Why watch?

Austin Lin and Vivian Sung have genuine chemistry — there are moments where you just believe something between them is real. The movie moves fast enough that you don't overthink where it's going, and the plot twists land with the action. It's crime and romance mixed together, and it works best when you stop expecting everything to be perfectly polished — it's got energy and Lin pulls every scene he's in.

Who is it for?

Watch this on a Friday night when you want a thriller with action and romance mixed in — keeps moving fast, doesn't get bogged down in plot. If you liked someone like Didi Chuxue or Midnight Runners, same tense vibe. It has some violence and intense scenes, so not for younger kids.

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Plakat — 96 Minutes

96 Minutes

96分鐘

2025 · 1h 57min6.012
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Former bomb disposal expert, Song Kang-Ren, and his fiancée, Huang Xin, board a high-speed train that contains a bomb. At the same time, Liu Kai, a well-known physics teacher who was involved in an affair scandal, also boards this same train in order to win back his wife, Ting Juan, who took the prior high-speed rail to return home in frustration… After all, can the bomb be successfully defused this time? and resolve the crisis?

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Austin Lin plays a getaway driver caught in a brutal kidnapping scheme that spirals out of control within 96 minutes. Director Hung Tzu-hsuan cranks up the tension as the whole operation starts falling apart, dragging in Vivian Sung's character and forcing impossible choices between loyalty and survival. The film moves like a grenade with a lit fuse — every decision matters and there's no time to undo mistakes. If you want the pressure-cooker intensity of In a Better World or the moral complexity of Drive, this Taiwan crime thriller delivers that same sense of being trapped in a situation you can't escape.

Why watch?

Austin Lin and Vivian Sung have genuine chemistry — there are moments where you just believe something between them is real. The movie moves fast enough that you don't overthink wh…

Who is it for?

Watch this on a Friday night when you want a thriller with action and romance mixed in — keeps moving fast, doesn't get bogged down in plot. If you liked someone like Didi Chuxue o…

Similar titles

If you liked how 96分鐘 weaves romance and personal stakes between characters caught in a tense crime plot, check out The Night (2021) or Silent Night (2021) — they do that thing whe…

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