Rebels of the Neon God

Dispirited Taiwanese youth flit across the screen. Each rebels in their own way. Ah Tze (Chao-jung Chen), a petty thief walks his life in a disconnected haze. The connection that comes his way in the form of Ah Kuei (Yu-Wen Wang) only scares him. Hsio Kang (Kang-sheng Lee), a dispirited student, rebels against his father by walking out on school. These disparate lives soon form a closed circuit by a random act of violence by Tze against Kang's father in Ming-liang Tsai's first film. Long shots with minimal dialogs succinctly captures the spirit of the youth in the movie conveying their forlorn mood and inner turmoil.

Rating: * * +