Now watching. I’ve never seen the 3rd one. Tsui Hark directed this one instead of John Woo. #PhysicalMedia #ShoutFactory #ABetterTomorrowIII

Tonight’s viewing: #ABetterTomorrowIII (Hark, 1989) the final film of the classic Hong Kong trilogy is an exceptional blend of action and romance with languid cinematography at times set in 1974 and gives the backstory of Mark Lee brilliantly played by Chow Yun-Fat and his love (Anita Mui) #filmsky

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Close up of a face of a South Vietnamese soldier with sun glasses and a cigar standing in front of a group of soldiers and police on the street.

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Three Asian people (two men and a woman) standing in a doorway. Tony Leung Ka-Fai as Michael Cheung on the left holding a pistol, Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee in the middle looking at Tony Leung and Anita Mui as Chow Ying-Kit on the right.

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee holding a Chinese gangster head under his solder and pointing his left hand that's holding a gun towards the camera, Two other Triad gangsters on either side of Chow pointing their guns at him.

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee holding wounded Anita Mui as Chow Ying-Kit on the floor while they are being threatened with a pistol.

Over the top acting that sometimes plagued the previous installments has been replaced in this prequel with even more over the top action. So even though the action was better in 2nd installment #ABetterTomorrowIII is still overall a better film. Not as good as 1st though. 📽️🎞️

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Dutch angled shot of Anita Mui as Chow Ying-Kit, an Asian woman in a white trenchcoat holding a revolver in her right hand (pointing downwards) and an M16 assault rifle in her left (pointing towards out-of-shot incoming soldiers).

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Close up of glasses with one broken lense being held up by Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee in front of his unfocused face.

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Dutch angled shot of Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee holding an M16 assault rifle with a bandaged forehead.

Frame from the film 'A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon' (1989). Wounded Asian man wearing glasses with one taped up broken lense and bandaged head and left hand (Tony Leung Ka-Fai as Michael Cheung) holding a machine gun and screaming behind a barbed wire and sand bag covered emplacement on the side of a street next to a white fence wall.

Obviously had to complete the trilogy even though the final film in the series was no longer directed by John Woo (because of artistic differences with producer Tsui). And while the first two were clearly his movies #ABetterTomorrowIII is just as obviously a Tsui Hark film. 📽️🎞️