The new title might lead you to expect that Born to Be the King will bring something new to the Young and Dangerous franchise; unfortunately, it's not only more of the same, but a bland retread of earlier installments. Frame-ups, betrayals, negotiations, and irritating go-nowhere romantic subplots; BTBTK really has it all. The "gang" plot is strictly same-old, with little suspense and close to zero action. Gigi Lai's resurrection as a dead-ringer for Smartie doesn't seem to go anywhere. Hsu Chi is more annoying than you would think a single person could possibly be. Andrew Lau's MTV-like experiments are even more irritating than usual. The Hung Hing boys do things that were supposed to identify their enemies as truly nasty in previous installments. I've never been a huge fan of the series, but the first three were entertaining enough, and the fourth and fifth were still watchable; Born To Be the King just moves like an amputee through molasses, with no tension, humor, or payoff. Andrew Lau is by far the worst big-name director in HK. Almost everything he's done since he hit it big with the first Y&D movie has been close to 100% devoid of entertaining aspects.