7. Overheard 2

"Overheard 2" is a surprising and entertaining Hong Kong action movie which sparkled in a year when other directors of Hong Kong blockbusters failed to deliver their best.

In 1973, against the backdrop of one of the worst stock market downturns in history, a group of young, talented stock brokers in Hong Kong joined forces to help local Chinese companies fight against hostile takeovers by foreign investors. As time went by, the young stock managers become stock moguls. With Szema Cheung (Wu Fung) and Wong Sai Tung (Kenneth Tsang) leading the way as brothers, they form a small group known as "Di Zhu Hui" (literally Landlord Gang). As the group becomes increasingly powerful, they soon realize that they can control the local market and generate huge personal profits for themselves. Faced with the prospect of such huge financial benefits, Szema Cheung (Wu Fung) and Wong Sai Tung (Kenneth Tsang) make life-changing decisions.

This is the background story that movie "Overheard 2" is trying to tell.

Named as the sequel to the 2009 crime thriller "Overheard", few movie-goers would have expected "Overheard 2" to be a totally different and much more complicated story. The film's co-directors Alan Mak and Felix Chong assemble the same cast from the first installment. However, they also added two heavyweight actors to take two important supporting roles: Wu Fung and Kenneth Tsang.

Just like the first installment of the series, "Overheard 2" is a sad tale. Long-time friends finally turn enemies when faced with the prospect of huge financial profits, and the pursuance of justice demands large sacrifices; even life.

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