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OCTOBER John Woo | Hong Kong Action / NOVEMBER 2017 | FRIDAYS, 8:00PM A Better Tomorrow The Killer Bullet In The Head Friday, 27 October 2017 at 8:00pm Friday, 3 November 2017 at 8:00pm Friday, 10 November 2017 at 8:00pm John Woo | Hong Kong 1986 | 95 min | Cantonese John Woo | Hong Kong 1989 | 110 min | Cantonese John Woo | Hong Kong 1990 | 136 mins | Cantonese, with English subtitles with English subtitles English, French, Vietnamese with English subtitles A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his A disillusioned assassin (Chow Yun-Fat) accepts one Blood-spattered action thriller about three friends estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision who head off to find their fortunes in Saigon during former gang are difficult to break. Cast includes: Lung to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double- the Vietnam War and are scarred by their experiences. Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat. crossed by his boss. Cast includes: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Waise Lee Chi-hung “A Better Tomorrow is a polished, resonant piece of HK “The movie gunfight was re-invented by John Woo’s The filmmaking and an absolute genre essential.” (Calvin Killer, which set a new pace for action movies.” (BBC) “Harrowing and unforgiving, John Woo’s most punishing McMillin, Love HK Film) film is also quite possibly his best.” The( Skinny) “Hong Kong’s preeminent director transforms genres from “It’s pretty damn good.” (The Skinny) both East and West to create this explosive and masterful “Over the top doesn’t even begin to describe...Bullet in the Head...This is a film so emotionally draining and intensely No.3 in Time Out’s ‘100 Greatest Hong Kong Films’. action film. Featuring Hong Kong’s greatest star, Chow Yun-Fat, as a killer with a conscience.” (Criterion) powerful that it can’t help but affect.” (Kozo, Love HK Film) 9.

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