Linked Data Explorer

"In the treacherous world of the black-market weapons trade, honor and vengeance go hand in hand."
""Sung Tse Ho et Mark Gor deux seigneurs de la mafia à Hong Kong, coulent des jours heureux sous les ordres d'un parrain vieillissant. Tout irait pour le mieux si Ho n'avait un frère cadet qui a choisi de faire carrière dans la police."--Site web Excessif."
"Kit is a cop, his brother Ho a street-hardened criminal. When the city's most ruthless crime syndicate launches a billion-dollar counterfeiting scheme, they're both caught up in an underworld battle that takes no prisoners ..."@en
"Kit is a cop, his brother Ho a street-hardened criminal. When the city's most ruthless crime syndicate launches a billion-dollar counterfeiting scheme, they're both caught up in an underworld battle that takes no prisoners ..."
"L'ex gangster Sung Tse-Ho cerca di riguadagnarsi la fiducia del fratello poliziotto, poiché questi lo ritiene responsabile dell'omicidio del loro padre. Ma è dura per lui cercare di rifarsi una vita con l'ex boss alle calcagna e il suo ex-partner in affari criminali Mark Gor che tenta di riportarlo nel giro della malavita ..."@it
"This epic story of renegade gansters and crooked cops who discover that in a world bound by honor, vengeance hits with the speed of a bullet."
"The tale of two brothers - one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the Hong Kong Police Academy."
"The first in a trilogy of Chinese "Godfather" films, it portrays countless difficulties and setbacks experienced by a couple of counterfeit money smugglers who have decided to wash their hands of their past and choose a better life. In this first part, Sung Tzu-hao, one of the main protagonists is on his last "business" trip."@en
"Le storie intrecciate di due fratelli di Hong Kong. Il primo, un poliziotto, è molto ligio al dovere, il secondo è un criminale. Si troveranno a combattere insieme. (Musicafilm)."
"A gangster is caught between loyalty to his down-and-out partner and to his rookie-cop younger brother."@en
"A gangster is caught between loyalty to his down-and-out partner and to his rookie-cop younger brother."
"A Chinese "God Father" story portraying the difficulties experienced by counterfeit money smugglers who have decided to wash their hands of their past and choose a better life."
"In the treacherous world of the black-market weapons trade, honor and vengeance go hand in hand. Adapted from writer/director John Woo's original screenplay. Extras included."
"Kit is a cop, his brother Ho a street-hardened criminal. When the city's most ruthless crime syndicate launches a billion-dollar counterfeiting scheme, they're both caught up in an underworld battle that takes no prisoners."
"Popular Hong Kong genres have been proposed as "a crisis cinema" which allegorically attempts to come to terms with the handover to China in 1997 "by proposing certain strategies for survival and renewal". The "hero genre" initiated by this film is in the forefront of the "survival" cinema. Old and new traditions, genres and gender relationships, both Chinese and Western, are mixed into a hybrid. The gangster world "represents a traditional Chinese family corrupted by Western capitalist values". The theme of honour among gangsters and revenge for betrayal is shared with the martial arts sword play genre. Chinese knightly values of male sensitivity, gentleness and friendship, also drawn from the male bonding films of Hawks and Melville, co-exist with "excessive" choreographed violence. Motifs are drawn from both Buddhism and Catholicism."
"In the treacherous world of the black-market weapons trade, honor and vengeance go hand in hand. Adapted from writer/director John Woo's original screenplay."
"John Woo established himself as one of Hong Kong's premiere action directors with this ultra-hip, ultra-violent action classic. The film centers around the complex relationship between two brothers: Sung Tse-kit (Leslie Cheung) is a recent graduate of the police academy while Tse-ho (Ti Lung) runs a massive counterfeiting ring along with his gangland associate, Mark Lee (Chow Yun-fat). Tension between the two brothers comes to a head when their father is murdered after a crime deal goes sour and Tse-ho lands in jail after being double-crossed. In perhaps the most influential scene in Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s, Mark avenges his friend by staging a dinner table assassination. As Mark tries to shoot his way out of the restaurant, pulling a series of hidden pistols from potted plants and alcoves, he gets horribly injured. With both founding members of the counterfeiting syndicate incapacitated, the operation falls into the hands of Shing (Waise Lee Chi-hung), Tse-ho's former underling who has little of his boss' élan or experience. When Tse-ho gets out of jail, he reunites with his now-crippled comrade, Mark, to take out Shing and to protect Tse-kit whose life is in danger for investigating their former subordinate -- Allmovie.com."
"A Chinese "God Father" story which portrays countless difficulties & setbacks experienced by a couple of counterfeit money smugglers who have decided to wash their hands off their past and choose a better life. In this first part, Sung Tzu-hao, one of the main protagonists, is on his last "business" trip."
"Ho y Mark pertenecen al hampa, y Kit, el hermano pequeño de Ho, es policía. Este último no sabe que Ho forma parte de la mafia, y cuando éste es detenido y su padre asesinado, será no sólo un shock para él, sino que le impedirá ascender. Cuando tres años más tarde Ho sale de prisión, se encuentra a Mark haciendo chapuzas en un garaje; su hermano que no quiere oír hablar mas de él, y además hay un nuevo jefe de la mafia quiere volver a hundirlo."@es
"Chow is the slick killer Mark who, along with his best friend Ho (Ti Lung), are living the high-life after a very successful counterfeiting scheme. But troubles begin when Ho's younger brother Kit (Leslie Cheung-Happy Together), a police officer in training , discovers what his brother does for a living, leading the three to a blazing finale which pushes their loyalties to the limit."
"The first in a trilogy of Chinese "Godfather" films, it portrays countless difficulties and setbacks experienced by a couple of counterfeit money smugglers who have decided to wash their hands of their past and choose a better life. In the first part, Song zihao, one of the main protagonists is on his last "business" trip."