Hong Kong Synopsis
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.
The 2015–2017 Hong Kong Window
57 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Robbery sits at position #7.
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The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Robbery premiered. 166 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #138 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #42 of 266 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Sun Entertainment Culture |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | April 14, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4840096 |