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Split Second (2004)

Split Second poster
Original title
爭分奪秒
Cast
Alex Fong, Patrick Tam, Kevin Cheng, Marco Ngai, Jeffrey Wong, Yoyo Mung, Sririta Jensen, Chatchai Plengpanich
Genre
crime television series
Country
Hong Kong
Length
1 season, 30 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong crime drama where each episode covers one day of the story. An on-screen clock tracks the time as investigators work against the clock to solve cases.

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What happens

Split Second is a 2004 Hong Kong crime thriller television drama produced by TVB and Thailand's TV3, with Marco Law serving as the executive producer. It ran from October 4, 2004 to November 12, 2004, with the total of 30 episodes. This show uses a format similar to the American series 24. Each one-hour episode represents one day in the show's timeline, and an on-screen digital clock appears in the show regularly to remind viewers the time in the storyline. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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