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Second Time Around (film)

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Second Time Around
Directed byJeffrey Lau
Written byJeffrey Lau
Produced byJohnnie To
StarringEkin Cheng
Cecilia Cheung
CinematographyJohnny Koo
Edited byWong Wing-Ming
Music byChiu Tsang-Hei
Anthony Chue
Distributed byChina Star Entertainment Group
Release date
  • 11 January 2001 (2001-01-11)
Running time
99 min.
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
English

Second Time Around (traditional Chinese: 無限復活; simplified Chinese: 无限复活; pinyin: Wúxiàn fùhuó; Cantonese Yale: Mouhaan fukwut) is a 2002 Hong Kong film starring Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung and Jonathan Ke Quan.

Plot

During a trip to Las Vegas with his best friend, gambler Sing Wong (Jonathan Ke Quan) loses all his money. The pair learn about Ren Lee (Ekin Cheng), a man who controls a way of going back in time, from a young woman. Both his best friend and the woman die in a car accident. Sing is the sole survivor. Sing, now pursued by policewoman Tina Chow (Cecilia Cheung), is led by Ren Lee through various parallel universes and in this process he not only changes himself and saves his friend's life but also falls in love with Tina.

Awards

The film won the Film of Merit prize at the 2003 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Awards for Mou han fou wut". imdb.com. (Retrieved on 9 May 2008)