[center]Running Out Of Time 2 (2001)[/center][center] [/center][center][/center][center] [/center][left] [/left]The moment they got to the part about the eagle was the moment i gave up on this film. While having some of the flourish of the original film, this sequel is too exxagerated and has too many over the top
scenes for fans of the original to take seriously.Ekin Cheng, taking over the mantle of Andy Lau does not have the charisma nor the screen presence to affect the audience. He sure looks like his having fun making the movie, but we the audience are less than thrilled. Kelly Lin as the female protaganist is bitchy and at times annoying in a flower vase role that does not have much depth. Lau Ching Wan is, as usual, the best thing about the film but even he cannot save the film from disaster. Ultimately Running out of Time 2 is an unnecesary sequel that fails to add anything worthwhile to the original, but merely features some bad CGI and a much lamer plot.
July 1, 2005
