Yau Tsi-chi Janice Man as Yuki Simon Yam as Fat Kara Hui as Mook Sau-ying Lam Suet as Suet, the driver Chui Tien-you as Shun Cheuk Wan-chi as Pat Lee Sheung-ching as Bobby Sam Lee as Blind Fai Jan Curious as Auyeung Wai Melodee Mak as Lavina Ronnie Yuen as Airplane Kelvin Chan as Glu-Stick Russell Zhou as Tsing, university student Zhang Chi as Peter, university student Sunday Yuen as Dawg, university student Wayne Si as Hung, university student Cherry Ngan as Yi, Yau Tsi-chi's girlfriend Endy Chow as Birthmark Japanese Production Chan said he wanted to explain various problems in Hong Kong through metaphors. The film does not include the entirety of the source novel, and Chan said a sequel is a possibility. Release The Midnight After premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on 7 February 2014, the film received a theatrical release in Hong Kong on 10 April. Reception Film Business Asia gave the film a seven out of ten rating, referring to it as "an intensely local but exhilarating comedy-horror that shows Chan firing on all pistons with his indie energy of old." The review also noted that "Some of the dialogue, especially in the second half, starts to needlessly slow the film and could profitably be trimmed with no loss of detail — as in the movie's most blackly comic section when the group turns on a member with grisly results." Varietys Maggie Lee called the film a "delirious return to form" for Chan that will play well to fans of Hong Kong cinema, though she said it is uninterested in appealing to mainstream audiences. Lee described "themes of exile and death" and a "highly political message" about Hong Kong's itself. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter instead criticized the film's lack of tonal consistency, calling it a "tiresome comic strip of urban cataclysm". Taipei Trends wrote, "The immense contrast and ridiculously inappropriate reactions from the characters to what is going on around them, as well as the strong personalities from each of them really sets the mood in a good way." However, it also added, "While the film continues to entertain, it soon becomes apparent that none of the mysteries that have been built-up will ever be answered." References External links 2014 films Hong Kong comedy horror films 2010s Cantonese-language films Films about buses Films directed by Fruit Chan Films based on Chinese novels Chinese