A Better Tomorrow 2018 (2017)

Original title

英雄本色

Directed by

Ding Sheng

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a remake of a classic Hong Kong action film. It follows a group of men entangled with criminal gangs and personal loyalties. The story is set in a seaside city and in Japan.

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What happens

A Better Tomorrow 2018 (Chinese: 英雄本色2018), is a Chinese action film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Wang Kai, Ma Tianyu, Wang Talu, Yu Ailei, Lam Suet and Wu Yue. In this remake of John Woo's 1986 classic, director Ding Sheng delivers a similar story but with a different setting. Filming took place in a seaside location in the Northern Chinese city of Qingdao as well as in Japan. The film was invited to be the closing film at the CinemAsia Film Festival in Netherlands on March 11, 2018. Also, the film had screenings at Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan, Newcastle International Film Festival in United Kingdom, and Far East Film Festival in Italy. A Better Tomorrow 2018 premiered in China on January 18, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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