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Where was Better Luck Tomorrow filmed?

2003 film, directed by Justin Lin.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in California, about 226 miles (364 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
California
Filmed in
Los Angeles
Distance
About 226 miles (364 km) between California and the nearest filming location.

About Better Luck Tomorrow

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Released
2003
Director
Justin Lin
Cast
Parry ShenSung KangJason TobinJohn ChoKarin Anna CheungRoger FanAaron TakahashiJerry Mathers
Genre
TeenCrimeDramaComing-of-age

The story

High school junior Ben Manibag is an overachieving Asian American teenager living in an affluent suburb of Orange County, California.

Daric Loo, the senior valedictorian and leader of the school's Academic Decathlon team, recruits Ben to participate in a schoolwide cheating operation.

Ben, Virgil, Daric, and Han regularly spend time together, gradually escalating their money-making activities into more serious crimes, such as stealing school computer parts and selling drugs.

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