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Evening viewing recommendation? On Criterion Channel, watch A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) in our Hong Kong Action Classics collection! The box-office sensation that established director John Woo as the king of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema and set the standard for the heroic bloodshed genre, this electrifying gangster saga combines... show more

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