Young and Dangerous: The Prequel

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Produced by	Manfred Wong Wong Jing
Written by	Manfred Wong
Starring	Nicholas Tse Francis Ng Shu Qi Sam Lee
Music by	Clarence Hui Ronald Ng
Cinematography	Andrew Lau
Edited by	Marco Mak
Distributed by	Golden Harvest BoB and Partners Co. Ltd.
Release dates	5 June 1998 (1998-06-05)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	$2,353,800

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.

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

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.

Awards and nominations

18th Hong Kong Film Awards

• Won: Best New Performer (Nicholas Tse)

External links

• Young and Dangerous: The Prequel at IMDb