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Top five films to watch in Hong Kong this week (November 1-7), from The Quake to Bohemian Rhapsody

Click on the film titles to read SCMP.com reviews. 1. The Quake The 2015 Norwegian film The Wave is an engrossing disaster thriller that impresses as much for its spectacle as its humanistic touch. The same can be said of this equally exhilarating sequel, which finds the same family of characters at the epicentre of a huge earthquake that threatens to destroy Oslo. (Opens on November 1) 2. One Cut of the Dead The best zombie comedy in years is also a tale of resourceful filmmaking at its most...

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