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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终于 終於 zhōng yú at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
马 馬 mǎ horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
城市 城市 chéng shì city; town HSK 3
拍 拍 pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
处理 處理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
成功 成功 Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
解决 解決 jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
孟加拉 孟加拉 Mèng jiā lā Bengal; Bangladesh Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
上身 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
维 維 Wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
成份 成份 chéng fèn composition; make-up; ingredient; element; component; one's social status; same as 成分 ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2