Second Time Around

Ekin Cheng and Cecilia Cheung stars in a time and inter-spaced travel drama of sort set in modern day Las Vegas. The film is flawed by numerous plot holes, unbalanced characters, unnecessary scenes of comedy and action, and over/under acted performances. Despite all that, the story is still intriguing enough to keep viewer in front of the screen and end with a satisfying conclusion.

The story of Second Time Around is about Ekin and his pursue of being the number one dealer in all of Las Vegas. Due to his determination, he convinced his friend to steal over a million dollars from the casino out of town they've been working at and take a trip to Las Vegas to realize their dreams. However, unexpected things happened when he lost all his money to a master dealer and his friend and an unknown lady whom they met, died at a car crash. Ekin then had to run away from Cecilia for stealing the million dollar, but two then fuse a mysterious stones the lady gave to him and transferred back two nights ago to undo the death of Ekin's friend.

The plot may seem confusing now, but after about halfway into the movie, everything starts to piece together and the audience will realize the whole picture. Although the movie is fairly expectable, it is the way things happen that makes it very fun to watch, because the acting in this movie is just down right awful. Ekin and Cecilia were okay, but that's about it. His friend is just too... awkward, and the entire American feel in this movie doesn't work out for them. The movie does have its down, but if audiences stay till the end, they will be rewarded with a very worthwhile ending.

Year: 2002
Director: Jeff Lau

6.7/10