Running Out of Time 2 is a 2001 Hong Kong crime

Crime film

Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...

 caper film

Heist film

A heist film is a film that has an intricate plot woven around a group of people trying to steal something. Versions with dominant or prominent comic elements are often called caper movies. They could be described as the analogues of caper stories in film history...

 co-directed by Johnnie To

Johnnie To

Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas...

 and Law Wing-Cheong

Law Wing-Cheong

Law Wing-Cheong is a Hong Kong film editor, an assistant director, film director and actor. He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image.-Biography:...

. It is a sequel

Sequel

A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...

 to To's 1999 film Running Out of Time, with Lau Ching-Wan

Lau Ching-Wan

Sean Lau Ching-Wan is a Hong Kong Film Award–winning and Golden Bauhinia Award–winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong.Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the...

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

Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...

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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

Kelly Lin

Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei is a Taiwanese actress and model who has appeared mainly in Hong Kong films.-Biography:Lin was born in Taiwan in 1975. She moved to Santa Barbara, California with her family at the age of 12. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Degree in Economics...

) and play a few rounds of clever games with Ho in the process.

Cast

• Lau Ching-Wan
  Lau Ching-Wan
  Sean Lau Ching-Wan is a Hong Kong Film Award–winning and Golden Bauhinia Award–winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong.Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the...
  
   - Inspector Ho Sheung Sang
• Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...
  
   - The Thief
• Kelly Lin
  Kelly Lin
  Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei is a Taiwanese actress and model who has appeared mainly in Hong Kong films.-Biography:Lin was born in Taiwan in 1975. She moved to Santa Barbara, California with her family at the age of 12. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Degree in Economics...
  
   - Teresa
• Hui Shiu Hung - Assistant Commissioner Wong Kai-fat
• Lam Suet
  Lam Suet
  Lam Suet is a Hong Kong actor.-Biography: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 squandered and Lam had to work various odd jobs to make a living.In the mid-eighties he got employment...
  
   - Ken
• Ruby Wong
  Ruby Wong
  -Filmography:* Infernal Mission * Looking For Mr Perfect * PTU * Sai Kung Story * U-Man * Women From Mars * Hit Team * Loser's Club * Runaway...
  
   - Madam

Awards

Golden Horse Film Festival

• Won: Best Action Choreography (Bruce Mang)
• Won: Best Film Editing (Law Wing-Cheong
  Law Wing-Cheong
  Law Wing-Cheong is a Hong Kong film editor, an assistant director, film director and actor. He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image.-Biography:...
  
   and Yau Chi Wai)
• Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Stephen Ma)
• Nominated: Best Sound Effects
• Nominated: Best Cinematography (Cheng Siu-Keung
  Cheng Siu-Keung
  Cheng Siu-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer, writer, and director. He is known for frequently collaborating with directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai as a cinematographer for their independent film production company, Milkyway Image.-Cinematographer:...
  
  )

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society...

• Won: Film of Merit Award