Overheard 2
Overheard 2 is a 2011 Hong Kong crime thriller film produced by Derek Yee, written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Louis Koo, Lau Ching-wan and Daniel Wu. It is a sequel to the 2009 film Overheard where Koo, Lau and Wu play different roles with a different storyline, but the key elements of the first film are kept. Another sequel, Overheard 3, was released on 30 May 2014.
Plot
Manson Lo, the head broker of Man Sang Securities is shown giving his prediction of the Hong Kong stock market on television. Through the viewpoint of an eavesdropper, it is revealed that Lo works for five of the richest in Hong Kong to manipulate the prices of shares in the stock market. When leaving his office, he realizes that he is being tailed (by Joe Sze-ma) and though successful in shaking off the tail, is involved in a traffic accident.
More details
author | Alan Mak Felix Chong |
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contentLocation | Hong Kong |
director | Alan Mak Felix Chong |
editor | Curran Pang |
genre | crime thriller |
keywords | arrest being followed build buy eavesdrop engage even expel follow good time held at gunpoint hostile takeover hotel manager id insider trading kill loan shark losing money meet nursing home open police force question record release from prison scaffold stock market crash trade traffic accident walk want |
musicBy | Chan Kwong-wing |
producer | Derek Yee |
productionCompany | Polybona Films Sil-Metropole Organisation |
publisher | Distribution Workshop |
recordedAt | Hong Kong |
theme | security and surveillance |