Better Luck Tomorrow Page #3

Synopsis: Ben is a perfectionist and overachiever whose tunnel vision leads to nothing less than graduating at the top of his class. As he struggles to achieve social success, he discovers his darker side. He and his friends: Virgil, Daric and Han lead a double life of mischief and petty crimes to alleviate the pressures of perfection. As their adopted identity grows, the gang tumbles into a downward spiral of excitement, excess and fun.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Justin Lin
Production: MTV Films
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2002
101 min
£3,687,324
Website
2,149 Views


All right. The topic is

population control,

why retarded children

and handicapped people

should be executed

in order to keep

the population down. Ready?

Is that true?

I think it was.

'Cause it didn't sound

like you knew it.

Make sure your glasses

are anti-glare, okay?

Let's see.

Oh...

Decathlon practices were always

held at Daric's house.

Finish it!

His methods were

definitely unconventional

but effective.

Beautiful.

Rock, scissors, paper.

Oh, f***.

I'm so unworthy

at this moment.

Ah...

Dude. Dude, dude,

you're gonna explode, man.

Don't light that sh*t.

Come on.

Oh.

Good-bye, guys.

Study hard.

Come on.

Oh.

Not bad for academic

decathlon, huh?

Han had a friend named Jesus

who helped him steal, bribe

or do whatever it took

to get the test sheets for us.

I talked to Daric

and he was cool

with Virgil coming on board.

Between the five of us,

there wasn't anything

we couldn't do.

The money was really good,

but I don't think that's

what attracted me the most.

Okay, okay.

They got lucky.

But, you know,

there is no reason

a team of that caliber

should be able

to beat us. God.

Mary!

Where's your tie?

I mean, our presentation

absolutely sucked.

We looked like idiots.

Rich, privey fucks.

Press the button.

Wait till

the question is asked.

We're getting locked out

and we can't even

answer the question.

God! Ben.

F***ing twinkie.

American history specialist.

The answer was 1973, not '76.

How many more, Ben?

Would you shut up?

I told you guys not to come.

Woo!

So how's Stephanie?

Virg.

Stephanie Vandergosh?

I'm going out

with her Friday night.

I asked her out last week.

Does she know it's a date?

Why? Want to lay

some money down on it?

Yeah.

How 'bout an even hundred?

Okay, you got it.

F***ing A.

You motherf***er.

This is f***ed.

Hey, Daric wanted us to see it.

You know she has a boyfriend.

Well, this'll teach that fuckhead

to keep his mouth shut.

Oh, f***.

Is that the guy

from the privey school?

What does he think he is,

some Chinese movie star?

Hi, I am Chow Yun-Fat.

Hi. I-I-I thought

I was gonna be f***ing your

girlfriend tonight.

I-I guess not.

I guess I better go home

and stroke myself really good.

Let's go.

Really, really good.

Ahh!

Hey, hold on,

I'm just getting started.

Get the f*** off my car.

Ow.

Damn, dude.

Dude, you got to tell Stephanie

her boyfriend's boning

some white chick.

It's none of my business.

What the f*** are

you talking about?

You tell her and

you get bonus points.

I'm not gonna be some rat.

Besides, I don't

even know for sure.

Come on, Ben. Look...

This... is for buddies.

So?

And this is where

he had his hands...

which is for lovers.

God! Get off me!

Am I right, Han?

Daric, where you going?

Mm. Oh, sh...

Yo, f*** her, man.

Let's go drink.

Hey!

Sh*t. No, Daric!

Whose party is this?

Susie Berk's.

Are we invited?

You don't need an invitation.

Just hear about

it and you go.

They're all f***ing

drunk, anyway.

So, is everyone buzzed?

Yo, can I have a light?

Thanks, dude.

Let's go around back.

Hey, how's it goin'?

Ah...!

Now I'm gonna throw up.

Hey, what's up, boys?

I think they have...

bible study's next door, right?

Oh, sh*t, no, look at this!

It's the Chinese Jordan!

Hey, so,

what's up, man?

Where's all your

fan club at, man?

I'm going to go

check on Virg.

Yeah, what's

up, shithead?

Are you going

to step up?

You know, you got

to play a real sport

to wear that jacket.

Yeah, f*** him up, Brian!

Want your mom?

Huh? You want the cops?

You're what?

You're what?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

What?!

I'm sorry.

Shoot him in the face.

Shoot him in the face.

If I ever see any of you

and your f***

jock friends again,

I'll f***ing kill you!

Back off, man,

back off!

You want some of this?!

Back off, man!

Ben, come on!

Back off!

Come on, Ben!

Come on, Ben!

F*** you, man!

Screw you!

Let's go!

F***in' A,

that was better than sex.

Just shut the f*** up.

Did you see the look

on that guy's face?

You put the fear

of God in him, man.

The fear of Gods.

I went jihad

on his ass, man.

You see this

blood on me, man?

It's not my blood.

Did you see his face

when we worked on him?

It was like...

F***, man, when you

pulled out that gun,

it was f***ing awesome.

That was, like, boom!

Right in your face.

He probably pissed himself

right then

in front

of all his homies.

Not me, man.

I was going off.

I felt so...

I felt like

surging through my body.

How smooth was that?

Man, you had f***ing balls!

That was f***ing smooth!

The next minute, the gun

was right in his face,

and I was going off--

ah, yeah!

Sh*t.

If my dad finds out,

he's going to kill me.

Man, I'm going to juvie!

By Monday, the word had spread

and pretty much everyone

knew about it.

I was sure the cops were gonna

come and get us that morning...

but it never happened.

Meeting today at 3:00.

Why?

We have to do

this chem test.

It's a big one,

about a hundred students.

Guys...

Hi, guys.

Hey.

Hey.

Ben, can I talk to you?

Yeah.

He's f***in'

whupped already.

What's up?

I just talked to Steve.

Yeah...

What?

He said you're taking me

to the formal.

You're f***ing with me, right?

He said that you guys agreed

to have you take me

to the formal.

He did ask, I didn't agree.

The whole thing

was pretty weird.

You should have

at least told me.

Well, he's your boyfriend.

I didn't want to get involved.

Ben, that's what friends do.

God, I don't believe this.

Why do I always get sh*t on?

You know, Steve,

he's the one that

needs to stop...

Ben, I'm just trying

to understand this.

I'm out of here.

What the f***?!

Woo!

What? The formal?

Oh, what, got a hot date

with Barbie that night?

Look, I'm not gonna

say anything,

all right, it's none

of my business.

I just think

she deserves better.

You're probably right.

As our reputation grew,

scams started coming to us.

Usually through Jesus.

There they are.

What I liked about it was

that we were in control.

If someone came to us

about doing a scam

and we didn't like them,

we'd tell them to f*** off.

Having that kind of power

quickly became an addiction.

What's up?

How's it going, man?

What's going on?

How are you doing?

Man, not too bad.

This is Peter.

So, what's up?

Peter's got a sweet deal.

The school's getting in all new

computer parts next week.

So?

So they've got to store them

for a while

until they can install them.

Peter's got the school codes.

Can they trace the code?

No, it's all the same number

for everyone.

What about that

f***ing family

that lives in the trailer guarding the school?

That's me and my dad.

He's out by 10:
00.

It's easy.

I don't know.

Sounds too easy.

Dude, I guarantee.

No offense,

I don't give a sh*t

about your guarantee.

Me and Ben checked it out.

Seems legit.

Han, think you can

sell this sh*t off?

I can always sell

the sh*t off.

We'll think about it.

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