A Better Tomorrow Trilogy Blu-Ray Boxset (Region A) (English Subtitled) Chow Yun Fat, John Woo

I know Jackie Chan movies for the most part. I did not know much about Jet Li or Chow Yun Fat. I ordered Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time in China" movies cause I wanted to see what else is out there. Same thing goes for Chow Yun Fat. I knew they were good actors, but I had not seen much of their movies. And I wanted to start off with the earlier movies. I had read that "A Better Tomorrow" was supposed to be a great action movie and that it had started Chow Yun Fat off to stardom. Some of the reviews I read about this box set made me not want to see it at first. The complaints about the subtitles not being accurate and problematic made me think it would not be worth watching. The truth is, in the first movie the subtitles are not very accurate in the translation. The subtitles say words that are wrong. As a result, sometimes the subtitles don't make sense. In the second and third movies, the translation/subtitles are better than the first. I have noticed this in other movies, the early years of English subtitles in movies was lacking at first, but they got better over the years.As for the storyline and the movies themselves, they are good and now that I have seen them, I like them a lot. Same with the "Once Upon a Time in China" movies. I ordered that and the "Better Tomorrow" series from this same store, and the estimate for arrival was like over 30 days.... but they arrived like in 12 days. It was incredible. And the boxes were brand new and in very good condition. They wrapped them very well.

This is a review for "A Better Tomorrow Trilogy Blu-Ray Boxset (Region A) (English Subtitled) Blu Ray. The audio is perfect with 99% accurate english subtitles (since I know both Chinese & English). The price of $100 for the entire trilogy is reasonable given that it is just like $33.33 each with 1080p Blu Ray and the fact that it is international import.Definitely recommended for any collector of the golden era of HK movies. Easily the best Chow Yun Fat movies of his entire career and I have watched almost all of his movies in the mid 80s to mid 90s during the golden era. 3 had probably the best story, 2 probably had the best action/shooting sequences, 1 is obviously the original that launched everyone into stardom. My favorite had to be 3 because Anita Mui was also in the movie and she stole the show in 3.