VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese movie Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait) earned around VND13billion (US$570,000) in a three-day screening last weekend, making it the highest revenue-earning local film from a sneak preview.

Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait) is a love triangle involving high school student Linh Dan (C), Tony (L) and Sai Gon playboy Hoàng (R). — Photo Facebook of Em Chua 18 movie

The movie, which hits cinemas nationwide on Friday, is directed by Le Thanh Son of Bẫy Rồng (Clash) fame, and Để Mai Tính’s (Feel For Love) filmmaker Charlie Nguyen.

A romantic comedy, Jailbait is a love triangle involving high school student Linh Dan, her boyfriend Tony and a Sai Gon playboy Hoang.

Linh Dan is in a relationship with Tony, a handsome sportsman who is every girl’s dream, including Yen. Trouble begins when Linh Dan spots Tony kissing Yen at a school party and decides to make him feel jealous and hurt for cheating and losing a girl like her.

She dresses up sexily to woo Hoang, has a one-night stand with him and then blackmails him into pretending to be her boyfriend under the threat that otherwise she would make public their sex video, which will get him into trouble as she is under 18.

The movie stars new actors Kieu Minh Tuan (Hoang), Tony (Will from 365 music band), Chau Bui (Yen) and Keity Nguyen (Linh Dan), who is 18 years old and moved to the US when she was 10. She is known for her online beauty videos and has no previous acting experience. 

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