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Le syndicat du crime 3

Original title: Ying hung boon sik III: Zik yeung ji gor
  • 1989
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
3.9K
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Chow Yun-Fat in Le syndicat du crime 3 (1989)
Gun FuPeriod DramaActionCrimeWar

A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous e... Read allA man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

  • Director
    • Hark Tsui
  • Writers
    • Yiu-Ming Leung
    • Foo Ho Tai
    • Hark Tsui
  • Stars
    • Chow Yun-Fat
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Anita Mui
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    3.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Yiu-Ming Leung
      • Foo Ho Tai
      • Hark Tsui
    • Stars
      • Chow Yun-Fat
      • Tony Ka Fai Leung
      • Anita Mui
    • 31User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Chow Yun-Fat
    Chow Yun-Fat
    • Mark Gor
    • (as Chow Yun Fat)
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Cheung Chi-Mun
    Anita Mui
    Anita Mui
    • Chow Ying-Kit
    Shih Kien
    Shih Kien
    • Mun's Father
    • (as Kien Shih)
    Saburô Tokitô
    Saburô Tokitô
    • Ho Cheung-Ching…
    Wai Lun Cheng
    • Pat
    Maggie Ho-yee Cheung
    Maggie Ho-yee Cheung
    • Ling
    • (as Maggie Ho Yee Cheung)
    Yeung-Wah Kam
    • Jimmy
    • (as Andrew Kam)
    Ling Nam Lam
    • Bond
    Hsiang Lin Yin
    • General with Bond
    • (as Seung Lam Wan)
    Chi Wai Wong
    Chi Wai Wong
    • Bodyguard
    Kirk Wong
    Kirk Wong
    • Bodyguard
    Wai Tam
    Wai Tam
    • Bodyguard
    Wei-Ho Tu
    • Soldier
    Chi-Mun Ho
    • Mr. Ho's Board Member
    Hsin Liang
    • Extra
    William Cheng
    Lung Fei
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Yiu-Ming Leung
      • Foo Ho Tai
      • Hark Tsui
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    User reviews31

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    10Captain_Couth

    A Better Tomorrow: The prequel. An underrated masterpiece.

    A Better Tomorrow III:Love and death in Saigon (1989) is an underrated masterpiece. The film takes place during the final days of the Vietnam War. Mark Go (Yun-Fat Chow) and his friend (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) are in South Vietnam on a business trip and also to meet Leung's father. The two have a rough time getting into the country until they meet a mysterious gangster's moll (Anita Mui). Awhile later, the three form an unusual friendship. Mark Go learns a lot from Ms. Mui as she teaches him how to survive in a brutal environment.

    A great film from the ever reliable Tsui Hark. What I like about his films is that he always has strong female characters. Anita Mui is simply wonderful in this movie. She also shows her vulnerable side (she's not always hard as steel). Mark grows up quick in war torn Saigon. Tony Leung Ka-Fai is good as well (serious for a change instead of playing his usual goofy gigolo persona). The action scenes are staged very well (they don't dominate the film). And what's a film starring Anita Mui without those skinny jokes (yes, a movie with Anita is not complete without a couple of skinny jokes at her expense. The movie was knocked in many ways because it's so different than the first two. I say,"So what!" The film is an essential action film from the master Tsui Hark.

    Highly recommended.

    Anita Mui also performs the songs in the film. Especially the haunting theme song heard in the middle and during the end credits of the film. A fitting song in so many ways.
    8toyguy

    A different ABT

    A lot of people tend to think this movie is inferior to the first 2 ABT's. If you are one of these people, keep in mind that its pretty much due to the story. I think the direction and acting wasn't bad at all. Like many prequel/sequels, it suffers from hype and expectations. If its made exactly like the previous movies, then we have a rehash. If it goes in a different direction (like in this case) it runs the risk of alienating a lot of loyal fans.

    Not sure how many of you knew the storyline prior to watching the film. I was at least privy to the plot summary before watching it in the theaters way back when. So I at least knew it took place in the 70s in Vietnam. Right there and then, I knew it would be very different from the first 2 films. War-torn Vietnam of the 70s would hardly be the kind of place where you find our heroes riding around in Rolls Royce's, making high stake deals in fancy hotels or mansions, wearing Fracescetti suits, etc. A lot of the "cool" element of the original is due to Chow of course, but settings and atmosphere had something to do with it as well. And Vietnam is not the kind of setting we're previously used to.

