
Special(2006)
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.


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.

Ekin Cheng
Ren

Cecilia Cheung
Tina

Ke Huy Quan
Sing

Annamarie Ameera
Anna
Oliver Tan
Paul
John Wang
Luca

Alexander Fung
Jesus
Johnny Koo Kwok-Wah
Bobby

Lynne Langdon
BoBo
Glen Pon
David
Second Time Around is a drama, fantasy, romance, science fiction film released in 2002. Directed by Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai, it stars Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Ke Huy Quan. 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.
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