after stepping up and directing the 'young and dangerous' spin-off 'portland street blues' and, in the process, creating one of the best films in the series, raymond yip takes on the story of chicken. or, should that be cock?

the story tells of the romance between chick / cock / chicken (jordan chan) and gigi (gigi leung), a girl who lived opposite him as a child; although the romance was ill-fated, as gigi hated triads and chicken, as we all know by now, is a rascal. the story flits around, telling about chicken's rise through the ranks of hung hing, whilst always keeping an eye on gigi and never quite managing to commit to each other...

i can only describe this film as a big fat faliure. it really does seem as if a script that told the love story between a triad and a good girl was moulded to fit loosely in with the mythology of the 'young and dangerous' series. loosely is an understatement: apart from a few characters, who don't really resemble their prior incarnations, and a few split-second cameos, there is no continuity at all with the series. particularly irksome is the fact that chicken has been made into a dull character and that sister thirteen (sandra ng) marrys ben (vincent wan).

a real shame...