Hong Kong Cinema Classics
Every action movie you love is just Hong Kong cinema with worse stunts and less charisma. We’re rolling out Hong Kong Cinema Classics this fall at The Beverly.
A BETTER TOMORROW (1986)
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The frenetic gangster movie that shot John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat to worldwide action film stardom. Two brothers, played by the great character actor Lung Ti and superstar-in-the-making Leslie Cheung, are on opposite sides of the law as a powerful mobster and a young police officer. When the crime careers of Lung and best friend Chow Yun-Fat hit the skids, they struggle to find their path, punctuated by wild gunplay, heists and deep drama. The first in our Fall series of seminal Hong Kong action and fantasy films from the 1980s and early 90s, in all-new 4k restorations. Get tickets to A Better Tomorrow (1986)
PEKING OPERA BLUES (1986)
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Brigitte Lin (Chungking Express), Cherie Chung (Once A Thief), and Sally Yeh (The Killer) light up the screen in this fast-paced and sparkling action-comedy from the incredibly prolific producer and director Tsui Hark (Once Upon A Time In China).In the aftermath of China's first democratic revolution, three high-spirited young women from very different backgrounds cross paths on a quest for liberation. Fate finds the three joining forces to discover their respective warriors within. Elegantly blending action, comedy, and social satire into a bright and colorful production (much like Peking Opera itself), Peking Opera Blues boasts Hark's energetic filmmaking style at the height of his powers, along with the considerable charms of its three leads, and became one of the first films to establish an incredible and influential Hong Kong New Wave of filmmakers and actors. Get tickets to Peking Opera Blues (1986)
THE KILLER (1989)
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In the late 1980s, action audiences in the U.S. had thought they had seen it all. And then John Woo and Chow Yun-fat made The Killer. The hyperfrenetic film set a new level for choreographed gunplay and stylized violence where you have to wait for slow motion doves flying to catch your breath. Yun-fat plays an elite assassin on his last job, only to cause a nightclub singer (Sally Yeh) to lose her sight in the melee. Afterwards he is bound by honor to help her through life, as he is pursued by rival gangsters and the incredibly determined cop played by Danny Lee. Woo and Yun-fat had honed their skills with many films by this time, also working together on the A Better Tomorrow series, but no one was ready for the action - and melodrama! - in this classic. Get tickets to The Killer (1989)
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