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.
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Comedy + Drama in Hong Kong
71 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Robbery itself).
The 2015–2017 Hong Kong Window
Among 57 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Robbery places #7 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Robbery premiered alongside 18 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Hong Kong films in 2016.
The 765th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
35 audience reviews — more than 60% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (60th percentile) outruns trending popularity (17th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
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 |