A Better Tomorrow 2018

A Better Tomorrow 2018
Film poster
Directed byDing Sheng
Screenplay by
Story byJia Zhijie
Produced by
  • Zhang Miao
  • Lu Qian
  • Joe Tam
  • Chen Wei
Starring
CinematographyDing Yu
Edited byDing Sheng
Music by
  • Lao Zi
  • Dou Peng
Production
companies
  • Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Co., Ltd.
  • Chongqing Shuimu Chengde Capital L.P.
  • Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation
  • CoolBoy (Shanghai) Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
Distributed by
  • Beijing Jingxi Tourism Development Co. Ltd.
  • Huoerguosi Enlight Media
Release date
  • January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) (China)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$10.1 million

A Better Tomorrow 2018 (Chinese: 英雄本色2018), is a Chinese action film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Wang Kai, Ma Tianyu, Wang Talu, Yu Ailei, Lam Suet and Wu Yue. In this remake of John Woo's 1986 classic, director Ding Sheng delivers a similar story but with a different setting. Filming took place in a seaside location in the Northern Chinese city of Qingdao as well as in Japan.

The film was invited to be the closing film at the CinemAsia Film Festival in Netherlands on March 11, 2018. Also, the film had screenings at Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan, Newcastle International Film Festival in United Kingdom, and Far East Film Festival in Italy.

A Better Tomorrow 2018 premiered in China on January 18, 2018.