In this sequel, Ho (Ti Lung) initially refuses to go undercover to bust the gang he used to work for in exchange for his release from prison. He only accepts after his little brother, the policeman Kit (Leslie Cheung) accepts the assignment. Meanwhile in New York Ken Gor (Chow Yun-Fat), the twin brother of Mark Gor from the 1st movie, shelters the boss of the gang, who has had to flee after it is taken over by a more aggressive leadership.
Pretty much the same receipe for success in the first film was dublicated for the second, only the results yielded more dividends. The same actors and soundtrack although Chow Yun-Fat was more of a bada$$ this time around. For some reason, he can just hold a gun and shoot people up like very few I've ever seen. The final shootout scene in the mansion is classic and probably my favorite by John Woo. I don't know how he does it but John Woo does for gun films what Akira Kurosawa did for samurai films.
