''Running Out of Time 2'' (, literal title:''Hidden War 2'') is a 2001 Hong Kong

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co-directed by

Johnnie To Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in ...

and Law Wing-cheung. It is a

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to To's 1999 film '' Running Out of Time'', with

Lau Ching-wan Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He won Best Actor in the 2007 and 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards and in the 2000 and 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards. Career Lau was born ...

returning as Inspector Ho Sheung-sang, who this time has to go after an elusive thief played by

Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him 二哥 in Cantonese). He has also been referred to as Noodl ...

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.

Cast

- Inspector Ho Sheung Sang *

- The thief * Kelly Lin - Teresa * Hui Shiu-hung - Superintendent/Assistant Commander Wong Kai-fat *

Lam Suet Lam Suet (; born 1964), or Lin Xue, is a Hong Kong film actor. Life and career Lam was born in Tianjin, and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squander ...

- Ken *

Ruby Wong Ruby Wong Cheuk-ling (born 7 September 1971) is a Hong Kong actress and former model. Filmography * '' Infernal Mission'' (2004) * '' Looking For Mr Perfect'' (2003) * '' PTU'' (2003) * '' Sai Kung Story'' (2003) * ''U-Man'' (2002) * ''Women F ...

- Madam

Awards

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* Won: Best Action Choreography (Bruce Mang) * Won: Best Film Editing ( Law Wing-cheung and Yau Chi-wai) * Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Stephen Ma) * Nominated: Best Sound Effects * Nominated: Best Cinematography (

Cheng Siu-Keung Cheng Siu-keung (, born July 21, 1952), also credited as Alan Cheng or Milo Cheng, is a Hong Kong cinematographer, screenwriter, and director. He is known for frequently collaborating with directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai as a cinematographe ...

) Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards * Won: Film of Merit Award

External links

* 2001 films 2001 directorial debut films 2000s Cantonese-language films Hong Kong crime films 2000s crime films Hong Kong heist films China Star Entertainment Group films Milkyway Image films Films directed by Johnnie To Films directed by Law Wing-cheung Films with screenplays by Yau Nai-hoi 2000s Hong Kong films {{2000s-HongKong-film-stub