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Rebels of the Neon God

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A cabdriver's son (Kang-sheng Lee) quits his college studies to get revenge on two petty thieves (Chou-jun Chen, Chang-bin Jen) that vandalized his father's car.
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Rebels of the Neon God announces writer-director Ming-liang Tsai as a fully formed talent -- and remains one of the more accomplished debuts of the decade.

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Tom Long Detroit News 10/30/2015
B
We've seen these kids before, but we've never seen them quite like this. Go to Full Review Mark Jenkins Washington Post 07/09/2015
3.5/4
Like Godard's "Breathless" and Wong's "As Tears Go By," "Rebels" cunningly synthesizes both B-movie and art film. Go to Full Review Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer 07/02/2015
3.5/4
A breathtaking, disturbing look at urban angst and the emptiness of youth culture ... Go to Full Review Dayne Linford Battleship Pretension 01/20/2021
Rebels of the Neon God is a very strong, textured, multilayered debut from a gifted filmmaker. Go to Full Review Nathanael Hood Unseen Films 05/05/2020
7/10
Coolly detached, Rebels of the Neon God offers no salvation for its disaffected youth-nor does it suggest they deserve any. Go to Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel 04/12/2019
4/5
With its handheld camerawork, restrained electronic score, vivid colors, persistent rainstorms and vibrant street scenes, Rebels of the Neon God creates a tangible sense of time and place, even as it delves deeper into incoherence and dissolution. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Min A @MinAkitasvara Feb 7 Unrequited Love; They Might Have Known Each Other Before. The film chooses to tell the story of relationships between people who do not truly know each other, yet were once present in each other’s worlds. Sometimes, our paths may have crossed before. We may have once played a role in each other’s journeys. And that coincidence may not always be just a coincidence. We hope that one day, we might have the chance to truly know someone we have never known, is that ever possible? Rebels of the Neon God (1992) See more Jose Gabriel A @RT65934721 05/18/2024 Useless waste of time, movie just meanders around uninteresting characters who's passions, intentions, and motives you get no real sense of. Was this movie supposed to be about anything? No interesting insights or memorable moments, just plain boring. See more Fong Kok Hoong F @RT29722865 05/20/2019 Tsai Ming-liang's directorial outing is a forlorn meditation of youth angst in 90s Taipei as his camera watches ruefully three dispirited delinquents cruising in arcades, skating rinks, dilapidated apartments and the bustle of neon-lit streets. See more 03/02/2018 irelvent more irlevent then the floss See more 02/05/2017 The best film about the ironic alienation and loneliness in mega-cities ever made. There is no comparison to Rebels of a Neon God. It is unlike anything you've ever seen or will ever see. Upon careful analysis, it is almost impossible to discern even the basic foundations of a three/five act structure, like the classic act 1, plot point1, act 2 pt1, mid-point, act 2 pt2, plot point 2, act 3... all nowhere to be found. Tsai Ming-Liang has created A NEW LANGUAGE of film making here. An essential study for anyone willing to explore a radically different approach to film making. Bravo! See more 11/12/2015 Gorgeous movie. May be a little too bare for some peoples tastes, but it was right up my alley. I really love this one. See more Read all reviews
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Ming-liang Tsai

Director

Lee Kang-sheng

Hsiao-Kang

Chou-jun Chen

Ah Tze

Chang-bin Jen

Ah Bing

Yu-wen Wang

Ah Kuei

Miao Tian

Father

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Movie Info

Synopsis A cabdriver's son (Kang-sheng Lee) quits his college studies to get revenge on two petty thieves (Chou-jun Chen, Chang-bin Jen) that vandalized his father's car.
Director
Ming-liang Tsai
Producer
Feng-chyi Jian
Screenwriter
Ming-liang Tsai
Distributor
Big World Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$28.4K
Runtime
1h 46m
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