Director Justin Lin’s breakout film was inspired by a chilling true story: the 1992 murder of Stuart Tay in Orange County.
The story follows a group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors in Orange County who, bored by their "model student" lives, descend into a world of petty crime and escalating violence.
: At the time of its release, the film was a Sundance sensation noted for subverting the "model minority" stereotype by portraying Asian-American youth as complex, flawed, and even dangerous.
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