The Best of Times Page #4

Synopsis: Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in the suburbs of Taipei. When Wei is promoted from the rank of nightclub parking valet to the rank of debt-collector in Brother Gu's gang, he persuades his boss to hire Jie to work alongside him. Things begin to go wrong when they are given a handgun to reward their success in the new job. Always excitable and volatile, Jie becomes reckless and dangerous when he has the gun in his hand. When they try to collect a debt from the boss of a rival gang, a fight erupts and Jie shoots the gang-boss. The boys find themselves on the run. But fate and their youthful dreams still have tricks to play...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tso-chi Chang
  6 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Year:
2001
109 min
41 Views


This is something special for you guys

That's enough

Thanks.

"""Okay, you can go now"""

"""Yes Thank you, Brother Ma"""

We'll wait outside

How about eight hundred...

"""I'm giving you one bullet,"""

just for protection

Don't load it

"""Thank you, Brother"""

"""Bad luck today. Stop playing.

No luck today, I'll stop."""

"""Come on, quick"""

You've lost all that in one day?

I couldn't help it

Then you shouldn't go on playing!

"""Okay, never mind"""

Don't lose your temper!

I can't help my temper

You lost so much and you

want to go on playing

I'm in luck!

"""Come on, hurry up!"""

"""Okay, I'm quitting!"""

Why? How can you do that?

You quit just like that?

I don't mind that I lost

How can we play without you?

You can go on without me

What's the problem?

I'm quitting!

What do you mean?

What do you want?

I've stopped playing!

F***! What's wrong with you?

Don't fight!

Stop that! What do you want?

What am I doing? Why are you yelling?

Why are you yelling?

"""Come on, let me take a look"""

"""That went well

Hardly had to open our mouths,"""

"""and they handed over 100,000"""

You want to see the money?

You took out the gun the

moment we walked in!

Of course they were scared!

That's what the gun is for!

"""Are you thick, or what?

Where's the gun?"""

Don't show it on the street!

Let me see the bullet! Come on!

Be careful

It's real!

Don't hold it up like that!

Don't hit my head!

How many times must I tell you?

"""You're such a cute little dick,

I can't resist doing it"""

Cute little dick? F*** you!

Those friends of yours ...They should

remember he's our brother-in-law

Alright...

Beating him up like this

If people hear that your friend did this to you

You'd die of shame

What do you know?

You just jabber on and on

They shouldn't use violence!

"""Shut up, woman!""""

What do you know about it?

What if he'd lost an eye?

Have you finished?

"""Brother-in-law

Next time you drink, keep your voice down"""

"""Better, keep your mouth shut!"""

You don't want any more injuries like this

Where are the scissors?

Where are they?

What happened?

"'It's nothing, he'll be fine with some ointment on it"'

It's nothing

Nothing?

"""Sergeant, did you fall down?"""

Just go up to bed

What happened to him?

Don't go on about it

I got drunk and fell over

"""Ah Jie, I'm going"""

Did you really fall down?

That's right

It's nothing serious

"""Ah Kee, what happened?"""

My dad was beaten up

"""Never mind, go up to bed"""

"""Ah Kee, keep quiet"""

Who did it? His mahjong partners?

"""All right, that's enough!"""

I should sleep?

Go up to bed!

Shut up

Who beat you up?

The mahjong players?

No

Who then?

It was

Uncle's friend

""" Kee shut up"""

Go take your shower

Uncle's friend did this?

Uncle! It's your friend did it?

He's your father!

Show him some respect!

Got a problem with that?

Or are you too much of a big shot now?

Do you live here?

Go up to bed

What?

Go up to bed!

Take a shower

"""All right, that's enough ointment!"""

"""Well, Brother-in-law

Shut up!

Don't be angry.

Who's the master of this house?

Calm down ls it my home or his?

I'm warning you No more gambling!

All right

"""You piece of sh*t, you always make trouble"""

Go to hell!