    What the film does show, is probably a more realistic side of smuggling and counterfeitting. You make your deals at night in dark alley ways, your clothes are cars are are much less flashy (to avoid attracting attention to yourself). And of course, Mark hasn't acquired his cool persona yet, so we're missing that important element throughout most of the film.

    In short, much of what we see is not entirely unexpected if you took the time to read the synopsis on the video box. Because the movie takes place at the time and place it did, I'd say the crew did an OK job.

    As a prequel to ABT, I am a bit surprise at the choice of location if not the time. I remember a scene in the original ABT where Mark talks about the "old days" of making counterfeit deals with Ho in Indoesia!! That was suppose to be 12 years ago according to movie dialog, which would place us in the early 70s as well. So the movie would've been more continuous if we had Mark working for the H.K. crime organization already, and making drops in Indonesia (with or without Ho, depending on whether they can get Ti Lung back for the role). I also think it might have been more interesting this way. Anita can still play Mark's love interest, and much of the current ABT3 storyline can be incorporated; as long as Mark isn't so goofy and inexperienced.
    5chrichtonsworld

    Chow Yan Fat is great the rest is bad

    I ordered this movie on tape (dvd didn't exist then). I expected the same classic shootouts and drama like the first two "Better Tomorrow"'s. I knew it was a prequel. The back cover said that this movie was about "Mark" becoming the hit-man he was in "Better Tomorrow 1". Boy was I misinformed. It did show some background on Mark's History. And the reason he became a killer. (Love for a woman who gets killed.) But that's it. Nothing more. Nothing about his adventures he told us about in Better Tomorrow 1. To not use this concept is the reason why this movie fails. To be fair there were some nice things like some action scenes,but they were nothing special. These action scenes cannot be compared to John Woo's sequences. Some reviewers call this the best one of the series. That really is a mystery to me,because this movie isn't even in the same league as 1 and 2. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion,but for me this was definitely the worst one of the series!
    8Cyber256702000

    Excellent

    A Better Tomorrow 3 takes place during the Vietnam war and goes back to show how Mark became the professional killer that he is. Cool action scenes, but low on the gore from the other films. The story is very well done for an action movie adding a romantic aspect to it. Excellent.

    ***1/2 out of ****
    action-6

    Lacks the magic from its older brothers

    A Better Tomorrow 3 is not a sequel to A Better Tomorrow 2, but a prequel to A Better Tomorrow 1. We get to know how Mark Gor(Yun-Fat`s legendary ultracool gangster from ABT1) became a gun-toting gangster in Vietnam in the 1970`s. The movie itself is okay, but a lot worse than its legendary older brothers. The action is directed by Tsui Hark, a very good actiondirector, but not a patch on John Woo. Also, the gunfights lacks the intensity, smoothness and violence that we have come to expect from the ABT-series. If you`re a fan of Hong-Kong-cinema, ABT3 is worth a go, but remember that the other two are a lot better. 5/10

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    • Trivia
      John Woo (director of the first two films in the series) wrote the original screenplay for this third installment, but he never got to direct this third entry due to having had artistic differences with producer Hark Tsui during the filming of Le syndicat du crime 2 (1987). Instead, Woo took his screenplay and made it into Une balle dans la tête (1990). Hark himself would direct his own version of "A Better Tomorrow III". The two films have many parallels, most notably, both being set in the Vietnam War.
    • Goofs
      In the subtitled version, Ho reveals that his real name is "Tanaka". However, later in the film he refers to his name as being "Tokito". The role was being played by 'Saburo Tokito'.
    • Quotes

      Mark Gor: Nobody knows what tomorrow may bring.

    • Alternate versions
      A 130-minute Mandarin version was released in Taiwan and has appeared on home video several times over the years. No Cantonese version is in circulation, but an English dub appeared on VHS in France. A 145-minute cut is said to exist, but it is unavailable on video and may be apocryphal. The Taiwanese VCD advertises a running time of 145 minutes, but it is in fact the 130-minute edit.
    • Connections
      Follows Le syndicat du crime (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Sunset Song
      Performed by Anita Mui

      Lyrics by Chen Shaoqi

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1999 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • English
      • Vietnamese
    • Also known as
      • A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
    • Filming locations
      • Vietnam
    • Production companies
      • Golden Princess Film Production Limited
      • Film Workshop
      • Nova Media
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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