Wednesday 9 January 2013

Young and Dangerous Reloaded (古惑仔:江湖新秩序) (2013)

Teen recruits to the Hong Kong mafia find themselves embroiled in a triad's power struggle.

The gimmick: It's a straight up remake with smart phones, DVD monitors, and flash drives while characters spout 80s lingo and act out 80s gangster film character arcs.

Not postmodern and anarchic anachronistic enough to justify a remake.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 9 January 2013.

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