Running Out of Time (1999 film)

Running Out of Time
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese暗戰
Simplified Chinese暗战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀn Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingAm3 Zin3
Directed byJohnnie To
Written byYau Nai-hoi
Laurent Courtiaud
Julien Carbon
Produced byJohnnie To
StarringAndy Lau
Sean Lau
CinematographyCheng Siu-Keung
Edited byAndy Chan
Music byRaymond Wong
Production
companies
Distributed byChina Star Entertainment Group
Release date
  • 23 September 1999 (1999-09-23)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$14,651,824

Running Out of Time (Chinese: 暗戰; literal title: Hidden War) is a 1999 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Johnnie To and starring Andy Lau as a cancer-ridden criminal who challenges a police negotiator, played by Sean Lau, to a 72-hour battle of wits and courage. Andy Lau won his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor in 2000 for his performance in the film.[1] The film was followed by a sequel, Running Out of Time 2, which was released in 2001.[2]

  1. ^ Tam, Christina (20 July 2000). "HONG KONG HUNK ON HAND". New York Post. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Running Out of Time (1999)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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