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Robbery (2015)
An anarcho-absurdist blood-soaked grand guignol indie flick with attitude to burn, this is the pitch perfect youth movie from Hong Kong. A twenty-something punk fancies himself a total player, but the best job he can find is overnight clerk at a convenience store. The other clerk is a cute chick and you’re thinking “rom com,” but then there’s a robbery, a gangster, a shoot-out, and by the time a neighbor is pulling out a homemade bomb, you realize that this violent farce is all about the current situation in Hong Kong where nothing makes sense, the heartless wipe their feet on the hopeless, and you might as well burn it all down because there are no more better tomorrows.
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An anarcho-absurdist blood-soaked grand guignol indie flick with attitude to burn, this is the pitch perfect youth movie from Hong Kong. A twenty-something punk fancies himself a total player, but the best job he can find is overnight clerk at a convenience store. The other clerk is a cute chick and you’re thinking “rom com,” but then there’s a robbery, a gangster, a shoot-out, and by the time a neighbor is pulling out a homemade bomb, you realize that this violent farce is all about the current situation in Hong Kong where nothing makes sense, the heartless wipe their feet on the hopeless, and you might as well burn it all down because there are no more better tomorrows.
Rating:
Genre:Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Written By:Fire Lee Ka-Wing, Lily He
In Theaters:7/5/2015
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Sun Entertainment Culture
Cast
Fire Lee Ka-Wing
Director
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
Lau Kin-Ping
J. Arie
Mabel
Lam Suet
Convenience Store Boss
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Grandfather
Keung Ho-man
Yan
Eric Kwok Wai-Leung
Big Boss
Anita Chui Pik-ka
Anita Chan Tsz-Ying
Aaron Chow
Officer Wai
Edward Ma Chi-wai
Chevis
Ken Lo Wai-kwong
Kwong
Cheung Yuk-Wah
Ping's Friend
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