Review of Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994) by Mattias E — 09 Aug 2010
Title suggests slickly produced action and supercool stars out of John Woo's catalogue, but Return To A Better Tomorrow is simply a rather trite gangland tale directed with little finesse and no brilliancy by your favourite auteur/conartist Wong Jing.
The film would fit itself comfortably into the infinitesimal serious drama category of Wong's, were it not for Lau Ching Wan's iconoclastic take on the hardboiled triad type, playfully messing with the genre's stereotypes by throwing a bit of infantile and out of place slapstick into the mix.
To some, his performance might constitute a total wreckage, but to me it actually saves a completely average gangsterflick from being a total bore.
This review of Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994) was written by Mattias E on 09 Aug 2010.
Return to a Better Tomorrow has generally received mixed reviews.
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