Robbery 2016
老笠
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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Vocabulary
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| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 公平 公平 | fair; impartial | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 酒店 酒店 | wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 明星 明星 | star; celebrity | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 重点 重點 | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 街 街 | street | |
| 爱情 愛情 | romance; love (romantic) | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 经常 經常 | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily | |
| 度 度 | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind |