The film follows Ben Manibag (played by Parry Shen), a straight-A high school student tracking milestones for his Ivy League resume. To combat boredom and the suffocating pressures of expectations, Ben and his hyper-achieving friends descend into a dark, escalating spiral of petty theft, material scams, drug dealing, and eventually, violence. The Roger Ebert Moment
See a and how they fit the "Model Minority" myth?
: The pressure of living up to parental and societal expectations.