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Year (Jahr): 2024
Release Date (Veröffentlichungsdatum): 2024-09-19
Duration (Spieldauer): 98 min
Director (Regie): George Huang
Actors (Schauspieler): Luke Evans, Lun-Mei Gwei, Sung Kang
Writers (Drehbuch): Luc Besson, George Huang
Title (Originaltitel): Weekend in Taipei
Country (Land): France, United States of America
Original language (Original-Sprache): English

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Rotten Tomatoes: 52% | TMDB: 6.3
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“Weekend in Taipei” sells you romance and delivers something messier. John Lawlor used to be DEA and still has that take-no-prisoners energy. Joey Kwang runs transport in Taipei like it is a contact sport. On paper, they should have zero business being together. In practice, fate does what it always does. It ruins your schedule.

Fifteen years later, they get forced back into the same orbit during a weekend in Taipei. Not because life is poetic, but because their past doesn’t stay in the past. Criminal and corrupt forces are still out there, and they are the kind of people who do not care if you are feeling sentimental.

So yes, romance is part of it. But the real tension is this: reconnecting is easier than repeating. And the weekend is not going to be gentle.
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Ein Wochenende in Taipeh klingt nach Reiseführer. Der Film macht draus: Wiedersehen mit Nebenwirkungen. John Lawlor ist inzwischen Ex-DEA-Standardware: Pflegt Prinzipien, jagt Schuldige, kann auch nach Jahren nicht einfach weiterleben. Und dann ist da Joey Kwang, eine Top-Transporterin aus Taipeh, schnell im Kopf und noch schneller in Entscheidungen. Zwischen ihnen soll eigentlich nichts mehr sein. Klappt nur leider nie so, wie man es plant.

Fünfzehn Jahre später treffen sie sich bei genau dem Wochenende, das man lieber absagt. Denn die alten Verstrickungen schlafen nicht. Sie warten. Und wenn dann Liebe im Spiel ist, merkt man schnell: Das zweite Mal Gefühle fangen ist schwerer als das erste Mal davonlaufen.

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00:00I'm John Lawler.
00:02He was sent to me undercover against Kwong.
00:15Where should the broadcast happen?
00:17Taipei.
00:17No way.
00:19Well done.
00:24Who told you?
00:25How did you tell?
00:27Why did you become his wife?
00:28Because it's easier to forget the past.
00:32What are you doing here?
00:33What are you doing here?
00:34Mom, where is that?
00:35Mom, you have a son.
00:36Kwong's men are here to bring you up.
00:39Now you get your anger.
00:44What is here?
00:45We forgot our keys.
00:46Do you have cars and he has people?
00:49I see you haven't changed.
00:51Halt me the Klappe and let me go.
01:09What is he doing here?
01:13You're not easy.
01:13Yeah, I'm sorry.
01:13It's easy.
01:14I can't drive a car.
01:14I can't drive a car.
01:14Oh, where is this like...
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