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      Young and Dangerous 2

      1996 1h 40m Action List
      Reviews 75% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A disgraced Chinese hoodlum (Cheng Yee Kin) marries his sweetheart (Gigi Lai) and recalls being separated from his best friend (Jordan Chan). Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member [THIS REVIEW IS A NOTE BASED PLACEHOLDER] THE GOOD + More of the Y&D stuff you've grown to love + Focuses on Chicken character; spends long durations in Taiwan + Gives good overview of gang mentality and cultural differences between 90's HK and Taipei + Good twist midway through the third act + Well paced, and an easy watch + Intro credits catch first time watchers up to speed THE BAD - Horrible soundtrack, except for one song which is pretty much four bars long - Fight sequences could be better - Missing some of the first film's intensity OVERALL A decent follow up to the first film. Not the best in the series, but worth a watch if you're a Y&D fan, or a fan of gangster films in general. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Well frankly, it's quite a stupid movie but I love the message which this franchise brings, you have to pay back with extremity if you went down the extreme road. It's not that I'm discouraging anyone from aspiring to become the next godfather, but just be aware of what entails Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member In the series' most lucrative installment (rushed into production after its predecessor proved the surprise hit of '96) "Young and Dangerous 2" picks up where the first film left off before shifting narratives and backtracking with Chicken (Jordan Chan, sporting his natural hair color for a change) to Taiwan one year earlier during his exile from Hung Hing. The Hongkie rascal attempts to broker ties with the head of a local triad (veteran actor Kelly Lai Chen) who is trying in turn to broker his own political aspirations with Taiwanese Parliament. Chingmy Yau is the would-be politician's lover who turns her dreamy-eyed gaze towards Chicken and into the soon-to-be great wide open. Back home the series introduces audiences to the infamous Dai "Nose Picker" Fai (Anthony Wong Chau-sang, laying on the sleaze with both index fingers), a Hung Hing member with allegiance to the Taiwanese triad and an eye on Ho-nam's (eternal pretty boy Ekin Cheng) territory. While a noticeable tonal shift has taken place in "Young and Dangerous 2," following the previous film's bloody climax the actors have tightened but nonetheless remain somewhat loose in this further adaptation of the Teddy Boy comic with a script by Manfred Wong that suffers from attention-deficit disorder compounded by Andrew Lau's meandering hand-held camera. Still, the gaudy wardrobes, titillating violence, homoeroticism, and pretension romanticize the criminal life in a way that almost passes for entertainment. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member It's not even a sequel, it's just a continuation. And a totally epic one. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit more complex than the first instalment and a nice use of the locations in Taiwan and Macau. Too bad Chingmy is miscast. A decent Y&D anyway. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Y&D all the way!! Ekin Cheung is King!!...lol.. (^_^) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A disgraced Chinese hoodlum (Cheng Yee Kin) marries his sweetheart (Gigi Lai) and recalls being separated from his best friend (Jordan Chan).
      Director
      Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
      Producer
      Manfred Wong
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      1h 40m