Born to Be King (1999)

Born to Be King (1999)
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A disagreement over who will become the leader of a powerful Hong Kong triad organization threatens to destabilize organized crime in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan in this entry into the long-running Young and Dangerous film series. As Taiwan's San Luen Gang prepares for the wedding between Chicken and Nanako, the daughter of the powerful Yamada Gang leader, his friends and partners in crime all start preparing for the big day. Not everyone is so pleased with Chicken's promotion, though, and when a disapproving member of the San Luen Gang attempts to set Chicken up, the rage between three dueling gangs threatens to erupt into full-blown war. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Ekin Cheng
Director(s):
Andrew Lau
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Born to Be King

A disagreement over who will become the leader of a powerful Hong Kong triad organization threatens to destabilize organized crime in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan in this entry into the long-running Young and Dangerous film series. As Taiwan's San Luen Gang prepares for the wedding between Chicken and Nanako, the daughter of the powerful Yamada Gang leader, his friends and partners in crime all start preparing for the big day. Not everyone is so pleased with Chicken's promotion, though, and when a disapproving member of the San Luen Gang attempts to set Chicken up, the rage between three dueling gangs threatens to erupt into full-blown war. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
117 mins

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Director(s):
Andrew Lau
Categories:
Action / Adventure
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Tom C.

Ekin was pretty good in this movie, but his girlfriend was so annoying, i think she was supposed to be though. Chicken was an interesting character and I think having Sonny Chiba as the Japanese father in law added a nice touch. Interesting story, am going to watch the rest of this series, only thing that I didn't like was how the Chinese actors that supposedly spoke Japanese had horrible accents. Rent it!

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Salvador O.

Ive been a young and dangerous fan since my first viewing of it almost 10 years ago. This was a great chapter to the story and the twist and turns never ended. Personally loved it because my favorite character happens to be Chiken. It was slow but gave you great expectations for the climax. Action lacked a bit but all in all was a good attempt by Andrew Lau to keep the series strong. I strongly recommend this film to anyone who grew up with Young and Dangerous and its incarnations. But I advise to watch 4 and 5 before seeing this. -Lee Xiaolong

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Judy X.

ITs a great movie I really enjoyed it! It has alot of twisted and turns!

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