Reject the Emperor's New Clothes

Russ 2022-04-19 09:02:38

Looking back at this movie, if there is a good point, it is that the two characters Zihao and Xiao Ma are well portrayed. The friendship between friends and the brother's father-like warmth to his brother are very touching. Then there is the logically confusing plot design, and the whole thing is unclear. So, why did Xiao Ma still work in that company later? Why does Zihao, a taxi company, go down the wrong path when he starts working, but the boss and other drivers are not counted? Zijie just fell down when he wanted to push his girlfriend, showing no warmth. Knowing that Zijie was going to arrest him, why did Zihao tell him the time and place of the connection? Didn't that hurt him?

In fact, it can be seen that at that time, the film industry in Hong Kong was still superficial and rough. There was some thinking in some specific scenes, but the details of the whole film could not be controlled at all, which made it impossible to scrutinize carefully. When watching it, you could only pretend to be confused and pretend Ignore a lot of gangs and inconsistencies.

The movie is always filled with a feeling that young people from the countryside have just entered the city, because they do not know the depths and are full of unfamiliar imaginations about the world. In fact, the world is not that big, nor is it that small. It is because the screenwriter and director are also in the arena, not because of intellectual background.

Performance theory is backward, exaggerated and superficial.

View more about A Better Tomorrow reviews

Extended Reading
  • Marcia 2022-03-22 09:02:30

    @ Archives. Brother Hao said that "I haven't been a big brother for a long time." The whole hall burst into laughter. Maybe it's true, it's not your era anymore: there will never be a brother who values ​​love and righteousness like Xiaoma, and there will never be Brother Hao used himself as his siblings, there is no policeman wearing round-rimmed glasses like John Woo, and no one will blatantly hang up Andy Warhol's pictures; everyone is helpless, everyone is regretting, just as That song [The Love of the Year].

  • Archibald 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    In the triangle relationship, there is no abuse and suffering, only giving and receiving. Self-sacrifice and great trust. Feelings are dead

A Better Tomorrow quotes

  • Father Sung: Ho...

    Ho Tse Sung: Dad...

    Father Sung: You should get out of the business. Your brother has no idea what you're doing. I remember when you kids played Cops & Robbers together. Even when he lost, he still wanted to be the cop. I don't want to see you two brothers play this game for real.

  • [as Ho and Shing are surrounded by police, Ho attempts to shoot Shing, but runs out of bullets]

    Shing: Out of bullets? I guess I'll go surrender. I'll be okay. You on the other hand... You see, I have money. A few days in court, and I'll be a free man. If you have money, you can turn black to white. This, I learned from you. I pity your brother. Because of you, his white has become black, and it's your fault.