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Rebels of the Neon God

Released Apr 10, 2015 1h 46m Drama List
100% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
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 We've seen these kids before, but we've never seen them quite like this. Rated: B Oct 30, 2015 Full Review Mark Jenkins Washington Post Like Godard's "Breathless" and Wong's "As Tears Go By," "Rebels" cunningly synthesizes both B-movie and art film. Rated: 3.5/4 Jul 9, 2015 Full Review Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer A breathtaking, disturbing look at urban angst and the emptiness of youth culture ... Rated: 3.5/4 Jul 2, 2015 Full Review Dayne Linford Battleship Pretension Rebels of the Neon God is a very strong, textured, multilayered debut from a gifted filmmaker. Jan 20, 2021 Full Review Nathanael Hood Unseen Films Coolly detached, Rebels of the Neon God offers no salvation for its disaffected youth-nor does it suggest they deserve any. Rated: 7/10 May 5, 2020 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel 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. Rated: 4/5 Apr 12, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jose Gabriel A 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. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/24 Full Review Matthew W Slow. Nothing interesting happens. Barely any dialogue. What little narrative that exists doesn't have meaning. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/09/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member irelvent more irlevent then the floss Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member 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! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Tsai's first feature film was already a remarkable naturalistic look into the emptiness, lassitude and lack of human connection of Taipei youth, despite how it clings so much to an element of revenge that feels a tad poorly motivated - or perhaps that is precisely the point after all. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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