Director: Shiliu Liu
A returning expatriate finds himself holding a fortune that isn't his to keep in "Various Geeks," a 2023 Chinese crime comedy from director Shiliu Liu.
What is Various Geeks about?
Zhang Bo comes back from abroad and is handed a job that sounds simple on paper: move a large sum of cash out of the country for someone else. The catch is that a sum that size never stays quiet for long, and soon a rotating cast of oddball characters, each with their own angle on the money, start circling him. What begins as a straightforward courier job spirals into a chain of double-crosses, mistaken identities, and improvised schemes as everyone tries to work out who can actually be trusted. The film leans into dark comedy as much as crime plotting, treating greed as a punchline rather than pure menace.
Cast & crew
Sean Zhang leads as Zhang Bo, the reluctant courier at the center of the scheme, alongside Xin Zhilei and Da Li as figures with their own stakes in the money. Veteran actor Wang Deshun rounds out an ensemble built around a rotating cast of eccentric personalities.
Context & significance
Released in 2023, the film sits in a wave of Chinese crime comedies that mix caper-style plotting with local slice-of-life humor, using an ordinary courier scenario to poke fun at greed, opportunism, and the lengths people go to for a quick payday. Its title nods to the ragtag group of self-styled schemers who orbit the central job.
Where & how to watch
K-Time streams the film with both a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, making it accessible to viewers who prefer either format. A K-Time account login is needed to watch, while the film's page itself can be browsed without signing in.