Time and Tide (2001) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Tyler joins Uncle Ji's unlicensed bodyguard operation to make money and support Ah Jo after she becomes pregnant from their one-night encounter. He wants to provide for his unborn child, though Ah Jo wants nothing to do with him. This decision pulls Tyler deeper into the criminal underworld and sets up his entanglement with Jack Chow.

• Tyler Yim
• Uncle Ji
• bodyguard
• money
• pregnancy
• Ah Jo

Miguel Joventino, the Angels' second-in-command, gives Jack an impossible choice: rejoin the mercenary group by killing his own father-in-law. Instead of committing this betrayal, Jack kills Pablo Santosa, the Angels' leader, and steals the cash case. This decision shocks everyone and forces Jack to go on the run, as he chooses to eliminate the actual threat rather than comply with the corrupt demand.

• Jack Chow
• Pablo Santosa
• Miguel Joventino
• Angels
• father-in-law
• betrayal

After killing Pablo Santosa, Jack drops Ah Hui at her father's mansion and gives her a key to a train-station locker. He tells her to seek shelter there when their child is born. This act serves as a contingency plan to protect his wife and unborn child from the Angels' retaliation, providing a safe location away from danger.

• Jack Chow
• Ah Hui
• train station locker
• key
• protection
• mansion

Tyler breaks into Jack's apartment because he wants to protect the people he cares about. After learning that Ah Jo has gone into labor at the hospital, Tyler tracks down Jack, believing he can force him to help or get information. The break-in leads Tyler directly into the Angels' ambush, trapping him in a dangerous gunfight.

• Tyler Yim
• Jack Chow
• apartment
• break-in
• Angels
• gunfight

Jack leads a plan that sacrifices one of the Angels to distract the others. During the chaos of the gunfight and a gas leak, he uses the diversion to slip away with Tyler. Miguel then proposes a truce, but when an Angel spots Ah Hui outside, the violence resumes and the Angels pursue her to the train station.

• Jack Chow
• Angels
• apartment
• escape
• gunfight
• Miguel
• diversion

Ah Hui goes into labor at the train station because she was fleeing the Angels' pursuit after they spotted her outside Jack's burning apartment. The stress and physical strain of running from the mercenaries while pregnant triggers early labor. Tyler confronts her at the station with a fake gun and takes the stolen money, creating chaos that accelerates her delivery.

• Ah Hui
• labor
• train station
• pregnancy
• Angels
• Tyler
• chase

Jack pursues Miguel into a stadium filled with concertgoers and confronts him on the catwalks above the crowd. After a fierce hand-to-hand struggle, Jack kills Miguel with a grenade, eliminating the Angels' second-in-command. Meanwhile, Tyler stays with Ah Hui in the tunnels as she gives birth, and she kills the final Angel.

• Jack Chow
• Miguel Joventino
• stadium
• catwalk
• grenade
• fight
• concert

Yes, Tyler eventually meets his newborn child. After the chaos at the train station and stadium, Tyler recovers the stolen money and heads to the hospital where Ah Jo has given birth. The film ends with Tyler going to meet his newborn child, providing a hopeful conclusion to his arc.

• Tyler Yim
• Ah Jo
• newborn
• child
• hospital
• birth
• reunion

Jack steps in to defend an SDU lieutenant who is being attacked by an Angel. He kills one Angel to save the lieutenant's life, then surrenders to the police to prevent further bloodshed. This sacrifice earns him a chance to later slip away and reunite with his wife Ah Hui and their newborn child.

• Jack Chow
• surrender
• police
• SDU
• Angels
• save lives
• escape

Uncle Ji locks Tyler in a transportation crate for a night to pressure him for information about Jack's whereabouts. After Ah Jo's parole attempt fails, Uncle Ji uses this confinement as leverage. Tyler remains tight-lipped about Jack, demonstrating his loyalty even under pressure.

• Uncle Ji
• Tyler Yim
• transportation crate
• confinement
• interrogation
• Jack

Tyler steals a taxi using a fake gun to escape the Angels' pursuit after the apartment gunfight. He hands his real wallet to the driver to throw off police pursuit, sacrificing his identity to maintain mobility and continue helping Ah Hui. This act increases police suspicion toward him.

• Tyler Yim
• fake gun
• taxi
• escape
• wallet
• Angels
• police

Ah Jo is an undercover cop who becomes pregnant after a one-night encounter with Tyler Yim during an alcohol-fueled night at a bar. She had wandered into the bar after a fight with her girlfriend. Despite being a lesbian, the unexpected pregnancy occurs from this encounter, setting off the chain of events that drives Tyler's motivation throughout the film.

• Ah Jo
• undercover cop
• pregnancy
• lesbian
• Tyler Yim
• bar
• one night

The Angels disguise themselves as officers and infiltrate the SDU operation with tear gas and a coordinated assault. During the chaos, they loot tactical gear from fallen officers, escalating the danger significantly. Some Angels pose as relief workers to get close to Ah Hui, making the situation even more treacherous.

• Angels
• SDU
• disguise
• tear gas
• tactical gear
• infiltration
• train station