Better Luck Tomorrow

I finally saw Better Luck Tomorrow this weekend. I simply cannot the critical praise that has been lavished on this film. I don't care what it's trying to do to challenge Asian American stereotypes - this move sucks ass.

The premise (straight-laced overachievers by day, gangsters by night) is interesting enough and could have made for a good film, but this isn't it. It utterly fails to explore (or even plausibly explain) why and how these kids fall into a life of suburban thuggery. The violence feels weirdly forced and is devoid of emotional impact (on either the audience or the characters). And the lead character (Ben) is absolutely unwatchable - I'm supposed to believe this vacant mama's boy is some kind of badass? There is just so much wrong with this film I don't even know what else to say about it.