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 by	Cat Kwan
Produced by	Virginia Lok Andrew Lau
Starring	Nick Cheung Louis Koo Francis Ng
Cinematography	Jason Kwan
Edited by	Azrael Chung
Music by	Yusuke Hatano Tim Jaeger
Production companies	Shaw Brothers International Pictures (Hong Kong) Television Broadcasts Limited (Hong Kong)
Distributed by	Pegasus 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 office	US$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]

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

Nick Cheung as CIB Chief Inspector Ching
Louis Koo as Security Wing Superintendent Cheng
Francis Ng as CIB Superintendent Yip
Jiang Peiyao as Journalist/Hacker Yiu
Joe Ma as Commissioner of HK Police
Huang Zhizhong as Mr. Tung
Benjamin Yuen as Ah John – Cheng's subordinate
Joel Chan as Chief Superintendent Leung
Zhang Yichi as Demon, Henchman of Mr. Tung
Liu Yuning as Bill.

Cameos

Au Siu-wai as Businessman
Grace Wong as CIB detective
Kaman Kong as CIB detective
Bowie Cheung as CIB detective
Chloe Yuen as nanny of Superintendent Cheng's daughter
Guillermo Larrayoz as Zaldiko

Reception

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

References

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

External links

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy at IMDb

v t e Line Walker
Television series	Line Walker (2014) Line Walker: The Prelude (2017) Line Walker: Bull Fight (2020)
Films	Line Walker (2016) Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)

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