Don't ever overturn the table again!

"""I won't, I won't""""

Ah Jie!

"""Closed up for the day, Uncle?"""

"""Ah Jie! Let's go back, okay?"""

"""Ah Jie, what are you doing here?"""

"""Nothing, Uncle, just taking a stroll"""

"""It was you, right?"""

Your hair

What are you doing?

He's gone crazy!

F*** you!

What are you doing?

What do you want?

What do you think I want?

Ah Jie!

Where'd you get the gun?

It's a toy

Ah Jie!

Where did you get it?

Don't do anything stupid

Ah Jie! Let's go!

Don't be stupid

"""Ah Jie, have you gone mad?"""

You want some of it too?

It's none of your business

I'm your uncle

I don't care who you are

Where did you get the gun?

What's the matter with you?

Where did you get it?

I'm your uncle

Uncle?

Makes no difference

Let's go.

Bang!

Bastard!

"""Uncle, don't mind him I'm sorry"""

"""It's not loaded, you have the bullet"""

F***! You tricked me!

I did not!

How could you lose your cool like that?

Stop pacing around!

I didn't trick you

You'll be in deep sh*t if you go on like that

Deep sh*t?

I'm right

Can't you read? "I am the way..."

I know

No use talking to a crazy monkey

Let's do this

"""I'll keep the gun, you keep the bullet"""

"""I'd feel safer if we keep them separate, okay?"""

So I'll keep the gun

"""How about I keep the gun,"""

you keep the bullet?

"""Makes no difference anyway,

because I can do magic"""

"""Anyhow, they'll be kept separate"""

You can do magic? Go on then

Control your temper! I mean it

"""If you say that again, I'll turn you into a fish"""

Go ahead

If I'd loaded this bullet in the gun

it would've been all over for you

If I wanted to shoot for real

If I wanted to shoot for real

it wouldn't matter if it was loaded or not

can do magic, man"""

Abracadabra Bang!

Blow his brains out!

"""Damn, mind where you point it!"""

Mind your hand!

You'll get hurt!

Why did you tear up my magazine?

Who'd want to do that?

It must've been Ah Kee

Still awake?

Why are you up so late?

Why aren't you sleeping?

"""Uncle, I'm going home now"""

Very well. Go home.

You should get some rest

OK.

"""What's up Dad?"""

"""Wei, I want you to spend more time

with your sister"""

She doesn't even watch the fish any more

"""And she never takes walks

Just hides away in her room, writing"""

I will

Just give her a bit more of your time

I don't know what to say to her

I think she still blames me

"""Keep your voice down, Dad"""

So I want you to stay with her a bit more

I will

know, I should get some rest"""

OK.

"""Your elders have had breakfast,

been out and come back!"""

"""So much to do, but you do nothing!"""

He's going to do something

Work?

I'm doing the laundry

You must do something!

You young people

You're barely human!

You two Spend all day rushing about

"""If you've nothing better to do, mop the floor!"""

Get Dudu to do it

Why should I do it?

Someone has to do it

"""You're an adult, but you still don't listen.

Never seen anything like it"""

Okay Nothing better to do than work

Sister looks very well today

Does she?

She hardly slept last night

Really?

But she looks well today

Don't talk nonsense

Ah Wei! Let's go

OK.

I'll come back to take you for a

walk this afternoon

mu-Min' rm going now"...-

What's wrong with you?

Nothing

What's the matter with you?

"""If I threw up like that in the morning,

I'd pass out!"""

"""Hey, is this the right door?"""

"""F***, this door opens by itself!"""

"""Ah Jie, doesn't this seem a bit odd?"""

"""Nah, what seems odd?"""

Isn't that Ah Kun's motorbike?

"""It's nothing like it, come on.

Which floor?"""

Ah Jie! I'm sure that was Ah Kun's bike

"""So what? If he's there,

he can kneel down to us! F***!"""

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