Time and Tide (2000)
"Shun liu Ni liu" (original title)

Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. ... See full summary »

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writers:

Koan Hui, Hark Tsui

Stars:

Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nicholas Tse	...	Tyler
Wu Bai	...	Jack
Candy Lo	...	Ah Hui
Cathy Tsui	...	Ah Jo
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Uncle Ji
Jun Kung	...	Miguel (as Joventino Couto Remotigue)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arsenio Bhoy Agpoon
Albert
Tsu Chun Bon
Angelo Carmones
William Chan
Charles Fok
Jack Kao	...	Police Officer
Kenji
Leung Tal Keung

Storyline

Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with the reality of impending fatherhood. Hankering for quick cash, however, he joins a bodyguard company. Later, he makes friends with a once disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life in a new way. However, their companionship is brief: they both are uncontrollably forced toward opposite sides of a deadly showdown...

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Plot Keywords:

hong kong | bodyguard | dog | gun battle | police officer throat slit | 

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Taglines:

Trust is fatal.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong violence and brief drug use

Details

Country:

Hong Kong China

Language:

English Mandarin Hokkien Cantonese Portuguese

Release Date:

19 October 2000 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Time and Tide

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$10,770 (USA) (4 May 2001)

Gross:

ESP 657,700 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Film Workshop

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wu Bai was requested by the director to compose a Happy Birthday song that nobody has ever heard of just half an hour before filming. Then he was given half an hour again to come up with alternate lyrics for the song, used for a later scene of them singing in the car.

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Quotes

Tyler: If I had a real gun I'd come out and shoot you!

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Connections

References Trainspotting (1996)

User Reviews

A confusing Hong Kong action movie that works.

Most people will say I'm crazy but I actually liked this movie. I think Tsui Hark is a very clever action director. I seen his American efforts with Van Damme, even though I hated both movies i did like some of the action sequences. Like in Knock Off I really liked the last shootout and in Double Team, when Van Damme's character escaped from that island.

As for this movie Tsui Hark is really given the chance to shine and this time with better actors. I thought Nicholas Tse and Wu Bai did a great job with they're roles as did Candy Lo. I was expecting more screen time with Cathy Liu's character. The acting is pretty good for a Hong Kong action movie. In other words it seem more naturalistic than compared to many other Hong Kong movies where a lot of the time the actors overact. I really liked how the movie was shot. There was this one shot where Wu bai's character jumps from the window of a apartment building and the camera follows him as he decends. It just makes me wonder how they did that.

Now for the flaws, there are a lot of characters that just show up. The plot gets confusing at times and what could of really made this movie better was a better script. I wished they could of build of the Tse and Liu's story a lot more. It was a good attention grabber in the beginning but then it gets ignored at the end and maybe more of Tse's narration of the movie. Despites all these flaws this movie was still good because of the stylish action scenes. So basically look for the action scenes and good performances by Tse, Wu Bai, Lo, and Liu. It's a good popcorn flick to just enjoy.