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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, Tony Ka Fai Leung, and Anita Mui 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
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews31

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    ecwaenigma

    The best of the series...

    ABTIII is easily the best of the entire series. While loyal John Woo fans (like myself) may feel offended that a sequel was done without his involvement, this film stands alone as a true masterpiece of Tsui Hark's. Anita Mui is fantastic and lends real credibility and sensitivity to this film as the woman who teaches Yun Fat's "Mark" how to both "be cool" and use 2 guns at once. This film also doubles as a sensitive portrayal of the Vietnam conflict from "the other side", a view most Americans are unfamiliar with. A superb, compelling film with excellent performances, ABTIII is a real treasure for those willing to give it a look.
    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 ****
    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.
    4jimniexperience

    A sequel/prequel that should have never been made

    This isn't A Better Tomorrow. It's a love story. A cliched love story at that. The love story was just as confusing as their one-handed machine gun wielding spraying, missing all of their targets (yet somehow still landing) .. Action plot was a mess, whoever gave Hark Tsui a go on this movie instead of John Woo should be fined .

    The main actress was gorgeous though , with that - 5/10
    the_saint_107

    On a different road but still going fast.

    Different to John Woo's original two films, but it's almost as good. Chow (coolest man in the world) yun fat, gives a very charismatic performance, hilarious in the opening scenes when he walks around the airport with an unlit cigarette hanging from his lip, and gives a raw, powerful, emotional performance at the end. The action scenes although lacking the finesse of the John Woo trademark mayhem, are still high velocity and powerful. Aided well by the soaring soundtrack, this film although it can be a little slow, is a welcome and worthy addition to the better tomorrow films. I just loved every second of it. Although the subtitles were a little tricky to read in places but you can't blame the film for what someone else did to it. The major problem is the badly done music editing after the credits have rolled. However seeing as the actual film had finished by that point, not many people would notice.

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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
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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