Better Luck Tomorrow

Justin Lin directed and co-wrote this provocative and unsettling teen drama. Leading the outstanding cast is Parry Shen as an affluent Asian-American high-school student who turns his back on schoolwork and opts for a life of crime with his gangsta posse. Lin's film, which he helped finance by maxing out 10 credit cards, is based on a 1992 murder. Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Karin Anna Cheung.