The Gentle Crackdown
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The Gentle Crackdown (20 Episodes)
* Reviewed by Jess

Main Characters:
Moses Chan, Niki Chow, Michelle Yim, Wayne Lai

Main Storyline:
Sui Dong Lau (Moses Chan) looks after the place 揕eun Choi Un? he is basically the judge there. Under him he has many polices, and Sup Yi Mui (Niki Chow) is one of the polices. Sup Yi Mui knows very good kung fu and the whole place depends on her for defence. Sui Dong Lau has very good knowledge and very smart. The two works together to solve big cases and eventually fell inlove with eachother.

One of the major case that came in the way of Dong Lau and Sup Yi Mui was the case of this robber 揊ei Ying? to Sup Yi Mui, it was a catch if she can catch Fei Ying, but until later, she finds out her relation with Fei Ying.

 

Main Characters and Performances:
==> main characters:
Moses Chan- Sui Dong Lau
He is a smart guy but loves to flirt with girls. He is the judge for the place 揕eun Choi Un?and he is a very fair judge who doesn't accept any money to judge unfairly. Many of the citizens love him and he is very popular. Moses acted very well in this series, his character is very funny, always laughing, and that reminds me of Moses very much. I am sure Moses will bring a lot of smiles to your face while you watching this series because there's scenes of Moses laughing, and his laugh will automatically draws a smile on your face.

Niki Chow - Sup Yi Mui
Niki played the main girl character which was a big step for her. And I thought she did well for this character. This character Sup Yi Mui's always fighting and loud, and has very good kung fu. I can imagine Niki having hard time filming this series. Well this character played by Niki is a very nosy girl who always thinks her job is to help others. She has a dad who's a man with very good kung fu skills, but he died early when he was saving someone durng a fire. From then on, Niki would spent a lot of time helping others, catching criminals. But on her soft side, she eventually falls for Moses without her knowing. (more on this later)

Michelle Yim- Sup Yi Mar; Fei Ying
Michelle played the role of being Niki's mother. ok here comes my favourite character of the whole series, Sup Yi Mar is a very caring mother and always looks after Niki under any circumstances. Everytime Niki's in trouble, Michelle will be out there to save her. Even though eventually you will find out that she is Fei Ying and she robbed heaps of now days what we call Government workers, all the money she stole was given out to the poorer families who supposely were meant to receive government fundings yet all the Politics over took the money. So basically she was doing her good. I thought Michelle suited this character really well and I am very impressed by the acting.

Wayne Lai- Si Ci Yeh
Wayne basically just played a character who has very high knowledge and helps Moses around. Those two balance well while working on the cases and I am sure you will highly love this character later in the series.

==> least favourite character:
I don't really dislike any characters. Maybe you will find Niki annoying in the beginning, but as the series progress, I am sure you will start to like her more and more.

==> Favourite part in the whole series:
One of the favourite part was the part when Niki's mum Michelle introducing Niki to this man hoping they would like each other and get marry. But Michelle misunderstood the man and thought he liked Niki and the man liked Michelle instead! But the funny thing was Moses was actually around the corner and heard everything and he couldn't stop laughing and literally roll on floor laughing! I couldn't stop myself from laughing because that scene was just so hilarious! And Moses's laughing will be sure to make you laugh because his face expression was just so cute!

Another favourite of mind was towards the end when Moses had to pretend he didn't love Niki anymore. It was very emotionally and I felt so sorry for Niki! But lucky she eventually found out he was made to say that and infact he still loved her very very much.

==> Least favourite part from the series:
Some bits of this series is a bit draggy. I basically quite like every single scene of this series, but if I had to choose a least favourite part, it must be the last epsoide when the fiancé of Wayne and the mother of Wayne runs to stop Wayne from shaving his head bold. That part dragged on a bit too much and it was quite predictable. Yes that's another bad thing about this series, its very predictable at times.

 

Key Points:
The theme song:
The theme song is sang by Moses and Niki and I believe this is the first time they worked together? The song's tone is pretty good and I thought Moses did a very good job like usual but I am a bit disappointed by Niki's singing. No don't get me wrong, I LOVE Niki, but I just don't think she did a too well job in singing this song.

The Clothing:
I particular like the outfits of Niki, it is very freshening and colourful. And I thought it suited her character very very well. But I believe all the characters need more outfit to change into, this series really lacks outfits!

The Chemistry:
I thought the chemistry between Niki and Moses was great! Ok Niki's good at fighting but got to admit she is pretty dumb at times. While Moses cant fight at all and is all weak but his very smart. Now can you see the perfect chemistry?!

The Performance:
Everyone acted very well. And I am very impressed by Niki's acting and for Moses, I thought he acted very good also, especially his laughing scenes..haha..!

The Story:
The story line is pretty funny at times, but way too predictable. I basically watched the movie knowing what is going to happen next. But I guess its something different having the girl knowing kung fu and the guy that's weak.

The Ending:
The ending was good. Happy ending, everyone's a couple! The bad people got what they deserve!

The Recommendation:
This series is ok, I wouldn't say it's the best nor is the worst. I guess if your looking for something to watching when your bored then this is the series. And if your having a sad day and want something to brighten your day, I believe you can try this series because it can get very very funny at times.

The Review:
This is my second review written for TVBSQUARE, my first one is 揕ove Bond?hope you enjoyed reading this review! Word total= 1189.

 

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