Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)

Genre
Drama
Release Date
April 11, 2003
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Official Site
http://www.betterlucktomorrow.com/
Genre
Drama
Release Date
April 11, 2003
MPAA Rating
R
Duration
98 minute(s)
Production Budget
0.25
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Official Site
http://www.betterlucktomorrow.com/
Director
Justin Lin
Producer
Julie Asato, Ernesto Foronda, Justin Lin
Screenwriter
Justin Lin, Ernesto Foronda, Fabian Marquez
Starring
  • Karin Anna Cheung
  • Parry Shen
  • Jason J. Tobin
  • Roger Fan
  • Jerry Mathers
  • Aaron Takahashi

Everyone knows a person like Ben - the perfect Asian American high school teen. He's an extremely intelligent perfectionist, an overachiever whose tunnel vision will lead to nothing less than graduating at the top of the class and acceptance to the best Ivy League university.

Ben lives in an upper middle class, conservative L.A. suburb in Southern California. As he struggles to achieve social success in high school, we discover his darker side. Along with two friends, Virgil, a brilliant yet socially inept misfit, and Virgil's cousin Han, a lost soul with more brawn than brains, Ben leads a double life of mischief and petty crimes that alleviate the pressures of perfection..

At the start of his high school freshman year, Ben befriends Daric, the senior valedictorian and another archetypical overachiever and perfectionist. But Daric is somewhat odd. While being the most intelligent student in the class, he also seems to be the most volatile and dangerous. Behind his trusting and benevolent fa�ade lies a lurking secret, a time-bomb ready to explode. With Daric at the helm, this group of misfit teens bands together into a suburban gang..

As their adopted identity grows, Ben and the gang tumble into a downward spiral of excitement, excess, fun and lurking danger. Ben's life careens out of control, into an intoxicating mix of sex, drugs and crime, leading to a surprising end that will leave audiences engrossed, speechless and ultimately disturbed..