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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选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
李小龙 李小龍 Lǐ Xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
建平 建平 Jiàn píng Jianping county in Chaoyang, Liaoning Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand ∼HSK 3
甜心 甜心 tián xīn delighted to oblige; sweetheart ∼HSK 3
香槟 香檳 xiāng bīn champagne (loanword) ∼HSK 3
龙猫 龍貓 lóng māo chinchilla; Totoro (anime character) ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
直到现在 直到現在 zhí dào xiàn zài even now; until now; right up to the present ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
大叔 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
火机 火機 huǒ jī lighter; cigarette lighter ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) ∼HSK 3
按钮 按鈕 àn niǔ to push a button; button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action) ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
更张 更張 gēng zhāng lit. to restring one's bow; to reform and start over again ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
总台 總台 zǒng tái front desk; reception desk ∼HSK 3
强奸 強姦 qiáng jiān to rape ∼HSK 3
嚣张 囂張 xiāo zhāng rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive ∼HSK 3
拍打 拍打 pāi da to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
补回 補回 bǔ huí to make up for; to compensate ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
到任 到任 dào rèn to take office; to assume a post ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
用光 用光 yòng guāng out of (supply); spent; exhausted (used up); depleted ∼HSK 3
被困 被困 bèi kùn to be trapped; to be stranded ∼HSK 3
没多久 沒多久 méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
展 展 Zhǎn open, unfold; stretch, extend ∼HSK 3
鸿图 鴻圖 hóng tú variant of ∼HSK 3