Rebels of the Neon God (1992) on Netflix
Hsiao Kang lives with his parents in Taipei and attends a cram school. He drops out against their wishes and falls in with Ah Tze, a petty thief.
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Plot summary
Ah Tze and Ah Ping are petty thieves. Ah Tze comes home to a flooded apartment after a night out. He meets Ah Kuei, who spent the night in the neighboring room with his brother, a car salesman, and does not know where she is, so he gives her a ride on his motorcycle. Hsiao Kang lives with his parents and attends a cram school, and his motorcycle is impounded. His father, a taxi driver, gives him a ride to school, and in traffic Ah Tze breaks the side mirror of the taxi. Hsiao Kang drops out of school.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's Chinese title refers to Nezha, a powerful child god in Chinese mythology who is impulsive, tries to kill his father, and is brought under control when a Taoist immortal gives the father a miniature pagoda; in the film, Hsiao Kang's mother believes he is Nezha reincarnated.
- Lee Kang-sheng, who plays Hsiao Kang, became a fixture of Tsai Ming-liang's films: by the time of a retrospective review he had appeared in all 10 of the director's features.
