Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

Directed by

Justin Lin

Genre

drama film, teen film, crime film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Asian American teenagers who are high achievers in school become bored with their straight-laced lives. They start committing small crimes for excitement, which slowly spirals out of control.

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What happens

Better Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 American crime drama film directed, co-written, co-produced, and edited by Justin Lin. It follows a group of overachieving Asian American teenagers who become bored with their lives and enter a world of petty crime and material excess. The plot is loosely based on the 1992 murder of Stuart Tay. The film stars Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, Karin Anna Cheung and John Cho. Better Luck Tomorrow debuted at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. It became the first film acquired by MTV Films, which worked with Paramount Pictures to release the film theatrically in the United States on April 11, 2003. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and developed a grassroots following among Asian American audiences. The film is notable for originating the character Han Lue (Sung Kang), later featured prominently in the Fast & Furious film series. Justin Lin has stated that Better Luck Tomorrow serves as Han's origin story, retroactively placing it in the Fast & Furious series continuity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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