Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy

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Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
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Traditional Chinese 使徒行者2：諜影行動
Simplified Chinese 使徒行者2: 谍影行动
Directed by Jazz Boon
Written byCat Kwan
Produced byVirginia Lok
Andrew Lau
Starring
CinematographyJason Kwan
Edited byAzrael Chung
Music by Yusuke Hatano
Tim Jaeger
Production
companies
Distributed byPegasus Motion Pictures
Golden Scene Company Limited
Release date
  • 7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)
Running time
98 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Hong Kong
  • China
Languages
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
Box officeUS$85.7+ million [2]

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy is a 2019 action thriller film. It is adapted from the 2014 TVB series of the same name and serves as a sequel to the 2016 film Line Walker . Directed by Jazz Boon, [3] the film stars Nick Cheung, Louis Koo and Francis Ng. All major characters in the film are different from the original drama series and the first film. It was released in Hong Kong and Mainland China on 7 August 2019 and the US on 16 August 2019. [4]

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Plot

An international terrorist organization abducted many children, turning them into spies to work at various police forces around the world. After Superintendent Yip (Francis Ng) and Chief Inspector Ching (Nick Cheung) arrested a female hacker named Yiu (Jiang Pei yao) who was about to piece together the schemes of the organization, Superintendent Cheng (Louis Koo) tried to take the case off their hands. Who could be the double agents? They went to Myanmar and Navarre to find out the truth, but soon there are blurred lines between good cops vs bad cops.

Cast

Cameos

Reception

The film has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on six reviews. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Line Walker 2". Douban. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Davis, Rebecca (12 August 2019). "China Box Office: Local Animation 'Nezha' Now China's Fifth-Highest-Grossing Title". Variety.com. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Eagen, Daniel. "Review: Line Walker 2 — old-school action from Hong Kong". Film Legacy. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Line Walker 2". AMCTheaters.com. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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