The Dryden will screen Am zin (Running Out of Time, Johnnie To, Hong Kong 1999, 93 min., 35mm, Cantonese w/subtitles).

Superstar Andy Lau and frequent To collaborator Lau Ching-wan star in this thrilling cat-and-mouse game set amid Hong Kong's soaring rooftops and narrow streets and corridors. Lau plays a mysterious, cancer-stricken man named Cheung, who draws on what little energy he has left to avenge his father's killers. In the process, he engages a seasoned police negotiator (Ching-wan) in a 72-hour battle of daring and wits. Director To orchestrates a unique spectacle in Running Out of Time, not only with his ingenious pairing of Lau and Ching-wan, but by infusing the film's action with intensity, comedy, and despair in almost equal measure.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Jan-11]