Baby (2008)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Juwan Chung

Writers:

Felix Chan (writer)
Juwan Chung (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

David Huynh	...	Baby
Feodor Chin	...	Benny
Ken Choi	...	Mike (as Kenneth Choi)
Shannon Dang	...	Young Sammy
Aljarreau Galang	...	Robbie
Kenzo Lee	...	Roy
Tzi Ma	...	Pops
Ron Yuan	...	Tommy
Christina Stacey	...	Sammy
Dana Lee	...	Mr. Han
Janet Linn	...	Arianna (as Linn Ko)
Ryan Andres	...	Young Baby
Meng Wei	...	Blackfish
Peter Cho	...	Fat Petey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Chiu	...	Pretty Boy
Darwood Chung	...	Uncle
Ewan Chung	...	Chan
Matthew Der	...	Young Blackfish
Roshon Fegan	...	Young Robbie
Samson Fu	...	Punk V
Manny Gavino	...	Vietnamese Leader
Douglas N. Hachiya	...	Golden Boy
Shawn Huang	...	Mr. Han's Son
Jeff Imada	...	Benny's Bouncer
Nathan Jung	...	Restaurant Guy
J.R. Kou	...	Wah Ching #3
Ngoc Lam	...	Vietnamese Guy
Austin Lee	...	Young Fat Petey
Daniel Lee	...	Liquor Store Guy
Angie Lieuw	...	Wah Ching Girl
Skyler Marshall	...	Juvenile Hall Kid
Jesus Mayorga	...	Pee Wee
Willard Morgan	...	White Guy
Fanny Moy	...	Sammy's Mom
'Doc' Newman	...	Juvenile Hall Guard
Allen Theosky Rowe	...	Wah Ching #2
Steve Terada
Anson Wong	...	Uncle's Body Guard
Kerry Wong	...	Pimpy
Robert Wu	...	Wah Ching #1
Galen Yuen	...	Salty Chinese Guy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Affiliated Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene right before Benny goes to the club, a girl is seen to be snorting cocaine, yet the bill is clearly placed to the right side of her nostril.

Quotes:

Tommy: We live for our brothers... without them we're nothing.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Good indie film to check out

i rented it from blockbuster recently and i was very impressed with what juwan did with this movie. i was expecting below average cinematography and a movie id turn off after halfway through - as i did with even Hollywood movies such as hit-man, shoot em up, hellboy 2 - but it was good enough to keep me watching. i liked the style and brashness of it and the story. i did have some complaints though how the story was a bit too chaotic to follow sometimes, the sound wasn't as clean in some scenes, the lead girl wasn't pretty. but that didn't ruin it. i really liked the acting by the benny and baby characters and the dad as well. the movie reminded me of a good old hong kong triad flick and it even had a classic song by alan tam in it that i loved as a kid. really cool. so i recommend this flick. support indie-Asian-good cinema!