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Locust (2025)

Locust poster
Original title
Directed by
KEFF
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
Qatar, Taiwan, France, United States
Runtime
2h 15m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets drawn into a shadowy world connected to the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The film follows his struggle through a noir-style thriller of crime and survival.

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What happens

Locust (Chinese: 蟲; pinyin: chóng; trans. "bug, insignificant person") is a 2024 Taiwanese neo-noir thriller drama film directed by Taiwanese-American filmmaker KEFF on his feature film directorial debut. The film is a co-production by Taiwan, USA, Qatar and France. The film also captures incidents pertaining to the 2019 Hong Kong mass protests. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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