Overheard 2 is a 2011

2011 in film

The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...

 Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

 crime thriller film produced by Derek Yee

Derek Yee

Derek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...

, written and directed by Alan Mak

Alan Mak

Alan Mak Siu-Fai , born on 1 January 1968 in Hong Kong, is a writer, director, actor and producer.-Biography:In 1986, Mak studied at the School of Drama in the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career....

 and Felix Chong

Felix Chong

Felix Chong Man-Keung is a Hong Kong screenwriter, film director and actor.He is one of the most celebrated screenwriters in Hong Kong and has won several prestigious awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards...

 and starring Louis Koo

Louis Koo

Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...

, Lau Ching Wan and Daniel Wu

Daniel Wu

Daniel Yin-Cho Wu is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 40 films. Wu has been called "the young Andy Lau," and is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry.-Early life:Wu was born in...

. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Overheard

Overheard (film)

Overheard is a 2009 Hong Kong crime thriller film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, and produced by Henry Fong and Derek Yee. The film stars Lau Ching-Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu as a trio of police officers conducting surveillance on a public company...

where Koo, Lau and Wu play different role with a different storyline but the key elements of the first film are kept.

Production started in February and filming lasted for three months. A press conference was held during the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival

2011 Shanghai International Film Festival

The 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 14th such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China. It took place from June 11 to June 19, 2011...

 on 10 June. The film was released on 18 August in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Cast

• Louis Koo
  Louis Koo
  Louis Koo is a Hong Kong actor. He was once a notable local television series actor, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 for Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has focused on film...
  
   as Jack Ho Chi Keung (何智強), captain of the Anti-Terrorist Force
• Lau Ching Wan as Manson Lo Man Sang (羅敏生), a Hong Kong market maker
• Daniel Wu
  Daniel Wu
  Daniel Yin-Cho Wu is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 40 films. Wu has been called "the young Andy Lau," and is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry.-Early life:Wu was born in...
  
   as Joe Szema Nim Cho (司馬念祖), a Singaporean veteran
• Michelle Ye
  Michelle Ye
  Michelle Ye Xuan is a Hong Kong actress. In 1999, she won the Miss Chinese International competition. Ye then signed a contract with TVB from 1999-2005. After she left TVB, She signed with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited to pursue a movie career.Ye is fluent in Cantonese, English,...
  
   as Tsui Foon (徐歡), Jack Ho Chi Keung's wife
• Huang Yi
  Huang Yi (actress)
  Huang Yi is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the TV Film Department of the Shanghai Institute of Oriental Culture.- Filmography :Film references:- Discography :...
  
   as Emily Kwok Lai Ping (郭麗萍), Manson Lo Man Sang's wife
• Wilfred Lau
  Wilfred Lau
  Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" in the entertainment industry. He was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards International Finals in 1997. Many have made comparisons to his voice to the voice of Eason Chan.Wilfred attended St....
  
   as Tsui Hoi (徐海), Ho Chi Keung's subordinate and Tsui Foon's younger brother
• Kenneth Tsang
  Kenneth Tsang
  Kenneth Tsang Kong is a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career has spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles.Tsang was born in Shanghai, China with family roots in Jida, Zhuhai, Guangdong. He attended high school in Wah Yan Hong Kong and then Wah Yan, Kowloon...
  
   as Tony Wong Sai Tung (黃世同)
• Wu Fung as Szema Cheung (司馬祥), Joe Szema Nim Cho's father
• Felix Lok as Jim Chan Chim (陳占)
• Kong Ngai as Uncle Sing Wan (聖雲叔)
• Alex Fong as Simon, a hotel manager
• Patricia Tang
• Andrew Rizkalla (extra)
• Patrick Brzeski (extra)

External links

• Overheard 2 at Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...