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Actors: Wai Ai, Andy lau, Ching Wan Lau, Shiu Hung-Hui
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Running Out of Time |
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RUNNING OUT OF TIME is a movie directed by Johnny To in 1999. This picture earned six nominations for the 2000 Hong-Kong Film awards.
A very smart thief learns he's got only four weeks to live. He decides to provoke inspector Ho, one of the best Hong Kong negotiators, and begins to play with him a cat and mouse chase. Very good in the art of disguise, he manages to steal a diamond from a local bad guy, keeps the jewel and hands the criminal over to the policeman. At first upset by the behaviour of this unusual thief, inspector Ho will learn to respect him and to play by his rules.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Running Out of Time |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- stolen goods organization
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- physically sick
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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