Stormy_77
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Roast Review - too much politics, draggy middle, not enough tomb raiding, epic ending.
First episode grabbed my attention right away as you can see this series has high production values. The sets feel lavish, the streets dilapidated and yet there's a palpable aura of doom surrounding the train. This makes me think maybe the author had the right idea in forming his own production studio to produce his work. Unfortunately the promise shown by the initial episodes slowly devolved into slow and seriously meandering political shenanigans, instead of focusing on tomb raiding.
The acting is of uneven quality. Both MLs (Fo Ye and Er Ye) are not great at acting and need more polish. In contrast, Chen Pi was able to very quickly convey, with just a glance, that he was in love with the Boss's wife. Unfortunately this was the only chance he had to do that, as the rest of his character was pretty much angry one note guy which gave him no more opportunity to flex his acting chops.
The characters are as a whole, not well written, with the exception of the Villains which stole the show, in particularly Hendry, Ban and Tanaka Ryoko which played her bit part to perfection.
Zhang Qi Shan / Fo Ye (William Chan) - stoic but smart. This guy ... had a Bad-Ass moment in the very first episode. Wow.
Er Yue Hong / Er Ye (Lay Zhang) - let's just say no amount of make up can hide the sheer perfection of his features. He is devoted husband but is a few cards short of a full deck.
Qi Tie Zui / Ba Ye (Hanson Ying) - not powerful but ended up being the least annoying "main" character
Chen Pi Ah Si (Harry Hu) - devoted, jealous AND dumb.
Yin Xin Yue (Zanilia Zhao) - fell in love at first sight. She's honestly the smartest character in the whole bunch. And she's a girl.
Ya Tou (Crystal Yuan) - eye candy, weak, useless.
Lieutenant Zhang (Zhang Ming En) - actually the second least annoying character.
Cox Hendry (Andrew Stokes) - Best villain. Even his dubbing was done well.
Ban Jie Li (Li Nai Wen) - Second Best Villain.
Things kind of picked up in the last 3-4 episodes, but by then the damage was done. The ending 2 episodes were as epic as the first 2, if only the story quality had been even throughout this would have been a much better drama.
The acting is of uneven quality. Both MLs (Fo Ye and Er Ye) are not great at acting and need more polish. In contrast, Chen Pi was able to very quickly convey, with just a glance, that he was in love with the Boss's wife. Unfortunately this was the only chance he had to do that, as the rest of his character was pretty much angry one note guy which gave him no more opportunity to flex his acting chops.
The characters are as a whole, not well written, with the exception of the Villains which stole the show, in particularly Hendry, Ban and Tanaka Ryoko which played her bit part to perfection.
Zhang Qi Shan / Fo Ye (William Chan) - stoic but smart. This guy ... had a Bad-Ass moment in the very first episode. Wow.
Er Yue Hong / Er Ye (Lay Zhang) - let's just say no amount of make up can hide the sheer perfection of his features. He is devoted husband but is a few cards short of a full deck.
Qi Tie Zui / Ba Ye (Hanson Ying) - not powerful but ended up being the least annoying "main" character
Chen Pi Ah Si (Harry Hu) - devoted, jealous AND dumb.
Yin Xin Yue (Zanilia Zhao) - fell in love at first sight. She's honestly the smartest character in the whole bunch. And she's a girl.
Ya Tou (Crystal Yuan) - eye candy, weak, useless.
Lieutenant Zhang (Zhang Ming En) - actually the second least annoying character.
Cox Hendry (Andrew Stokes) - Best villain. Even his dubbing was done well.
Ban Jie Li (Li Nai Wen) - Second Best Villain.
Things kind of picked up in the last 3-4 episodes, but by then the damage was done. The ending 2 episodes were as epic as the first 2, if only the story quality had been even throughout this would have been a much better drama.
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