Young and Dangerous: The Prequel

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (Chinese: 新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime film directed by Andrew Lau. It is the second prequel in the Young and Dangerous film series.

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇
Simplified Chinese	新古惑仔之少年激斗篇
Transcriptions
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Written by	Manfred Wong
Produced by	Manfred Wong Wong Jing
Starring	Nicholas Tse Daniel Wu Benjamin Yuen Francis Ng Shu Qi Sam Lee
Cinematography	Andrew Lau
Edited by	Marco Mak
Music by	Clarence Hui Ronald Ng
Distributed by	Gala Film Distribution Limited BoB and Partners Co. Ltd.
Release date	5 June 1998 (1998-06-05)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	China (Hong Kong)
Language	Cantonese
Box office	$2,353,800

The film shows Chan Ho-nam (Nicholas Tse), Big Head (Daniel Wu), Chow Pan (Benjamin Yuen), Chicken Chiu (Sam Lee), and their friends being recruited by Uncle Bee (Ng Chi-Hung) and joining the "Hung Hing" triad.

Cast

• Nicholas Tse as Chan Ho-nam
• Daniel Wu as Big Head
• Francis Ng as Ugly Kwan
• Shu Qi as Fei
• Sam Lee as Chicken
• Sandra Ng as Sister 13 (cameo)
• Kristy Yang as Yung (cameo)
• Benjamin Yuen as Chow Pan

Notes

Because he was only 17, and born on 29 August 1980, Nicholas Tse is not allowed to watch the movie when the movie opens in Hong Kong cinemas on 5 June 1998 because this movie is classified as Category III, which is a restricted category in the Hong Kong motion picture rating system and the category is strictly for persons aged 18 and above only.

The story retcons the flashback from the first film, taking place in 1988 rather than 1985.

Awards and nominations

18th Hong Kong Film Awards

• Won: Best New Performer (Nicholas Tse)

External links

• Young and Dangerous: The Prequel at IMDb