Sunday, September 11, 2011

A BETTER TOMORROW

Quite an interesting movie of Seung Heon.
I don't like his role here.
My rate to this movie is 4 star






A BETTER TOMORROW PLOT

Kim Hyuk ( Joo Jin Mo ) lives the fasr life as a high ranking mobster in the port city of Busan, South Korea. His closet friend is fellow mobster Lee Young-Choon ( Song Seung Heon ). Even though Kim Hyuk seems to be on top of the world, he is haunted by the memory of leaving behind his younger brother Kim Chul ( Kim Kang Woo ) and mother as they attempted to flee into South Korea from North Korea. Kim Hyuk's mother was beaten to death and Kim Chul imprisoned after they were caught by North Korean authorities.

Kim Hyuk then travels to Thailand with new gang recruit Jung Tae Min ( Jo Han Seon ) for a meeting with Thai gangsters. The meeting turns out to be a set-up, planned in part by Jung Tae Min. Kim Hyuk is ableto shoot his way out the meeting but he is later caught by the Thai police and imprisoned. When goodfriend  Lee Young Choon hears of what happened to Kim Hyuk in Thailand, he goes to Thai gang's holdoutin Pusan to kill their boss. During the shootout, Lee Young Choon is shot in the leg.

Three years later, Kim Hyuk is finally released from prison and travels back to Busan. He finds his closefriend Lee Young Choon washing cars now and has a limp leg. Jung Tae Min, the man that betrayed him,has climbed up the mob ranks and is now a feared crime boss. Furthermore, Kim Hyuk's younger brother Kim Chul has arrived in Busan and works for Busan Police Department. Meanwhile, Kim Chul keeps close tabs on Jung Tae Min as he attempts to take down their gang. When Jung Tae Min attempts to take out Kim Hyuk's younger brother, Kim Hyuk throws himself back into the gang world to exact revenge.