Sammo Hung directs
...Fruit Chan ( Tales from the Dark 1) is back with post-apocalyptic horror-comedy The Midnight After, based on online novel Lost on a Red Minibus to Tai Po by Pizza. A massive departure from the type of films usually made in Hong Kong, the irreverent satire made the rounds at the Berlin & Hong Kong International Film Festivals, where it invited audiences to look at the sprawling Asian metropolis through a different lens.
Boasting a large cast made up of veterans & young guns including Simon Yam ( Iceman), Kara Hui ( Rigor Mortis), Sam Lee ( Dog Bite Dog), Wong Yau Nam ( Gallants), Lam Suet ( Drug War), Tsui Tin Yau ( Enthralled) & Janice Man ( Passion Island), the film begins with a group of strangers boarding a late-night minibus in Mong Kok bound for Tai Po. Amongst them are a junkie, a superstitious insurance broker, a computer expert, a gangster, a music geek & several college students. After the bus passes through the Lion Rock Tunnel, the passengers find themselves in a complete ghost town. The mystery deepens when each of them receives a cell phone message from an unknown source. Can the passengers find a way to overcome whatever has decimated their citys population despite their clashing personalities, morals & beliefs?