Running Out of Time I and II | Blu-ray (Arrow)
RELEASE DATE: August 30, 2022
On August 30, 2022, Arrow is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A) for Johnnie To’s 1999 thriller, Running Out of Time, as well as its 2001 sequel, Running Out of Time 2.
Note: Eureka’s UK Blu-ray (Region B) release (details here) releases on July 25, 2022.
Johnnie To’s Running Out of Time 1 & 2 – collectively stars Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs), Lan Ching-wan (A Hero Never Dies) and Ekin Cheng (The Storm Riders) – hits Blu-ray for the first time in the U.S. from Arrow.
In Running Out of Time, police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang (Lan Ching-wan) finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal (Andy Lau) out for vengeance on Hong Kong’s organized crime Syndicates.
In Running Out of Time 2, police inspector Ho Sheung-Sang (Lan Ching-wan) is wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician (Ekin Cheng).
Special Edition Contents:
- High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentations of both films, scanned and restored in 2K
- Original lossless Cantonese and Mandarin 5.1 audio options, plus lossless English mono (Running Out of Time) and lossless English 5.1 (Running Out of Time 2)
- Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Lucas Peverill
Disc 1 – Running Out of Time
- Brand new audio commentary by Hong Kong film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
- Audio commentary by writers Laurent Cortiaud and Julien Carbon, moderated by Hong Kong film expert Stefan Hammond
- Archival interview with screenwriters Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud
- Archival interview with director Johnnie To
- Archival interview with star Lau Ching-wan
- Archival interview with composer Raymond Wong
- The Directors’ Overview of Carbon and Courtiaud, an archive featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
Disc 2 – Running Out of Time II
- 2- Brand new audio commentary by Hong Kong film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
- The Making of ‘Running Out of Time 2’, an archive featurette
- Hong Kong Stories, a 52-minute documentary from 2003 by director Yves Montmayeur (Johnnie Got His Gun!) about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working for Wong Kar-wai, Tsui Hark, Daniel Lee and of course Johnnie To
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the films by David West
