Watch The Invisibles Instead
It's fun if you've never seen Jazz Boon's other works. If you have, it's boring and predictable.
I'm glad people are calling out the oversexualization of the actresses (and actors too at times). We get it. They're fit, they're hot. But I'm watching this for the crimes and the police procedures not unrealistic portrayals of female cops with long beach waves in their hair, fighting bad guys with short shorts and low neck tank tops. They're either tied up on a chair, on a table, tossed around, a**aulted, or drugged constantly. It's so distracting. There are literally camera shots solely focused on Tiffany's butt as she's talking. The skin-showing is gratuitous. It makes me very uncomfortable just knowing how overly sexualized the actresses are. There is an entire case where the Tiffany and Rosita were dressed up in skimpy maid costumes. This is some weird fetish content fishing for views. I think the actresses deserve better merits for their acting and stunts instead of the directing calling for cheap tricks.
This series is a recycled "The Invisibles." It's literally the same plot. Joel and Moon have the same relationship barrier as Kenneth and Natalie, albeit more silly. Owen's adopted daughter, as cute as she is, takes up way too much screen time. I don't really care about her as a whole. TVB STOP FORCING CHILD ACTORS ON US.
Tiffany Lau's character cries too much. Owen is really carrying the series. Moon Lau is pretty good too. Joel's character fades into the background. Rosita looks way too frail and young to be in the position she's in at the police force, and her contact lenses are distracting. Jazz Lam literally plays the SAME character as he did in The Invisibles just without the disability.
The humor is annoying. It's the same trope. Couple who loves each other but do not get together due to a misunderstanding caused by poor communication. They risk their lives to save each other; the misunderstanding gets settled, then they get together and have a really awkward bed scene that's played for laughs. It was in Line Walker, The Invisibles, and here it is again. The cases while fun, are incredibly unrealistic. EVERY case is connected to the main characters and/or their relatives. Man, Hong Kong must be really small if the police force are only picking up cases that endanger their family members. The way Jazz Boon writes his female characters are so bad. They're emotional, rash, and crybabies. They blame their male love interest for something dumb, and their male love interest end up saving their butts multiple times. Jazz Boon loves when his male characters jump in to heroically save the day while consistently getting blamed for things they didn't do. Oh, boo hoo.
Overall, I'm tired of the Jazz Boon (the producer) formula. He's out of ideas. The sets, the clothing, the pacing -- it's just The Invisibles all over again.
I'm glad people are calling out the oversexualization of the actresses (and actors too at times). We get it. They're fit, they're hot. But I'm watching this for the crimes and the police procedures not unrealistic portrayals of female cops with long beach waves in their hair, fighting bad guys with short shorts and low neck tank tops. They're either tied up on a chair, on a table, tossed around, a**aulted, or drugged constantly. It's so distracting. There are literally camera shots solely focused on Tiffany's butt as she's talking. The skin-showing is gratuitous. It makes me very uncomfortable just knowing how overly sexualized the actresses are. There is an entire case where the Tiffany and Rosita were dressed up in skimpy maid costumes. This is some weird fetish content fishing for views. I think the actresses deserve better merits for their acting and stunts instead of the directing calling for cheap tricks.
This series is a recycled "The Invisibles." It's literally the same plot. Joel and Moon have the same relationship barrier as Kenneth and Natalie, albeit more silly. Owen's adopted daughter, as cute as she is, takes up way too much screen time. I don't really care about her as a whole. TVB STOP FORCING CHILD ACTORS ON US.
Tiffany Lau's character cries too much. Owen is really carrying the series. Moon Lau is pretty good too. Joel's character fades into the background. Rosita looks way too frail and young to be in the position she's in at the police force, and her contact lenses are distracting. Jazz Lam literally plays the SAME character as he did in The Invisibles just without the disability.
The humor is annoying. It's the same trope. Couple who loves each other but do not get together due to a misunderstanding caused by poor communication. They risk their lives to save each other; the misunderstanding gets settled, then they get together and have a really awkward bed scene that's played for laughs. It was in Line Walker, The Invisibles, and here it is again. The cases while fun, are incredibly unrealistic. EVERY case is connected to the main characters and/or their relatives. Man, Hong Kong must be really small if the police force are only picking up cases that endanger their family members. The way Jazz Boon writes his female characters are so bad. They're emotional, rash, and crybabies. They blame their male love interest for something dumb, and their male love interest end up saving their butts multiple times. Jazz Boon loves when his male characters jump in to heroically save the day while consistently getting blamed for things they didn't do. Oh, boo hoo.
Overall, I'm tired of the Jazz Boon (the producer) formula. He's out of ideas. The sets, the clothing, the pacing -- it's just The Invisibles all over again.
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