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The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017) (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)

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Based on a novel by Due West: Our Sex Journey writer XXharuki, The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey sends up the ridiculous circumstances of Hong Kong living. Helmed by new directors Stephen Ng and Nero Ng, the viciously funny and locally oriented comedy-thriller uses crude and absurd characters and scenarios to comment on Hong Kong's astronomical housing prices and the struggles and delusions of the little guy in the big city. Blogger Tsz Hin (Pakho Chau) has much to say about the real estate market online, but in real life, he can barely afford rent. To save money, he lies to his girlfriend (Shiga Lin) that he's going to New York for an internship, and instead secretly moves into a subdivided flat of space capsule-design units. There he meets a colorful array of equally broke and eccentric roommates, including a wacky landlord (Lam Man Chung), a clumsy robber (Bob Lam), a small-time gangster (Babyjohn Choi) and a frustrated driver (Louis Cheung), who resorts to outfitting his van into a love nest in order to sleep with his girlfriend (Joyce Cheng). The guys are just trying to get by and make a buck, but somehow they get pulled into a wild mix up of crime and shootouts.

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