Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
Reviewed by: Blue_Shadow on 2002-01-18
Summary: A Prequel That Never Was.......
I'm one of many who've enjoyed the Young and Dangerous series over the years but 1998-released prequel never seemd to fit in.

The film clashed with the timeline of the original Y & D's. Also, Young and Dangerous was adapted from a popular comic but The Prequel was obviously made up in short time in order to give life back to the Y & D series after its disappointing part four and five. One strange scene in the film was the three students at the school concert mimicing Sammi Cheng, Ekin Cheng and Eric Kot from Feel 100%.

Personally, I found Shu Qi's character (Fai) was rather out of place and was perhaps unnecessary to have casted. Ng Chi Hung as Brother B was consistent and very well-played. Sam Lee did a good job playing the womanising Chooky but the boys playing Foreskin and Wrinkles were rather average. I would say that Nicholas Tse deserved his HKFA award as Best Newcomer. He did an excellent job playing Chan Ho-Nam and though at times looked as if he got a bit carried away, still managed to portrayed the character very well.

Overall, the film was not bad. It lacked excitement that the first Y & D brought everyone. The film can be taken as a more 'bloody' and violent version of Y & D. 6/10.







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