Second Time Around
2002, Cantonese. Directed by Jeffrey Lau.
A young man goes to Las Vegas with his best friend to prove he can win big bucks. When he loses all of the money, he and his friend get help from a young woman who tells the man the story of some special stones that are part of a legend involving time travel and parallel universes. When the trio get in a car accident, the young gambler is the only survivor. Pursued by a female detective, the two accidentally end up back in time on Christmas Day, where the gambler decides to make the wrong things right, and he also ends up falling in love with the detective.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 11 January 2002
- Original title
- 無限復活
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Jeffrey Lau
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Second Time Around runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Second Time Around isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 January 2002. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
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Who directed Second Time Around?
Second Time Around (2002) was directed by Jeffrey Lau and stars Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Cecilia Cheung, Ke Huy Quan.