\n
![](\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/01\/1124a2ff-a596-4f1e-863e-b25daeb20208_d8f5c9a9.jpg?itok=A3XKFDm4&v=1775020514\")
<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
2.5\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n Anchored by visceral performances from a pair of singer-actors, who play the misanthropic gay couple at the heart of the mystery, Yau\u2019s latest effort uses their travails to indict the collective apathy and viciousness supposedly prevalent in contemporary Chinese society.<\/p>\n Into this world of bitter darkness and rampant homophobia steps Lung (Patrick Tam Yiu-man), a highly regarded forensics expert who has been running a barbecue venue with his kindly wife (Kearen Pang Sau-wai) since a personal scandal forced his resignation from the police force years ago.<\/p>\nA bus blast on Valentine\u2019s Day in 1998 that killed 16 and injured dozens in Wuhan, in China\u2019s Hubei province, provides the blueprint for We\u2019re Nothing at All<\/em>, a trenchant drama that marks a rare rekindling of Herman Yau Lai-to<\/span>\u2019s passion for socially conscious storytelling after the veteran Hong Kong filmmaker\u2019s mostly bombastic action blockbusters over the past decade.<\/div>\nLung is summoned back to investigate the bus explosion, where he finds himself in his element among the severed limbs and charred bodies. He also discovers echoes of his own experience in the lives of the two young bombers behind the murder-suicide pact: Fai (Anson Kong Ip-sang<\/span> of the boy band Mirror) and Ike (Anson Chan Ngai-san, also known as Ansonbean).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n