A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

Mark arrives in Saigon with the plan to bring his uncle and cousin back to Hong Kong. At the airport, corrupt security guards strip-search and attempt to rob him, but Chow Ying-kit intervenes and saves him from the assault.

Mark and Michael encounter Kit in a nightclub and learn about her criminal activities, including gun running. Kit appears both dangerous and influential, and she takes an interest in the cousins, signaling a new alliance.

Kit invites the cousins to accompany her on a deal with a local Vietnamese warlord. They decide to join, attracted by Kit’s confidence and the promise of opportunity.

The deal sours, and the trio must flee amid gunfire. Kit is impressed by how they handle themselves and decides to take them under her wing.

Over the next months in Vietnam, Kit trains the cousins in her business and in marksmanship. A complex attraction develops: Mark and Kit grow closer, while Michael remains hopeful that Kit loves him, complicating loyalties.

Kit secures safe passage for Mark, Michael, and Michael’s father back to Hong Kong, allowing them to start a new business there. The trio leaves Vietnam behind as the situation grows more dangerous.

Back in Hong Kong, Sam Ho Cheung-ching returns after a three-year absence and is consumed by jealousy over Kit’s relationship with Mark and Michael. He orchestrates a bombing of their business, killing Michael’s father in the blast.

Ho and his men capture Mark and Michael, brutally beating them and warning them to stay away from Kit. The cousins’ loyalty to Kit is tested as Ho asserts control.

Kit expresses regret for Michael’s father’s death and confesses her feelings to Mark. Mark, torn between loyalty and affection, ultimately reciprocates but remains cautious due to Michael’s feelings.

Ho takes Kit back to Vietnam to complete the deal with the Vietnamese warlord they encountered earlier. Kit’s ties to both Ho and the dangerous world re-emerge.

Mark and Michael follow Ho back to Saigon, intending to kill him. Mark steps off the plane in his iconic outfit, signaling a poised and personal reckoning.

In an abandoned temple, Kit meets Michael to give him two plane tickets out of Saigon. Viet Cong troops swarm the temple; Pat intervenes, Michael is shot, and Kit, Pat, and Michael escape onto a jeep, though Michael falls off as a mortar lands nearby.

Believing Michael is dead, Mark confronts Kit in her hotel room, and their confrontation turns physical as he says he wants nothing to do with her. Pat then escorts Mark to an ambulance where Michael is recovering, deepening the emotional stakes.

Kit plans to detonate a bomb during a meeting with Ho and the warlord, but the warlord double-crosses Ho, triggering a chaotic shoot-out. Kit is shot by Ho’s henchman; Ho is then killed when the warlord fires from a window, and Mark shoots the warlord in retaliation.

Pat and Michael bring Mark and the wounded Kit to the US Embassy as the Fall of Saigon unfolds. They escape on the last helicopter leaving the embassy, but Kit dies from her injuries as the city falls and Mark contemplates his future.