A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow 2
Original film poster
Chinese	英雄本色2
Hanyu Pinyin	Yīngxióng běnsè èr
Jyutping	Jing1hung4 bun2sik1 ji6
Directed by	John Woo
Written by	John Woo Tsui Hark Chan Hing-Ka Leung Suk-wah
Produced by	Tsui Hark
Starring	Dean Shek Ti Lung Leslie Cheung Chow Yun-fat
Cinematography	Wong Wing-hung
Edited by	David Wu
Music by	Joseph Koo Lowell Lo
Production companies	Cinema City Film Workshop
Distributed by	Golden Princess Film Production
Release date	17 December 1987 (1987-12-17)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese English
Box office	HK$22.7 million[citation needed]

A Better Tomorrow 2 is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by John Woo, produced by Tsui Hark, and co-written by both. A follow-up to its popular predecessor, A Better Tomorrow, the film stars returning cast members Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung alongside new cast member Dean Shek. The film was released in Hong Kong on 17 December 1987.

Due to the popularity of Chow's break-out performance in the previous instalment, he was cast in a new role as the twin brother of "Mark", who was killed in the previous film.^[1] A Better Tomorrow 2 is known for its over the top violence, exaggerated blood and gore, and body counts nearing the hundreds.

Film director John Woo and producer Tsui Hark had disagreements over the focus of this film. Tsui felt that the film should focus more on Dean Shek's character. This led to the film being edited by both Tsui and Woo. Their disagreements would lead to a split after this film, with Hark directing A Better Tomorrow 3 and Woo moving on to create The Killer.^[2]