Born to Be King (2000)
"Sheng zhe wei wang" (original title)

Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group ... See full summary »

Director:

Wai-keung Lau

Writer:

Manfred Wong

Stars:

Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Sonny Chiba

Cast

Credited cast:
Ekin Cheng	...	Chan Ho-Nam
Jordan Chan	...	Chicken Chiu
Sonny Chiba	...	Isako Kusaraki
Qi Shu	...	Mei Ling
Peter Ho	...	Lui
Gigi Lai	...	Rong Yu
Michael Tse	...	Michael
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Sister 13
Jerry Lamb	...	Pou-pan
Kar Lok Chin	...	Big Head
Jason Chu	...	Jason
Roy Cheung	...	Akira Kusaraki
Anya	...	Nanako
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Feng Chang
Sung Young Chen	...	Brave

Storyline

Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him...

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English Japanese Min Nan Mandarin

Release Date:

21 July 2000 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Born to Be King

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artwell Productions, B.O.B. and Partners, GH Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not that interesting for an Ending

The stage changes to Japan where Chicken (Jordan Chan) marries a Japanese Yakuza boss' daughter.

The story is rather same ol, same ol. There's senseless fighting between the gangs, and a traitor within the clan. It's rather a pat formula for this series. The movie is oriented for the juvenile audience who's looking for the cool in these movies, so I guess the story is designed to meet these expectations.

But one thing I can say about this series is that it was gritty compared to other comedic happy Hong Kong movies of the '90s. In this respect, it was singularly unique.

All the movies in this series has a disorganized look to it. I'm not sure why this is, but Ekin Chen and Jordan Chan and few others were the only characters that had discipline in their acting. In this movie, the acting style of Jordan Chan, Sonny Chiba, Anya, and Roy Chueng didn't match at all. I also wish that Sandra Ng would stop spoiling the mood of every movie she stars in. Her character was totally unnecessary.

So more of the same, but there was closure (or was there ?) to the story, and the series ends with a not so interesting of an ending.