Running on Empty

Release date: 1991-04-08
Votes: 1
Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Action
Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he works with a team to plan to rob an armored car carrying seven million dollars from the Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.
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