Be forewarned — Parry Shen is not Freddie Prinze Jr. Nor does he want to be.

While “Better Luck Tomorrow” touches on the typical story of a SoCal rich-kid’s life gone wrong, it is not, by any means, the typical teen movie.

Ben Manibang (Shen) and his friends live by the beach, crush on cheerleaders and have money to spare. But they also choose straight A’s over football, debate championships over prom king and college success over popularity. And like the stereotypical high school Asian American, they have more brains than they know how to handle.

Complacent and bored with their seemingly perfect lives, Ben and his Asian friends begin spending their free time testing their limits. By manipulating their academic domination and infallible success, they become convinced they can get away with anything.

Based on this premise, love-struck Ben, bad-boy Han (Sung Kang), wanna-be-cool Virgil (Jason Tobin), and r