Director/co-writer Justin Lin (SHOPPING FOR FANGS) has a lot of fun turning tired, racist stereotypes on their heads — his Asian-American high-school kids may look like typical college-bound honor students, but their extracurricular activities include drugs, breaking and entering, and, ultimately, a brutal murder — but his stylish exercise in defying expectations never really moves past its amusing premise. In an affluent gated community in sunny southern California, 16-year-old Ben Manibang (Parry Shan) and his high-strung best friend, Virgil (Jason Tobin), are sunbathing at a friend's house when they hear the unmistakable bleat of a pager. After checking ...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins