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| film namenative_name = {{FilmInfobox nameChinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none| traditionalt = 竊聽風雲2

| simplifieds = 窃听风云2

| pinyinp = Qiètīng Fēng Yún Èr

| jyutpingj = Sit3 Ting3 Fung1 Wan1 Ji6}}

| cinematography = Fletcher[[Anthony PoonPun]]<br>[[Chan Kwok-Hung]]<br>Jack Lam

| budget = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]8 million<ref name="commences">{{cite web|url=http://www.eigaasiancinema.com/journal/2011/2/24/production-commences-on-overheard-2.html|title=Production commences on Overheard 2|access-date=13 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227153644/http://www.eigaasiancinema.com/journal/2011/2/24/production-commences-on-overheard-2.html|archive-date=27 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| gross = US$38,119,511<ref>{{cite web |url= http://english.entgroup.cn/590196/boxoffice|title=Overheard 2 |accessdateaccess-date=2014-04-22|work=entgroup.cn}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= httphttps://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fSITYANFUNGWAN2O01&country=HK&wk=2011W38&id=_fSITYANFUNGWAN2O01&p=.htm|title=SIT YAN FUNG WAN 2 (OVERHEARD 2)|accessdateaccess-date=2014-04-22|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

'''''Overheard 2''''' is a 2011 Hong Kong [[crime thriller]] film produced by [[Derek Yee]], written and directed by [[Alan Mak (director)|Alan Mak]] and [[Felix Chong]]<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 131 }}</ref> and starring [[Louis Koo]], [[Sean Lau|Lau Ching-wan]] and [[Daniel Wu]]. It is a sequel to the 2009 film ''[[Overheard (film)|Overheard]]'' where Koo, Lau and Wu play different roles with a different storyline, but the key elements of the first film are kept. Another sequel, ''[[Overheard 3]]'', was released on 30 May 2014.

Inspector Jack Ho and his team discover a military grade eavesdropping device upon examining Lo's Ferrari. Ho later visits Lo in hospital and attempts to ask him questions but Lo denies knowledge of being followed and evades the other questions at the advice of Emily, his wife and lawyer. Lo's past is revealed by Ho – Lo's firm owed the bank money but because of the stock market crash, Lo instead made a lot of money and then became the broker to the five.

In his office, Lo reveals to Emily that he was being followed. She then tells him about InsepctorInspector Ho's history – not much is known about his previous cases in the police force but his wife (Tsui Foon) was a lawyer that went to jail for using clients’clients' money to pay off debts after losing money in the stock market, with him being the one that aided in her arrest.

Ho then enters the room and scans the opposing buildings. After noticing something at Diamond House, he directs Tsui Hoi and Fanny to proceed there. However, as Ho was about to go there with more men, the suspect (Joe Sze-ma) escapes, injuring TsuiHo's Hoisubordinate, Hoyt Tsui. A chase then ensues. Joe sets off some flares and eventually manages to injure Ho and escape via a bus for elderly living in a home for those with dementia. It is revealed that Joe's mother (Mrs. Sze-ma) is a resident in the nursing home.

Mrs. Sze-ma regains her memory temporarily and asks Joe if he has managed to track Tony down and Joe says no. Soon after, her memory lapses and she starts addressing Joe as her husband and speaks to him of the good times they had together.

Ho and his team are shown combing the apartment at Diamond House. They have traced the identity of the person that rented the apartment to a Kim So but found that he is apparently no longer in Hong Kong, having migrated to Canada. Here, it is revealed that Tsui Foon is TsuiHoyt HoiTsui's sister.

Lo is shown to be meeting the four rich men (without Tony). Manson reveals to them that his car and home were bugged for over a month. Tony calls and Lo reveals the number plate of the vehicle. Tony is then seen instructing Brotherhis Kamchief underling, Caine to get someone to take care of matters. Lo and the rest are later photographed leaving the hotel.

At home, Lo has a flashback. Intertwined with the story from the hotel manager, Lo is shown meeting Fred of Nixon Electronics, whom he urges to approach a loan shark to borrow fifty million to avoid a hostile takeover by Americans. It was upon knowing how Lo tried to help Fred, that Lo was invited by Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung (Joe's Dadfather) to join the six men, known collectively as the Landlord Club. It was also revealed that Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung was eventually convicted for insider trading and because of that, expelled from the Clubclub.

Ho and TsuiHoyt HoiTsui are seen picking up Tsui Foon after her release from prison. Tsui Foon blames Ho for her time in jail and asks for a separation from Ho, (which Ho reluctantly agrees to) TsuiHoyt HoiTsui then tells Ho that the police have received a package.

Later, Lo recalls that he first saw Joe at Sze-ma Cheung's funeral. Lo then receives a call that there is a game on tomorrow and he should attend it. Ho heads home after being told his car was found at the gate. He finds a plastic tag in the car and his wife is witnessed walking out of the house. He later learns from TsuiHoyt HoiTsui that she is leaving and plans to sell the house and go to a trading firm. Joe is later seen to be tailing Tsui Hoi.

Tony reveals that the eavesdropper is Joe, who is Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung's son. Later, he contacts Joe from a number indicated at the back of all the cellphones of the other rich men, after confiscating them upon realizing they were all the same brand. Joe tells Tony he wants 50 million shares of stock 749 to be deposited in Man Seng Securities by tomorrow. Tony instructs the rest of get the shares and after they leave, asks Lo if he can still trust him because Lo was brought in by Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung, and now Joe, Sze-ma's son, wants to go after them. Lo says he can be trusted because he does not want to go to jail. Later, Lo arrives home to find Ho and his team at the gate. When he gets to his apartment, he is held at gunpoint by Joe, who asks about the cashing of the cheque Lo once passed to Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung. Joe demands that Lo keeps his word to his Dad about being able to cash the cheque when he needed money.

The next day, Joe asks Ho to open a bag by Mrs Sze-ma's bedside and Ho discovers photos of his wife inside. Meanwhile, Lo, through Man Seng, is engaged in buying stock 749. The Landlord Club realizes that Joe is controlling the price because he owns a lot of the shares. Joe is later caught by Brother Kam & brought to Tony's mansion. At the same time, TsuiHoyt HoiTsui discovers that the names of those on 3 IDs cards previously discovered were actually managers of stock 749, which was the nursing home fund. They then reveal that Sze-ma Cheung used to be their fund manager and that they are just taking their revenge on Tony.

The purchase of stock 749 continues after Joe reveals that he would upload recorded conversations of the rich men giving instructions to manipulate share prices onto a highly subscribed website. Joe also reveals that he gave some of stock 749 to Ho. Later, Tony reveals that he ordered Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung to be killed in prison and when Joe admits that he did not actually upload any recordings to any website but just wanted to continue to blackmail the rich men, Tony shoots and kills Joe.

Ho successfully rescues Tsui Foon in an apartment after Emily passes him the keys. She passes him a phone that has GPS coordinates of Joe's location and Ho and his team eventually discovers Brother KamCaine and his men burying Joe. Tony is eventually arrested based on the recording that Joe obtained through the military grade device that he has been using to bug the rich men, which was embedded in his arm.

*[[Louis Koo]] as Jack Ho Chi-keung (何智強), Senior Inspector of the Security Bureau Wing

*[[Huang Yi (actress)|Huang Yi]] as Emily Kwok Lai-ping (郭麗萍), Manson Lo Man Sang-sang's wife

*[[Wilfred Lau]] as Hoyt Tsui Hoi (徐海), Jack Ho Chi-keung's subordinate and Tsui Foon's younger brother

*[[Bowie Wu]] as Chauncey Sze-ma Cheung (司馬祥), Joe Sze-ma Nim-cho's father

*[[Kong Ngai]] as UncleSherwin Mak Sing-wan (麥聖雲叔)

*[[Matt Chow]] as TingTinker (阿挺), Manson Lo Man-sang's subordinate

*[[Dion Lam]] as Brother KamCaine (錦哥), Tony Wong Sai-tung's chief underling and a security expert

*Andrew Rizkalla (as Western Businessman #1)

*Patrick Brzeski (as Western Businessman #2)

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