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Second Time Around

Original title: Mou han fou wut
  • 2002
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
426
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Ekin Cheng and Cecilia Cheung in Second Time Around (2002)
A young man goes to Las Vegas with his best friend to prove he can win big bucks. When he loses all of the money, he and his friend get help from a young woman who tells the man the story of some special stones that are part of a legend involving time travel and parallel universes. When the trio get in a car accident, the young gambler is the only survivor. Pursued by a female detective, the two accidentally end up back in time on Christmas Day, where the gambler decides to make the wrong things right, and he also ends up falling in love with the detective.
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Tina, a young officer, meets gambler Lee at a Las Vegas casino and things start to happen. An Indian rock takes them back to the past to change history--which includes changing the relations... Read allTina, a young officer, meets gambler Lee at a Las Vegas casino and things start to happen. An Indian rock takes them back to the past to change history--which includes changing the relationship between them.Tina, a young officer, meets gambler Lee at a Las Vegas casino and things start to happen. An Indian rock takes them back to the past to change history--which includes changing the relationship between them.

  • Director
    • Jeffrey Lau
  • Writer
    • Jeffrey Lau
  • Stars
    • Ekin Cheng
    • Cecilia Cheung
    • Ke Huy Quan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    426
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeffrey Lau
    • Writer
      • Jeffrey Lau
    • Stars
      • Ekin Cheng
      • Cecilia Cheung
      • Ke Huy Quan
    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Ekin Cheng
    Ekin Cheng
    • Ren Lee
    Cecilia Cheung
    Cecilia Cheung
    • Tina Chow
    Ke Huy Quan
    Ke Huy Quan
    • Sing Wong
    • (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
    Annamarie Ameera
    • Anna
    Oliver Tan
    • Paul
    John Wang
    • Det. Luca
    Alexander Fung
    • Jesus (Number One)
    Johnny Koo
    Johnny Koo
    • Bobby
    Lynne Langdon
    Lynne Langdon
    • Bo Bo
    Glen Pon
    • David
    David Quan
    • Man in Jail
    Roger Chico De Coster
    • Prisoner Who Starts Riot
    David Huang
    • Casino High Roller
    Andra Ohman
    • Ren's Friend
    Jeff Bostrand
    • Casino surveilance
    • (uncredited)
    John Smith Burnside
    • Casino surveilance
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jeffrey Lau
    • Writer
      • Jeffrey Lau
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    User reviews6

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    8/10

    Funny if a bit slow at first...ultimately unpredictable...

    This is a strange mix of genres that you do sometimes see a lot of in Hong Kong films. It's partly a romantic comedy (which Netflix billed it as), but also more serious than that as well. Ekin Cheng thinks he's a hot shot gambler who just needs a chance (that is, money) to win big in Vegas. He gets that chance by stealing some money along with a friend. But things go horribly wrong and his friend ends up dead. But then he ends up going back in time rather mysteriously and has a chance to change things.

    The end and beginning are fairly serious, the middle is extremely funny in spots, almost slapstick.

    The English captioning is terrible at times, which is odd, because part of the movie is in English (it's set in Las Vegas), and they can't even get the subtitles for the English parts right.
    • trancejeremy
    • Nov 11, 2007
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2002 (Hong Kong)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 無限復活
    • Filming locations
      • Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • China Star Entertainment
      • Milky Way Image Company
      • One Hundred Years of Film Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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