Director: Tzu-Hsuan Hung
Cast: Austin Lin, Vivian Sung, Edison Wang, Lee Lee-Zen, Eleven Yao
96 Minutes is a 2025 Taiwanese action-crime film directed by Tzu-Hsuan Hung, set aboard a speeding train carrying hidden explosives. Two strangers — a bomb disposal expert traveling with his fiancée and a physics teacher escaping personal disgrace — find their fates violently intertwined when the device is discovered and the clock begins.
What is 96 Minutes about?
When a train departs carrying a hidden bomb, a specialized demolitions expert and his fiancée suddenly realize they are caught at the center of a life-or-death race against time. Somewhere in the same carriages, a disgraced teacher has quietly boarded, hoping to chase down his estranged wife on the next platform. As tension builds car by car, the two storylines converge: the expert must locate and neutralize the device while managing the panic of hundreds of passengers, and the teacher is pulled into a crisis far larger than his private heartbreak. With fewer than ninety-six minutes before detonation, every decision carries irreversible weight.
Cast & crew
The film stars Austin Lin as the bomb disposal expert, bringing taut physical urgency to the lead role. Vivian Sung plays his fiancée, lending emotional grounding to the chaos. Edison Wang portrays the scandal-ridden teacher, balancing private guilt against public catastrophe. Lee Lee-Zen, Eleven Yao, Kent Tsai Fan-Hsi, Frederick Lee, and Ki-pin Ng round out the ensemble as passengers whose lives hinge on the countdown.
Context & significance
Taiwanese action thrillers have long drawn Persian-speaking audiences through their propulsive pacing, ensemble casts, and high-stakes genre craft — a sensibility that travels cleanly across cultural lines. 96 Minutes fits squarely in the confined-space disaster subgenre, drawing comparisons to celebrated train-set survival films that Persian viewers already know and enjoy. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, meaning you can follow every detail of the action without missing a beat. For diaspora audiences looking for tight, internationally produced genre cinema with full Persian language access, this is a solid choice.
Where & how to watch
96 Minutes is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking. Create a K-Time account, start streaming instantly, and cancel anytime.