Running Out of Time (1999)

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Let the games begin.

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.

• Released: 1999-09-23
• Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 176 votes

Directed by Johnnie To.

Top cast

• Lau Ching-wan as Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang
• Andy Lau Tak-wah as Mr. Cheung
• Yoyo Mung Ka-wai as Leung Yuen Ting
• Benz Hui Siu-hung as Chief Inspector Wong Kai Fai
• Lam Suet as Suet
• Waise Lee Chi-hung as Mr. Chen
• Hung Wai-Leung as Mr. Lee
• Oscar Lam Wai-kin as Mr. Hau
• Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling as Head of Interpol
• Jimmy Wong Wah-wo as Office Building Security Guard

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Running Out of Time

• United States: stream on Darkroom; watch free on Darkroom
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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