Overview

• The crime thriller opened in cinemas on July 30 and marks the feature debut of American-Taiwanese director Keff.
• It follows Zhong-Han, a family-restaurant worker by day and a gang debt collector by night, as Taipei undergoes rapid urban change.
• Critics praise its atmospheric visuals and pointed social critique while noting a deliberately restrained, contemplative pace.
• A subplot about an investor’s plan to redevelop a decades-old eatery serves as a window into elite exploitation and cultural displacement.
• Renamed from its original title Locust by distributor Tandem Films, the movie has been positioned alongside classic gangster epics to broaden its international appeal.