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“An intense, emotional Hong Kong saga”
– Steve Rose / The Guardian 3.1.2003

“Like Psycho was for horror, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow was for action.”
– Pat Padua / Spectrum Culture 10.11.2025

“Thrilling and entirely mesmerizing”
– Peter Martin / Screen Anarchy 4.3.2026

“It was also my turning point, the first time I had the chance to use my own technique and my style to tell a story.”
– John Woo on A Better Tomorrow / Entertainment Weekly 17.11.2009

“The single most paradigm-shifting action film in Hong Kong cinema since The One-Armed Swordsman”
– Jake Cole / Slant Magazine 11.11.2025

“John Woo’s 1986 breakout smash, A Better Tomorrow catapulted the flagging director to the forefront of Hong Kong cinema — and went on to break all existing box office records in Hong Kong cinema, establishing a new star on Asian filmmaking’s horizon and ensuring Woo’s future bankability (not to mention that of his longtime leading man, Chow Yun-Fat) in the international market. —
[It is] very much along the lines of what we’ve come to expect from this brilliant and entirely unique director. Two brothers, one a cop and the other a criminal, go head-to-head in this (need I say) bloody actioner with equal parts gore and ultra-masculine pathos. — Required viewing for anyone remotely interested in Hong Kong cinema.”
– Marc Savlov / The Austin Chronicle 5.3.1993