by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
Hong Kong director Lam Chi Wai offers up his take on Run Lola Run in this ode to Tom Tykwer's break-out hit. Alice Chan stars as Ruby, a young woman who must race against the clock to collect a sum of money before gangsters murder her small-time criminal boyfriend, Simon. Ransom Express was originally titled Wang Ming Zhi Tao and has also been released as Ransom Run.
characteristics
- Nail-biters
- Race Against Time
- Yakuza
- Money
- Mob
- Boyfriend
- Gang
- Mafia
- Bank
