Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)

Better Luck Tomorrow: Directed by Justin Lin. With Parry Shen, Jason Tobin, Shirley Anderson, Nanette Matoba. A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.

“Its all well and good that this movie is attempting to break down stereotypes (perhaps by replacing them with other stereotypes), but that doesnu0026#39;t necessarily make for a good movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou could have changed a few names, used some different actors, and this would be an ordinary, bland movie about u0026quot;rich youth gone badu0026quot;. It has been done better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked the characters, but the story just wasnu0026#39;t developed enough and they never really get into motivations. They tried to throw in a few lines of u0026quot;what is the meaning of lifeu0026quot;, but that does *not* connect various scenes into an actual telling story and it does *not* a plot make.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eToo many loose ends are left at the end of this movie. If they want to pretend they u0026quot;meant to do thatu0026quot;, well, I just donu0026#39;t believe u0026#39;em. You never really get into most of the characters deep enough to explain why you had to watch them run around for the previous 2 hours.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Amongst Friendsu0026quot; was the same movie done several years back, but it was just better written.”