Director John Woo burst onto the Hong Kong movie scene in 1986 with his film A Better Tomorrow, launching a vogue for action films with affable male heroes and earning lead actor Chow Yun-fat his first major Hong Kong movie award.
在香港電影界有二十多年資歷的導演吳宇森，一九八六年以《英雄本色》名震江湖，掀起了男性情誼英雄片風潮。