The Midnight After Page #7

Synopsis: A night like any other in the streets of Hong Kong: in the midst of the tangle of night-owls, cars and vendors, a group of passengers climb aboard a minibus that is to take them from Mongkok to Tai Po. The group is as diverse as the city: there's a young man on drugs, an arguing couple, a woman with prayer beads and a girl who has just fallen in love, and behind the wheel sits the chatty driver. As the bus emerges from a tunnel, everything is suddenly quite still: the streets and buildings are all empty and there's not a soul to be seen; it's as if everyone has suddenly been swallowed by the earth. Only the millions of neon lights continue to blink, as if nothing has happened. The eclectic group of passengers seek refuge in a deserted café and discuss what they should do. Then they make a horrific discovery.
Director(s): Fruit Chan
Production: Film Development Fund of Hong Kong
  6 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
124 min
22 Views


Now the gods are punishing us!

You stupid jerks!

You have no human feelings!

The chick just fell down and all...

"Chick"?

Didn't she have a name?

Show some respect!

Her name was Lavina!

What do we do now?

Can't let this chance go to waste

False teeth?

And a wig?

You like to play dress-up!

She's cute, she's actually cute

Don't do this...

Haven't you done enough?

Wake up! There are no more women in this world

You filthy scumbag!

Don't touch them

The virus might be contagious

What's going on?

What's all this about?

Looks like the cleaver came in useful

I didn't let you guys down

Listen, I have an update

As of now, since I got back here...

the death toll is up to four

Four?

Who else died out there?

Uh, the ju...

The junkie!

Right, he was infected

He was like a zombie

I had to do it

Looks like things aren't much better here

These two scumbags killed Lavina!

Not me, it was him!

And they raped her corpse

She was dead...

Shut up! Shut up!

That sh*t is infectious

How do we deal with this?

Wash our hands!

We can't be sure that they're carriers...

but there's a high risk that they are

So we need to protect ourselves...

by not coming into contact with them

We should kick them out

Just keep away from the rest of us

It wasn't me! I'm really not to blame!

Please don't...

We should burn these two bastards!

Uncle Fat is right, I agree

We can't let them go

They raped and killed a woman,

and must be punished by law

Letting them go will be condoning their crime

They have to be punished

Especially him

Sorceress Ying, what do you think?

Me?

Ms Ying, what law are they talking about?

We're at the end of the world

Okay, I'll go! We'll go now

Wait... Just calm down

Don't be so rash

Yes, listen to me

Hey, keep your distance!

You're the only one here who makes sense

You trust a fortune-teller from Temple Street?

- Saying what you want to hear?

- That's not it

Everything you say...

makes perfect sense, right?

Really?

Sure it does!

Well... I agree with Uncle Fat

Are you f***ing mad?

You call this justice?

Enough talking...

Let's burn these two creeps

No, I don't agree with burning them

Me neither

Why don't we stab him to death, one by one?

What the f***?

Are you even human?

Do all the women here agree unanimously?

I do

You can't do that

You need to understand...

There's no more "can" or "can't",

"right" or "wrong"

While our minibus went

through the Lion Rock Tunnel

our city changed irrevocably

Society's laws, human ethics...

They no longer apply

You little sh*t!

You're right!

If we're the last people in the world...

then "society" is us, right here

- Yeah!

- You're right!

If we're all agreed, let's get on with it

Wait a second

He's just a dumb kid

That's right!

We'll be pillars of society one day!

Plead for your life

If you're our future, there's no hope for us

They did something bad...

But there must be another way!

No!

He killed Lavina

And that caused my husband to die!

We should all stab this bastard to death!

But who'll go first?

No, no...

- Yuki!

- Me again?

Get a knife from the kitchen!

Don't let him go!

You're going nowhere!

Is this one okay?

Small enough?

Ladies first!

Didn't you all say you wanted this?

It was her

Lady, this stabbing verdict...

came from a fair and open trial

A once-in-a-blue-moon event

Fat's right! You don't like this small blade?

It's for slicing beef, it'll be fine

They say a woman's heart is deadly

Ballsies!

Let one Ballsie kill another!

Good idea, you go first!

You were all Ballsies once

Does he still count?

Thanks for counting me in as a Ballsie

Driver, you have most experience here

Go for it

- No, thanks

- Come on, don't hold back

- Don't be polite

- You go ahead

Calm down, okay?

I took care of Blind Fai; the fourth to die

Now it's the fifth

Someone else's turn, right?

You look like you've seen a lot

You played football, you were in a gang

You're the right man

You're bringing up my past?

Never mind the past, let's deal with now

A real man can make breakfast

At this solemn moment...

we need a real leader

Come on, boss

When did I say I was the boss?

You did!

Be brave

Someone has to play center-forward

Just imagine...

you're in Chelsea, playing Manchester United

That's it!

No... Uncle Fat, ignore those b*tches

Stab him, boss

Yuki, bring me some gloves

Uncle Fat, don't do this!

Boss, is your hand shaking?

You're all f***ing cowards!

Do it, boss

Their future is in your hands

What are you doing?

He's asking me what I'm doing

Killing you

Don't listen to the fat guy

Don't kill me, please don't kill me

You're not that sort

I know I screwed up!

Think back to your glory days

- Shut up!

- Give me one more chance

Okay, I will

How does it feel to beg for your life?

Kid, life ain't easy

You bastard, you really did it!

I'd already fessed up to my mistake...

Why did you have to stab me?

Sorry, Fat

I didn't think you'd be so affected

You have a kid, don't you?

Double win?

Win-win?

He's saying he has two kids

I'm a failure as a father

I've nothing to be proud of in my life...

except for my two little girls!

Too bad I wasn't there to bring them up

They must be 15 or 16 by now

Go to hell!

In my life, my greatest regret...

is not being thereto watch them grow up

Well, I'm not as emotional as you are

Because I have absolutely nothing

You fat f***, you wanna get beaten up?

Next!

No...

Please don't... Please don't...

Shun, are you taking the piss?

You didn't say I couldn't stab the shoulder

From now on, stab where it matters!

Please don't...

This is really unfair to me

You really are despicable

I'm despicable?

You f***ers are worse than me

Especially you, you hypocrite!

If you were a chick...

I'd rape you too

It's my turn, isn't it?

Why are you so keen?

Glu-Stick, it's your turn! Come on!

Leave me out of this

I can't...

Quick! It's your turn!

What are you doing?

I told you...

I told you to stop raping her

I warned you!

You want to... die...?

It's my turn now, right?

Somewhere that matters?

Kid, don't make this harder...

No, Ying... Please don't...

Gosh, so many stab wounds already

I know where...

In your foul mouth!

Give me back my husband!

Heavens, she's the cruelest...

Fu...ku...

Fuku?

The Japanese guy started to say 'Fuku...'

Hey,Shun

Give me a bit of help here

Fuku...

Fuku...

... Fukushima?

The explosion in Fukushima!

At the nuclear power plant!

It must be the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima

What does the Fukushima disaster...

have to do with Hong Kong?

There's no nuclear plant in Hong Kong!

Yes there is

We didn't build it

It's just down the coast, across the border

Viruses don't care about distance

If we don't stop it, it'll spread

Like SARS did a few years ago

I just remembered

At the time of that nuclear meltdown...

I was working in a Japanese restaurant

People said there was radiation,

so they wouldn't eat raw fish

After the meltdown, Fukushima

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