Part of Golden Princess Hong Kong Cinema Classics
Having killed a high-ranking gangster, three Hong Kong youths flee to Saigon in hopes of making it big amid the chaos of the Vietnam War. Linking up with a former CIA operative, what begins as a feat of bravado — their theft of a local gang leader’s box of gold — escalates into full-blown war. Armed with a large budget, John Woo took what was to be his prequel to A BETTER TOMORROW and remounted it as a reaction to Tiananmen Square — infusing his bloody epic with urgency and capturing every wake of destruction on a canvas worthy of Hieronymus Bosch.
Principal Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam, Yolinda Yam
