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A Very Hot Mess!
With many hot men!Ok,i give up.Seriously i do.I want to know the secret behind the charm of HK Dramas.I mean it.Someone please tell me what is the secret ingredient to make such a messy strory becoming such an easy and entertaining watch!
This is the 3rd in a row HK drama which left me with the same impression.And although nothing is outstanding here,i binged watch it in 2 days!After finishing each episode i was telling mysef im doing this cause my goal is to watch as many V.Wong's works as i can.I have lied to myself though,because noone forced me to continue watching it if i didn't like it!Lol.
Definetely i cannot give a 10 to this and the 7 sometimes felt was too much.
It has a bit of everything but in a confusing way.
Sports
Business
Action
Political
Corruption
Romance
And the list can go on.You will find any genre here.
Music:I loved the 2 main theme songs.
"Outstanding" sung by V.Wong(always a delight listening him singing)
" All the King's Horses" with english lyrics added in my playlist and i was mumbling it the whole time.
Cast/Acting:Iam glad i start to recognize more HK actors Drama by Drama.Familiar faces always makes every series more enjoyable.
So happy Vincent in this one is his old good self.He was perfect for Fever's role.
Hunter and Man(the Villains)are both Veterans so no more need to say.
Leo(one of the brothers) and Double,(Fever's best friend) both were good too and i liked the moments they had to be sentimental.
Iron(the 3rd brother)Hmmm His fighting is way better than his acting.His performance was very poor.
As for the Ladies of the drama.Iam sorry,is a big NO,from me.
Story/Plot:
This Drama is without any story for 20 out of 30 episodes.Yes,you read right.And if you don't read the synopsis you will be clueless about it until you reach episode 20.So in 2/3 of the series we get to know all the characters and we randomly see their daily life,their work routine and the 3 main romances blooming.
It starts with boxing.And continues with boxing.You can't have enough of boxing!No is not a sports drama,though!
It is also mixed with VR world,the Dark web,Hacking.After the 20th ep,starts the real plot which thickens really fast and corruption,politics and Economic crisis joins this mess to make it even hotter!
The Telepathy thing,which is the main link of the story,is rather silly and unbelievable,but i guess we have to respect Writer's imagination.
As for the Action.Yes there is alot.Many fighting scenes.And i love fighting scenes.But all of them here seemed fake and staged.Like they didn't actually shooting them but rehearsing the choreography.Which was beautifull if we had the chance to see it in "real time"They totaly ruined the action scenes with all those slow motions too.The flow was unnatural.
Everyone in this drama has a license to kill.Everyone is shooting and killing without even blink.No regrets,no second thoughts.No Police investigation either for almost every death.Like is nothing.And 3 of the leads were/are involved in the Police Force.
Also the Time-line is the biggest mess here as between the events we can't say if hours,days or weeks has passed.Confusing as hell,messing the story so badly at the end you just have to take it as it is.
The ending doesn't make any sense,but it is a Happy one(well i don't really care about Happy Endings)but if the "Live Happily Ever" matters to you,then is a plus!
Is this a Drama you MUST add to your watch-list?Not really.
Is it a Drama you can give a chance?Definetely.
HK Dramas as i said in another review,have their own uniqueness and deserves more Love.Is nothing like Korean,Japanese not even Chinese Dramas.The majority of them is really engaging,and if you try a few iam sure you will seek for more,as i did.
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