Overview
In a race against time, an ailing woman discovers her teenage son's violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him, and possibly others, in this portrait of a Chinese American family. Inspired by true events.
Director and cast
More films
Taxi Driver (1976)
Crime · Drama · R
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
Wings of Desire (1987)
Drama · Fantasy · Romance · PG-13
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of...
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Cast
- Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Drama · PG
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Cast
- Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
The King of Comedy (1982)
Comedy · Drama · PG
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Drama · Romance · R
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Director
- Mike Figgis
- Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa










Comments
Talk about the film with other members