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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Cast
14 people
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung
Lau Kin-Ping
Known for
Dream Home
The Thieves
J. Arie
Mabel
Also in
Get Outta Here
77 Heartbreaks
Lam Suet
Convenience Store Boss
Known for
Kung Fu Hustle
Exiled
Stanley Fung Shui-Fan
Grandfather
Known for
Winners & Sinners
Accident
Keung Ho-man
Yan
Known for
Warriors of Future
Shock Wave
Eric Kwok Wai-Leung
Big Boss
Also in
Sexy Central
New Police Story
Anita Chui Pik-ka
Anita Chan Tsz-Ying
Known for
From Vegas to Macau III
Aaron Chow
Officer Wai
Also in
What If
In Geek We Trust
Edward Ma Chi-wai
Chevis
Known for
Detective vs. Sleuths
Ken Lo Wai-kwong
Kwong
Known for
The Legend of Drunken Master
Little Big Soldier
Cheung Yuk-Wah
Ping's Friend
Also in
Vulgaria
Mr. & Mrs. Player
Kumer So Wai-chuen
Ping's Friend
Known for
Limbo
The Brink
Fire Lee Ka-Wing Director · Lily He Writer
United States release July 5, 2015 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese
Production
Sun Entertainment Culture
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
老笠
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
United States · July 5, 2015
Premiere · New York Asian Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China · April 14, 2016
Theatrical
Canada
July 18, 2015 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
March 29, 2016 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
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