by Nathan Southern
synopsis
Jackie Chan's son,Jaycee Chan, makes his second big screen appearance, this one opposite neophyte Asian starlet Fiona Sit, in the cross-class romance 2 Young (Cho Suk), authored by Derek Yee. The film -- Yee's sophomore effort -- is a light melodrama charting the emotional textures and ramifications of a love affair between 18-year-old underachiever Fu (Chan) and 16-year-old Nam (Sit). Fu belongs to a lower economic bracket than his paramour, but nothing could matter less to the two lovers, and when her parents head out of town on a Christmas holiday, she becomes expectant. When mom and dad go through the roof, Fu and Nam pull a Paul and Michelle by eloping and setting up house together. Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, and Teresa Mo co-star.
characteristics
- Pregnancy
- Parent
- Pregnant
- Social-classes
- Under-achiever
- Teen Pregnancy
- Love
- Knocked-up
- Class [social]
- Class Differences
- Disapproval
- Elopement
- Generation Gap
- Expecting A Baby
- Class-clash