The film stars three real-life juvenile gangsters, all aged 15, giving an accurate depiction of Chinese teenage gang-life in the Singapore suburbs.

The 2003 film features two more gangsters as characters as well as a fight sequence with more affluent English-educated Singapore youths.

[3] While the Media Development Authority (MDA) ruled that the film should be passed uncut under the then R(A) rating, the Singapore Police Force was concerned that fights could break out given the use of real gang names, locations and secret society chants in the movie, requesting cuts/edits to be made through the MDA for law and order reasons.

[5] Opposition was also raised against the heavy use of Hokkien in the film,[citation needed] which is discouraged by the Singapore government in favour of Mandarin and English.

[8] The film has been advertised outside of Singapore in gay publications, due to the heavy homoerotic tension between the characters.