Young and Dangerous: The Prequel

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"...they should have gotten someone that resembles Mountain Chicken more..."

- EKU®


Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)

Literally: New Wise Guys: Teenagers Intense Struggle Chapter

Director: Andrew Lau

Producer: Wong Jing, Manfred Wong

Writer: Manfred Wong

Cast: Nicholas Tse Ting Fung, Francis Ng, Shu Qi, Sam Lee, Ng Chi-hung

Running Time: 115 min.

Plot: The early lives of Chan Ho-Nan and Chicken from the YOUNG & DANGEROUS films are chronicled in this sixth entry to the popular series. The young Chan (played by pop singer Nicholas Tse) and his childhood friend Chicken (Sam Lee) strive to make it big and leave the housing projects where they live. They eventually joined the Hung Hing Gang, and their "jobs" of killing members of the rival Tung Sing Gang lead to an inevitable confrontation, thus paving the way for Chan and Chicken's ascent in becoming leaders of the underworld.

Reviews

EKU®'S REVIEW: A fine entertaining film to watch. The story revolves around the character played by Ekin Cheng in the "later" Y&D series (that actually came out first). So following the similar idea of Godfather I and Godfather II, this story is about the Young Ekin character Ho Nam, played wonderfully by Nicholas Tse (star in Gen-X cops). Ho Nam is forced choose from taking a life in the triad or to remain in school. Even though his father was kill in a triad fight, he follows Big Brother Bee (cool character I must say). This movie serves as a good prelude for the stories that follows in the Y&D series. There are a few slow motion scenes that are just very cool. This movie also features many songs sang by Nicholas Tse (nice stuff). I do have one complain though, they should have gotten someone that resembles Mountain Chicken more.

EKU®'S RATING: 7.5/10