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Sep 23, 1999 · Running Out of Time: Directed by Johnnie To. With Andy Lau, Ching Wan Lau, YoYo Mung, Waise Lee. Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer-suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime Syndicates.
- (6.6K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Johnnie To
- 1999-09-23
Running Out of Time (Chinese: 暗戰; literal title: Hidden War) is a 1999 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Johnnie To and starring Andy Lau as a cancer-ridden criminal who challenges a police negotiator, played by Sean Lau, to a 72-hour battle of wits and courage.
Running Out of Time is a 2018 action film about a widow named Brenda Harbor who is played by Tasha Smith and is suddenly kidnapped with her family due to the actions of her dilatory husband's former life.
Sep 23, 1999 · Yau Nai-hoi. Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
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- Lau Ching-Wan
- Johnnie To
- Milkyway Image, Win's Entertainment Ltd.
One of the most popular hits in Johnnie To's extraordinary filmography, Running out of Time (1999) undoubtedly set the benchmark in Hong Kong crime capers. It was followed two years later by an even more slickly produced sequel co-directed by To and his disciple Law Wing Cheong, who would go on to become a brilliant director in his own right.
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong’s organized crime Syndicates.
