Source: Kam & Ronson Enterprises: Blu-ray, 2016.
Year: 1986
Director: John Woo
Action Stars:
Genre: Crime Film
Country: Hong Kong
Story Duration: 01:33:03
Act Duration:
1st Act: 00:24:18
2nd Act: 00:27:44
3rd Act: 00:20:16
4th Act: 00:20:45
Plot Turns:
1st: Tse Ho Captured
2nd: Tse Ho threatens Shing
3rd: Theft of tape
ASD Ratio: 43%
AAD Ratios:
1st Act: 45%
2nd Act: 27%
3rd Act: 40%
4th Act: 65%
Action Structure: 2314
Action Scenarios:
Capture
Escape
Fall
Fight
Heist
Rescue
Pursuit
Speed
Total Action Moments: 29
Notable Action Sequence: The Exchange
Duration: 00:13:04
Act: 4th
Action Scenarios:
Capture
Escape
Fall
Fight
Rescue
Speed
Description: A Better Tomorrow (1986) is often cited as the progenitor of the 1980s heroic bloodshed cycle that set the template for the films to come later in the production trend. Its final act set piece features all the stylistic traits that the cycle is known for, including featuring criminal protagonists. Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat star as Sung Tse Kit and Mark Lee, two triad members who experience a reversal of fortune as a result of betrayal. The sequence also features the trademark style of gunplay associated with heroic bloodshed films, particularly characters wielding a gun in each hand [Figure 1]. Gunfights became ‘gun fu’ by incorporating the choreography of martial arts fight scenes in the shape of athletic dives, falls, and rolls [Figure 2]. As a result, gunfights in heroic bloodshed films manifested a heightened level of kineticism by featuring bodies in motion as characters avoided gunfire or became projectiles themselves through the force of bullets or the blasts of explosions [Figure 3]. The sequence also manifests a number of explosions, another trademark element of the heroic bloodshed film, stemming fortuitously from its setting that offers an abundance of barrels filled with petrol. In such ways, the film’s final act set piece is “more Hollywood than Hollywood” by amplifying the traits of the American gunfight scenario [Figure 4].
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