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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Better Luck Tomorrow is a 2002 crime-drama film directed by Justin Lin. Set in suburban Orange County, the film follows a group of high-achieving Asian American high schoolers who turn to a life of crime out of a dissatisfaction with their lives. This lifestyle sprials out of control, leading to eventual murder. The film was loosely based on the murder of Stuart Tay.Ben (Parry Shen) is a straight-A student who just wants to make the basketball team, get with his cheerleader crush Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung), and get into an Ivy League school. After the Big Man on Campus Daric messes up things for him on the basketball team, Ben ends up agreeing to help with a test cribbing scam. Ben's goofy childhood best friend Virgil (Jason Tobin) and Virgil's stoic cousin Han (Sung Kang) get involved, and their gang soon expands to all sorts of criminal activities. Meanwhile, Ben competes with Stephanie's boyfriend Steve (John Cho), a private school kid with a strange outlook on life, for her affections. But as their crimes become bigger and their lifestyle more hedonistic, things take a violent turn...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The film's also notable for featuring the first appearance of Han Lue (played by Sung Kang), whom Justin Lin would later introduce to The Fast and the Furious franchise in Tokyo Drift. | |
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Adults Are Useless: We don't see any of the protagonists' parents, who are completely oblivious to what their sons are actually doing. | |
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Academic Athlete: Ben is a straight-A student who also loves basketball. He makes the team, but is mostly a benchwarmer. | |
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Asian and Nerdy: Deconstructed. The protagonists are all academically excellent, upper middle class Asian-Americans, but they use their smarts and busy school schedule as a front for a life of crime and partying. They adopt this lifestyle in part as a rebellion against the high-pressure, rigid social role expected of them. This starts with paid exam cribbing in more alignment with the stereotype, but eventually leads to more classic gang-banger activities like dealing drugs and robbing houses. | |
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