The Brothers (1979)
- Original title
- 差人·大佬·搏命仔
- Directed by
- Hua Shan
- Genre
- drama film, action film, crime film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the law. One becomes a cop, the other a criminal, and their loyalty is pushed to the limit.
tensegrittymelodramaticaction-packedbleakbroodingstylizedemotional
What happens
The Brothers (Cantonese: 差人大佬搏命仔 Cha yan daai liu bok meng chai, Mandarin: Cha ren da lao bo ming zai) is a 1979 Hong Kong action crime-drama film directed by Hua Shan, written by Lam Chin Wai and Yuen Cheung, and produced by Runme Shaw under the Shaw Brothers Studio. The film stars Tony Liu, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Chau Li Chuan, Ku Feng, and Nam Hung. It is a remake of Indian action crime-drama film Deewaar (1975), written by Salim–Javed. In turn, The Brothers inspired John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and played a key role in the creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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