It stars Ashley Leong, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Xiang Yun, Jack Neo and Huang Yiliang.
8-year-old Jerry and Primary 2 student enjoys the performing arts and has the lead role in his primary school concert, while 15-year-old Tom and Secondary 3 student is technologically inclined and a talented Blogger, Karen and Steven Yeo's (Xiang Yun and Jack Neo)'s busy schedules give them little time to spend with their children, leading to a strained relationship.
With his mother absent, 15-year-old Chengcai and Secondary 3 student and interested in Chinese Martial Arts, was raised by his ex-convict father Mr. Lim (Huang Yiliang), whose fighting skills he inherited.
Consequently, the School Principal (Selena Tan) decides to expel Chengcai due to multiple disciplinary records and subject Tom to public caning respectively.
As their punishments tear them further from their families, Tom and Chengcai join a local street gang; as their initiation, they are forced to shoplift an iPod.
Meanwhile, out of the blue right on the same day Jerry's caning occurred, Tom and Chengcai rob an old lady of her necklace, but regret their action and try to return it to her.
Mr. Lim, who happens to be nearby, tries to protect Chengcai, but is beaten and falls down the stairs as a result, which causes him to be rushed to hospital.
On his deathbed at the hospital, Mr. Lim tells Chengcai that he loves him and that he should pursue his talent for Chinese Martial Arts.
The J-Team Production Academy also portrayed the role as other students and classmates in Jerry, Tom and Chengcai's classes.
[2] Through the film, Neo hoped to capture the culture of Singapore at the turn of the millennium,[3] and to explore the issue of poor parent-child communication.
[8] Besides writing and directing, Neo also starred as Steven Yeo and composed the theme song, which was sung by Hong Junyang.
According to him, communicating with the gangsters was difficult, but when he decided to apply the lessons from the film and praised them for a good take, they reacted well.
[17] Following the success of the prequel and this film, Neo announced plans to make more sequels,[3][7] as well as a remake set in China.
According to a review in the South China Morning Post, the film "presents a candid portrait of Singaporean society at odds with its stereotypically squeaky clean image".
[5] Nie Peng of Shenzhen Daily felt the film "captured the emotional depth and effectively conveyed the underlying theme of generation gaps",[22] while movieXclusive.com reviewer Jolene Tan called it "a good local movie that will have [viewers] laughing in stitches and crying at certain points".