Second Time Around
2002 1h 39m movie Film Hong Kong

Second Time Around

無限復活

Synopsis

無限復活

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.

The 2001–2003 Hong Kong Window

43 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Second Time Around sits at position #36.

  1. A Step Into The Past
    #1

    A Step Into The Past

    ★ 7.9 · 2001

  2. Infernal Affairs
    #2

    Infernal Affairs

    ★ 7.8 · 2002

  3. Infernal Affairs II
    #3

    Infernal Affairs II

    ★ 7.2 · 2003

  4. Turn Left, Turn Right
    #4

    Turn Left, Turn Right

    ★ 7.2 · 2003

  5. Hollywood Hong Kong
    #5

    Hollywood Hong Kong

    ★ 7.1 · 2002

  6. Lost in Time
    #6

    Lost in Time

    ★ 7.0 · 2003

  7. Spy Game
    #7

    Spy Game

    ★ 6.9 · 2001

  8. PTU
    #8

    PTU

    ★ 6.9 · 2003

Other Titles From One Hundred Years of Film Company

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Second Time Around premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.6
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #688 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.7 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #269 of 311 (top 86%).

Production Details

Primary Country Hong Kong
Original Language Cantonese
Spoken Languages Cantonese, English
Production Companies One Hundred Years of Film Company, Milkyway Image
Runtime 1h 39m
Release Date January 11, 2002
IMDb tt0286057

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