Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time 1999

暗战 àn zhàn

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.

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3.8 Beginner Director Johnnie To IMDb 7.3

Cast

Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang Andy Lau Andy Lau Mr. Cheung Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai Leung Yuen Ting Benz Hui Siu-Hung Benz Hui Siu-Hung Chief Inspector Wong Kai Fai Lam Suet Lam Suet Suet Waise Lee Chi-Hung Waise Lee Chi-Hung Mr. Chen Hung Wai-Leung Hung Wai-Leung Mr. Lee Oscar Lam Wai-Kin Oscar Lam Wai-Kin Mr. Hau Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling Head of Interpol Jimmy Wong Jimmy Wong Office Building Security Guard

Vocabulary

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控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
大摇大摆 大搖大擺 dà yáo dà bǎi to strut; swaggering Idiom ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
尺寸 尺寸 chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
飞虎队 飛虎隊 Fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
警员 警員 jǐng yuán police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
超人 超人 Chāo rén Superman, comic book superhero Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
疑 疑 yí doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
察 察 Chá examine, investigate; notice ∼HSK 4
重案 重案 zhòng àn major case; serious crime ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
警察局 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
冲进 衝進 chōng jìn to rush in; to charge in ∼HSK 4
失禁 失禁 shī jìn (urinary or fecal) incontinence ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
升降机 升降機 shēng jiàng jī aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift; elevator ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
指挥官 指揮官 zhǐ huī guān commander ∼HSK 4
污点 污點 wū diǎn stain; taint ∼HSK 4
判刑 判刑 pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc) ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
单挑 單挑 dān tiǎo to pick; to choose; to fight a duel; Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1] ∼HSK 4
警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over; (security) guard ∼HSK 4
释 釋 shì interprete, elucidate; release ∼HSK 4
不单 不單 bù dān not the only; not merely; not simply ∼HSK 4
脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off ∼HSK 4
腰围 腰圍 yāo wéi waist measurement; girth ∼HSK 4
署 署 shǔ public office ∼HSK 4
拘捕 拘捕 jū bǔ to arrest ∼HSK 4
获批 獲批 huò pī to be approved ∼HSK 4
案由 案由 àn yóu main points of a case; brief; summary ∼HSK 4
引爆 引爆 yǐn bào to ignite; to detonate ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
沙展 沙展 shā zhǎn sergeant (loanword) ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
寮 寮 Liáo shanty, hut, shack ∼HSK 4
售 售 shòu sell ∼HSK 4