end)

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