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Running Out of Time

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A Chinese superthief (Andy Lau) is dying but intends to gull a persistent police inspector (Ching-Wan Lau) when he makes his last jewel robbery.

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies 07/25/2022
To brings an unusually queer spin to all the machismo and mortality on display. Go to Full Review
Sean Gilman The Chinese Cinema 10/12/2022
An extremely slick caper heist film about a man who is dying of cancer who steals a bunch of money and a jewel from a Triad gang and along the way leads a detective to solve the case by leaving an ingenious series of clues. Go to Full Review
Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness 08/25/2022
The beats in the film shift between drama, action, and comedy with incredible ease, the choices made by both the thief and Ho speaking a great deal about who they are as people. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/29/2005
3/5
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10/15/2013 Tight light-hearted cat and mouse thriller--Nothing new, but entertaining nevertheless!! See more 10/06/2013 A war between two Lau! Plot is attractive, fascinating, and well calculated. Johnnie To's storytelling adds tense effect into this movie. See more 08/20/2013 Little slow, but not bad. See more 05/22/2013 Fun Johnnie To flick starring two opposing Laus. An adversarial bromance between a dying criminal and a diligent policeman. See more 03/02/2013 A review of classic during free time. See more 11/25/2012 Viewers who haven't had their suspension of disbelief thoroughly worn to its core by the conclusion of Milkyway Image's "Running out of Time" may be few and far between. What begins as a composed, slickly edited, even momentarily affecting cat-n-mouse struggle between an intuitive cop and a terminally ill thief gradually looses its way midstream succumbing to a heavy-handed script co-authored by French writers Julie Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud who could only dream of being likened to Melville. Director Johnnie To, nonetheless, is an experienced enough filmmaker to keep "Running out of Time" moving along all the way up until the film completely goes for broke with an over-the-top finale that borders on high camp. The film's excellent primary cast ultimately prove the only consistently likeable component in "Running out of Time." See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Chinese superthief (Andy Lau) is dying but intends to gull a persistent police inspector (Ching-Wan Lau) when he makes his last jewel robbery.
Director
Johnnie To
Producer
Johnnie To
Screenwriter
Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, Nai-Hoi Yau
Distributor
Subway Cinema
Production Co
Milky Way Image
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 23, 1999, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 27, 2004
Runtime
1h 33m