Robbery

Robbery 2016

老笠 lǎo lì

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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3.78 Beginner Director Fire Lee Ka-Wing IMDb 6.2

Cast

Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung Lau Kin-Ping J. Arie J. Arie Mabel Lam Suet Lam Suet Convenience Store Boss Stanley Fung Shui-Fan Stanley Fung Shui-Fan Grandfather Philip Keung Ho-Man Philip Keung Ho-Man Yan Eric Kwok Wai-Leung Eric Kwok Wai-Leung Big Boss Anita Chui Pik-Ka Anita Chui Pik-Ka Anita Chan Tsz-Ying Aaron Chow Aaron Chow Officer Wai Edward Ma Chi-Wai Edward Ma Chi-Wai Chevis Ken Lo Wai-Kwong Ken Lo Wai-Kwong Kwong

Vocabulary

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吐气扬眉 吐氣揚眉 tǔ qì yáng méi 吐: vomit, spew out, cough up · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 · 扬: scatter, spread; praise · 眉: eyebrows; upper margin of book Idiom ∼HSK 7
理直气壮 理直氣壯 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful Idiom HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
便利店 便利店 biàn lì diàn convenience store HSK 7
多元 多元 duō yuán poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) HSK 7
饶恕 饒恕 ráo shù to forgive; to pardon; to spare HSK 7
来年 來年 lái nián next year; the coming year HSK 7
公仆 公僕 gōng pú public servant HSK 7
赔钱 賠錢 péi qián to lose money; to pay for damages HSK 7
总而言之 總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī in short; in a word; in brief HSK 7
总计 總計 zǒng jì (grand) total HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
瞧不起 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
替身 替身 tì shēn stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
妒忌 妒忌 dù jì to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy HSK 7
拱 拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched HSK 7
吓唬 嚇唬 xià hu to scare; to frighten HSK 7
补救 補救 bǔ jiù to remedy HSK 7
富豪 富豪 fù háo rich and powerful person HSK 7
底层 底層 dǐ céng ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) HSK 7
笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage; basket; container HSK 7
解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment HSK 7
光顾 光顧 guāng gù to visit (as a customer) HSK 7
荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
患有 患有 huàn yǒu to contract (an illness); to be afflicted with; to suffer from HSK 7
机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive; motorized; power-driven; adaptable; flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) HSK 7
料到 料到 liào dào to foresee; to anticipate HSK 7
借用 借用 jiè yòng to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use HSK 7
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
比喻 比喻 bǐ yù to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively HSK 7
固执 固執 gù zhí obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to HSK 7
骗人 騙人 piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
编号 編號 biān hào to number; numbering; serial number HSK 7
传染 傳染 chuán rǎn to infect; contagious HSK 7
删除 刪除 shān chú to delete; to cancel HSK 7
香烟 香煙 xiāng yān cigarette; smoke from burning incense HSK 7
警官 警官 jǐng guān constable; police officer HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
意图 意圖 yì tú intent; intention; to intend HSK 7
花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
深夜 深夜 shēn yè very late at night HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
搅 攪 jiǎo to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir HSK 7
制服 制服 zhì fú to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees) HSK 7
称呼 稱呼 chēng hu to call; to address as; form of address; appellation HSK 7
扬 揚 yáng to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate HSK 7