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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茶壶 茶壺 chá hú teapot ∼HSK 6
欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 huān yíng guāng lín welcome ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
耍花样 耍花樣 shuǎ huā yàng to play tricks on sb ∼HSK 6
通风报信 通風報信 tōng fēng bào xìn 通: pass through, common, communicate · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 报: report, tell, announce · 信: trust, believe; letter ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
特约 特約 tè yuē specially engaged; employed or commissioned for a special task ∼HSK 6
公屋 公屋 gōng wū (HK) public housing estate ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
发薪 發薪 fā xīn to pay wages or salary ∼HSK 6
小儿麻痹 小兒麻痺 xiǎo ér má bì polio (poliomyelitis) ∼HSK 6
色情片 色情片 sè qíng piàn pornographic film ∼HSK 6
痴痴 痴痴 chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6
闭路电视 閉路電視 bì lù diàn shì closed-circuit television ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
面额 面額 miàn é denomination (of currency or bond) ∼HSK 6
瓶塞 瓶塞 píng sāi bottle cork; bottle stopper ∼HSK 6
驳嘴 駁嘴 bó zuǐ (dialect) to argue; to quarrel ∼HSK 6
凄厉 淒厲 qī lì mournful (sound) ∼HSK 6
持械 持械 chí xiè armed (robbery etc) ∼HSK 6
印花 印花 yìn huā tax stamp; to print a pattern or design on fabric ∼HSK 6
婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother; aunt ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
木乃伊 木乃伊 mù nǎi yī mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword) ∼HSK 6
炸死 炸死 zhà sǐ to kill with an explosion ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
原位 原位 yuán wèi original position; (in) the same place; normal position; the place where one currently is; in situ ∼HSK 6
患上 患上 huàn shang to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness) ∼HSK 6
保险套 保險套 bǎo xiǎn tào condom ∼HSK 6
计数 計數 jì shù to count; reckoning ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6
百无聊赖 百無聊賴 bǎi wú - liáo lài (idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom ∼HSK 6
加薪 加薪 jiā xīn to raise salary ∼HSK 6
爆头 爆頭 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head; headshot ∼HSK 6
顽皮 頑皮 wán pí naughty HSK 6
气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality; mettle; spirit HSK 6
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about HSK 6
专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject; branch (of medicine); specialized training school HSK 6
租金 租金 zū jīn rent HSK 6
花生 花生 huā shēng peanut; groundnut HSK 6
医药 醫藥 yī yào medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical HSK 6
牢 牢 láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
箭 箭 jiàn arrow HSK 6
分裂 分裂 fēn liè to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism HSK 6
四处 四處 sì chù all over the place; everywhere and all directions HSK 6
宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet HSK 6