Better Luck Tomorrow

          


          Better Luck Tomorrow is directed by an Asian American director Justin Lin telling a story of Asian American overachievers who get tired of the boring and repetitive life they have, and indulge themselves into a series of crimes. 

          The story shot in California which I by far the most popular U.S. state located on the West Coast of the U.S. And it is the third most extensive state. As we all know, California is also known for its diversity of population. Recalling my memory back, when I was touring California in March of 2010, it was hard to think I was actually in America instead of walking on a street in China. There are so many Chinese population and it makes everything easier for those Chinese tourists or visitors who don’t speak English well enough to communicate with the locals. Returning to the subject of this movie, the story happens in Tustin ,California involving with four Sunny High School students.  The beginning plot is Ben and his friend Virgil lying in the sun discussing college admissions, but soon discover a human hand in the garden. What a transition! I was sort of worried this movie would go too far I could not handle it mentally. However, it was not too bad.

         Ben and Virgil are highly intelligent students whose goal is to gain acceptance into highly celebrated Ivy League universities. Yet it would be bored to the end if these best-grade students only do what people think. Therefore, the editor and director made them involved in petty crimes. Such as the purchase and return of computer equipment in order to earn easy money. Justin Lin attempts to change the vanilla image of Asian Americans into another wild side of them. Even though it is a highlight of a great change of the previous roles of the stereotypes of Asians we see, as far as I am concerned, it just goes too far. At the ending, Ben and his other friends cruelly killed Stuart Tay, whom is boyfriend of Ben’s brush Stephanie. There’s a quote Stephanie says to Ben when she finds herself actually likes him as he does, “You know how you make decisions that lead to other decisions but you don't remember why you made those decisions in the first place.” I agree. Changes comes faster than plans all the times. In our lives, we just adjust ourselves to fit in more changes. C’est la vie. And I enjoy it.