Connection
Running Out of Time 2 is a Hongkongais film of genre Thriller directed by Johnnie To with Sean Lau
Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
暗戰2
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listRunning Out of Time 2 (Chinese: 暗戰2, literal title:Hidden War 2) is a 2001 Hong Kong crime caper film co-directed by Johnnie To and Law Wing-cheung. It is a sequel to To's 1999 film Running Out of Time, with Lau Ching-wan returning as Inspector Ho Sheung-sang, who this time has to go after an elusive thief played by Ekin Cheng.
Synopsis
The film brings back Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan), this time to contend with another clever thief (Ekin Cheng, whose character is nameless). This time around, the Thief is determined to extort money from a high-strung businesswoman (Kelly Lin) and play a few rounds of clever games with Ho in the process.Actors
Sean Lau
(Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang)
Ekin Cheng
(The Thief)
Hui Shiu-hung
(Assistant Commissioner Wong Kai Fat)
Lam Suet
(Ken)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Running Out of Time 2
There are 157 films with the same actors, 49 films with the same director, 33016 with the same cinematographic genres (including 2366 with exactly the same 3 genres than Running Out of Time 2), 561 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Running Out of Time 2, you will probably like those similar films :
Running Out of Time (1999)
, 1h33Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Andy Lau, Sean Lau, Jacky Cheung, Hui Shiu-hung, Lam Suet, Robert Sparks
Rating72%
Cheung (Andy Lau) is given four weeks to live. As he eats at a diner, Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan), a police negotiator, has been called to the scene of a bank robbery standoff that's being bungled by his inept boss, Wong Kai-fat (Benz Hui). Listening to a negotiation between Wong and the robbers, Ho feels that the robbers are professionals and goes in the negotiate with the robbers. After goading the robbers, a man amongst the hostages stands up and shoots the robbers dead. Inspector Ho recognizes his sniffling as the robber talking to Wong before he went in. As the police rush in, Inspector Ho leaves the crime scene to grab some breakfast.
Expect the Unexpected (1998)
, 1h27Directed by Johnnie To, Patrick Yau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Simon Yam, Sean Lau, Lam Suet, Hui Shiu-hung, Johnnie To
Rating70%
Une course-poursuite après un des trois bandits qui viennent de commettre un casse, va amener Ken, Sam et la police dans un bâtiment où a élu domicile un sordide chef de criminels qui séquestre une mère et sa fille.
The Longest Nite (1998)
, 1h23Directed by Johnnie To, Patrick Yau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Sean Lau, Mark Cheng, Maggie Shiu, Lam Suet, Lung Fong
Rating71%
While a gang war is developing in Macau between two heads of Triads, corrupt cop Sam (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald Tony (Lau Ching-Wan) is eating. After Sam goes to another mobster's restaurant where an informant is tortured, he finds a headless corpse in his apartment. Then a nightclub owner is murdered, and Sam moves fast to find the killer in an effort to prevent the gang war from escalating. However, he gets a full dose of action after he pins the crime on Tony.
Help!!! (2000)
, 1h32Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Lam Suet, Hui Shiu-hung
Rating58%
À l'hôpital Sir Ho, les docteurs et leur équipe sont devenus de vrais tire-au-flanc et ne s'occupent même plus de leurs patients. Le nouveau docteur Yan est déterminé à les faire changer en ramenant deux docteurs rebelles dans le droit chemin.
Where a Good Man Goes (1999)
, 1h30Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Sean Lau, Wayne Lai, Lam Suet
Rating67%
Michael Cheung, membre d'une triade, sort de prison. Il est immédiatement confronté à ses anciens frères et à Kark, le policier qui l'avait arrêté.
Lifeline (1997)
, 1h48Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Sean Lau, Alex Fong, Lam Suet, Kenneth Chan, Damian Lau
Rating65%
Les pompiers de la caserne de Tsi Wan Shan doivent faire face à un incendie dans un complexe industriel.
PTU (2003)
, 1h27Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Simon Yam, Maggie Shiu, Lam Suet, Eddy Ko, Lo Hoi-pang, Wong Tin-Lam
Rating69%
The films follows a series of encounters of a patrolling Police Tactical Unit of one single night, where the team tries to help an Organised Crime and Triad Bureau Sergeant Lo Sa to retrieve his lost revolver after he was assaulted by a group of triad members. The films portrays police officers' use of extralegal means to achieve investigative result and reveal the complex relationships between criminals and police officers, hostility among criminals themselves, and even rivalry among different bureaux within the Police Force.
Vengeance (2009)
, 1h49Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Gordon Lam, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Sylvie Testud
Rating65%
In Macau, three men break into a house, shoot a French woman (Sylvie Testud) and kill her husband and two children. The woman's father, Francis Costello (Johnny Hallyday), arrives to visit his daughter who is now suffering from serious injuries. She is nevertheless able to tell her father that there were three shooters and that she shot one of the killers in the ear. At a hotel, Costello meets Kwai (Anthony Wong), Chu (Lam Ka-Tung) and Fat Lok (Lam Suet), a trio of hitmen who are hired to murder the unfaithful wife of Triad crime boss George Fung (Simon Yam). After overhearing the murder in a hotel room, Costello reaches an unspoken agreement to walk away. Costello later tracks down Kwai's syndicate, hands them a stack of Euros and his watch, and asks them to help him avenge his daughter's family's deaths. Before doing so, though, he takes a Polaroid picture of each of the hitmen, and writes down their names, so that he will not forget what they look like. Together, the four make their way to the apartment where the shooting occurred and surmise the weapons used.
The Odd One Dies (1997)
, 1h29Directed by Johnnie To, Patrick Yau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Lam Suet, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Rating65%
Mo est engagé pour tuer un thaïlandais durant la semaine qui vient.
Mad Detective (2007)
, 1h29Directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sean Lau, Andy On, Gordon Lam, Jo Kuk, Lam Suet, Cheung Siu-fai
Rating70%
Chan Kwai-Bun (Sean Lau) is a brilliant detective with a supernatural gift seeing a person's "inner personalities," or hidden ghosts. However, he is forced into retirement after severing his ear and presenting it to his retiring boss.