A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong, 1986)

The film that laid the blueprint for the ‘heroic bloodshed’ genre, A Better Tomorrow is the movie that launched a thousand bullets. John Woo's heady collision of brotherhood between anti-heroes, honour among thieves, brutal, balletic violence and – of course – bloodshed, A Better Tomorrow changed the course of action cinema for good, bad and ugly, as well as introducing Chow Yun Fat to an international audience. You will need to book your own ticket. Meet on the second floor. Showing as part of a Hong Kong Action weekend.