Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

poe426 Like David Chiang's character in THE GENERATION GAP, Wang Chung's "John" is pretty much doomed from the moment of birth: he's a delivery boy for a restaurant whose father toils away as a security guard in a warehouse. Moms is long gone, and the other teens refer to John as "having two fathers." Needless to say, he doesn't take this too well and proceeds to plant his fists (and feet) upside some heads. This attracts the attention of the local gang boss, Lam, who sets about recruiting our hero. (And anyone who thinks that Chang Cheh never really appreciated women, be advised that in THE DELINQUENT we see the camera linger lovingly over a well-endowed young woman's ample endowments...) The Big Boss decides to rob the warehouse where John's father works and convinces John (by bailing him out of jail when his father refused) to help engineer the robbery. John talks Dad into taking a night off and going to the movies with him, but another worker calls in sick and Dad has to go in. This sets up some down and dirty action in the warehouse. At one point, Dad makes a diving catch for a shotgun and comes up blasting in slow motion in a sequence that prefigures the John Woo gun fu films that followed. In fact, much of the action that follows seems to have inspired John Woo. THE DELINQUENT is an outstanding example of a top director at the top of his game.

Falconeer From the first frame of "The Delinquent" it is obvious that this angry film is very unlike the pretty, stylish films known to come from the Shaw Bros, and director Chang Cheh. Artificial sets are done away with, in favor of real location shooting. The film captures the attention from the beginning, with close up shots of mouths, shoving greasy food in and chewing like wild dogs. The neighborhood is made up of cut throat thugs, and the landscape resembles a maximum security prison with it's dismal concrete buildings. Wang Chung, in a rare turn as the main character, is great as the young martial arts protégé, living with his hard-working father, after his mother has left them both. John Shen (Chung), frustrated with a life of poverty, is seduced by fast cars, expensive clothes and beautiful women, when a gang boss offers to hire him for his martial arts skills. A plan to rob the business where is father is security guard, goes wrong, and all hell breaks loose. 'Street Gangs..' is a very grim and serious film about betrayal and redemption and a lot of it is downright depressing. Ti Lu is excellent in the role of Shen's hardened, but decent father, and the cast is all around fine. Loaded with amazing camera work and artistic touches, this one is very unique within the genre. This isn't really a 'kung fu flick,' but rather a serious crime-drama with martial arts included. Even the English dubbing is done well, very seriously this time, although I would like to see it with the original Mandarin language track someday. Great, nihilistic film, and the last fifteen minutes has to be seen to be believed; if you are looking for a light kung fu flick with bad dubbing and silly scenarios, look elsewhere; "Street Gangs of Hong Kong" is not exactly light viewing...

K-Desbonnet "The Delinquent" is an above average action movie set in a dirty, working class Hong Kong and focused on the intense emotions and intense violence of a teenager growing up with his single-parent father. Set in the 70's in Hong Kong, this film has a gritty, realistic feel to it. Scenes are shot on location instead of a cleaned up sound stage and at times the camera work reminds me of a documentary. John, played by Wong Chung, is the main character. His mother left his father when he was young, so he has been raised solely by his father, and the neighborhood youth know this and also know that teasing him about it is a sure way to get him angry enough to fight. John's desire to please his father and to be the independent, successful man that his father wants him to be creates a weakness in his character that the seedy criminals surrounding him use to their advantage.Seeing John struggle with his emotions and watching his fiery temper spark and explode creates a lot of the power of this movie. The intense emotions create an intense viewing experience. The fight scenes, full of action, brutal and energetic, are the other source of power and intensity in the film. Both John and his father explode into frantic violence against the criminals and street scum that they meet on the Hong Kong streets.One actor worth watching in this film is Dean Shek Tien, an actor whose over-the-top comic characters have enlivened many Hong Kong films, including some Jackie Chan films. His flamboyant characters can be hard for an American viewer to enjoy, but watch how easily he creates his character in this film. In just his first few seconds on screen, he gives his character, Cripple, false teeth and a pronounced limp which clearly make him physically subordinate to John, who is proficient in martial arts. When he teases John and chases him from table to table, he adds a psychological strength and cruelty to his character. His brassy stance leading his little gang contrasts well with his crawling, toady behavior in front of his boss in the brothel. Although he has only a supporting role, Dean Shek Tien uses his screen time to effectively create one of his memorable characters.Watch this film and enjoy a Hong Kong classic.

A Scanner Darkly Street Gangs of Hong Kong might be your typical Kung Fu Flick if it wasn't concerned with making a point. It has a point, and as such, deviates from the path a normal Kung Fu flick might of gone. It is indeed the Chinese Reefer Madness, except, it works. Unlike RM, where your laughs come a mile a minute, you would have to be very cold to find much of anything funny past the intro (Which by the end will make sense) Street Gangs gives us some great innovative camera work (Unusual for standard K.F.)a ordinary hero(?), some really moving orcheastral pieces, and a sense of the underside of Hong Kong. All together, it makes for one interesting trip to the Hong Kong of yesterday.