Connected 2008

Grace is abducted on the road

Grace Wong's car is knocked off the road by another vehicle, and she is abducted at the scene. The kidnappers drive away with her in tow, leaving chaos behind.

Maid killed, house searched

The gang returns to Grace's house, kills her maid, and searches the place for any signs of Grace or friends. The crew escalates its pressure to locate her quickly.

Grace moved to abandoned house; phone repaired

Grace is taken to an abandoned house where she manages to repair a destroyed telephone. She uses the working phone to reach out to Bob in hopes of getting help.

Bob agrees to help; phone handed to Fai

Grace's plea prompts Bob to agree to assist her, and he hands the phone to patrol officer Fai. Fai initially treats the call as a prank due to Bob's reckless driving, delaying action.

Joe abducted; Roy contacted under duress

Fok orders Joe, Grace's brother's friend, abducted, and forces Grace to contact her brother Roy. The operation aims to leverage Roy to apply pressure on Grace.

Grace sends Bob to the school for Tinker

Grace persuades Bob to hurry to the school to locate her daughter Tinker before Fok's men reach her. Bob arrives as classes are about to end, but Tinker has already been taken.

Tinker abducted; Bob crashes; handgun found

Bob chases the abductors but loses sight during a struggle and crashes into a truck. He later discovers a handgun left in his car by a fellow debt collector, which could help him later.

Bob robs a phone store for a charger

Desperate to keep connected, Bob goes to a phone store to buy a charger. He ends up holding the store at gunpoint and pays for the charger, an incident captured on camera.

Fai discovers Grace’s impersonator; Mandarin vs Cantonese

After being filmed at the school and the phone store, Fai goes to Grace's residence and realizes the real Grace is Mandarin-speaking while the person he's been dealing with speaks Cantonese, i.e., an impersonator.

Roy kidnapped at hospital; camcorder hidden on hill; Bob intervenes

At the hospital, Interpol agents abduct Roy and take him to a hill where Roy had hidden a camcorder. Bob intervenes, grabs the camcorder, and escapes, but loses contact with Grace in the process.

Grace fights back; Tinker found but captured again

Grace fights off a henchman and locates her daughter, but the two are captured by Fok before they can escape. Grace remains resolute in protecting Tinker despite the mounting danger.