Running Out of Time
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73% Critic Match

Running Out of Time

Let the games begin.

7.3 / 10 1999 1h 33mNR cn
DramaActionThrillerCrime

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Lau Ching-Wan

Lau Ching-Wan

Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang

Lead
Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Mr. Cheung

Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai

Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai

Leung Yuen Ting

Benz Hui Siu-Hung

Benz Hui Siu-Hung

Chief Inspector Wong Kai Fai

Lam Suet

Lam Suet

Suet

Waise Lee Chi-Hung

Waise Lee Chi-Hung

Mr. Chen

Hung Wai-Leung

Hung Wai-Leung

Mr. Lee

Oscar Lam Wai-Kin

Oscar Lam Wai-Kin

Mr. Hau

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Johnnie To's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Running Out of Time is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker