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Chow Yun-Fat, The Cary Grant of Hong Kong
Chow Yun-Fat is a pistol
in "A Better Tomorrow"
The following videography shows Chow Yun-Fat was Woo's favorite, even if he didn't take him to Hollywood to work for Paramount, too...
Better Tomorrow Part I
(1986) The first installment of the trilogy. Woo's favorite, Chow Yun Fat, stars along with Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung. Two counterfeiters and the lengths they go to in the name of friendship. This put Woo on the map.
May be dubbed only (please ask), just repriced to $14.99
Better Tomorrow Part II
What would sequels do without doppelgangers?Subtitled, $39.99
Bullet in the Head
Three childhood friends (Tony Leung, Jackie Cheung, and Waise Lee) go through living hell in war-torn Vietnam.Subtitled, $39.99
Hand of Death
Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan starred in this martial arts adventure directed by Woo.Available subtitled but not letterboxed, $39.99
Hard Boiled (Lat Sau San Tam)
(1991) The director slips himself in as a bartender somewhere in this movie, but with all the high-octane action, you may just miss him. Gun-runners keep their home base in a hospital morgue. Wacky black humor, intense male bonding, everything you'd expect in a John Woo picture.
132 min., Color, subtitled in English, now $19.99
Hard Target
(1993) Jean-Claude Van Damme and Woo seemed like a great combination, but the MPAA kept on this movie until it was cut all out of proportion. Chase sequences show the promise which was denied, however, and J-C is a trouper.
97 min., Color, Rated R, English language, Closed Captions, $19.99 on video; or $34.99 for CLV laser
Killer, The (Diexue Shuang Xiong)
(1989) London's Time Out promises the "most demented elegiac thriller you've ever seen....improbably serene" and that is no exaggeration! If you think serene dementia is an oxymoron, you need to see this film!
111 min., Color, dubbed or subtitled in English, rated or unrated versions all: $19.99 each
Once A Thief
(1991) Chow Yun Fat and Leslie Cheung co-star in a very Grant-and-Kelly combo. This film was nominated as best of the year at the HK Film Awards.Subtitled, $39.99
The Chow Yun Fat Gift Set
A boxed set of three critically acclaimed films, Full Contact, A Better Tomorrow III and Prison On Fire II, comes in attractive packaging. The spines of the individual videos fit together into a portrait of the star!
Full Contact - Produced and directed by Ringo Lam. Simon Yam and Annie Bridgewater co-star. Simon Yam plays a true gay blade here in this tale of double-crosses and sweet revenge.
A Better Tomorrow III - Produced by John Woo. Directed by Tsui Hark. Anita Mui, Tony Leung and Kar Fai co-star. Chow Yun Fat continues the series as Mark, caught up in the war in Vietnam while trying to retrieve his uncle and cousin. Anita Mui plays Kitty, the gunslinging babe who turns her underworld gang into a rescue team at Mark's request.
Prison On Fire II - Produced by Karl Maka. Directed by Ringo Lam. Chen Sung Yung and Yu Li co-star. Prisoner Chung Tin Ching escapes in order to see his young son. A guard known only as "Ghost" captures and abuses Ching in revenge. Even Mainland Gangsters cannot protect Ching from the wrath of the Ghost!
All three titles come with English subtitles, $59.99 for the set!
Woo drew a knowing crowd
...at the 1996 VSDA Convention
Look for newer, better releases of Woo titles like Last Hurrah for Chivalry in our Tai Seng database, or subtitled Jackie Chan releases on other labels!
Last updated June 19, 1997.
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