There’s ample of time at home now during this circuit breaker period for me to watch some movies and series. Well, that’s the only possible source of entertainment at home now besides than browsing though Facebook, Instagram or playing online games. I have just finished a Cantonese series a moment ago and here comes my review for it.
It’s a TVB drama titled ‘Airport Strikers’ (機場特警) which had just aired its last episode last evening. This 25-episode drama starring Owen Cheung, Mat Yeung, Sisley Choi, Roxanne Tong, Hugo Wong, etc revolves around a group of airport police officers. What’s terribly disappointing on this series is that the story focuses too much on each main character’s background (or own problems) and romantic relationship rather than on the action in the airport itself. The drama started off with a very intense threat at the airport and so I look forward to more actions throughout the entire series.
In the end, I was just watching all the love stories going on between many characters which are very boring. The characters are also not interesting and that is made worst by the dull acting by the cast. Owen Cheung’s too-cocky character is unnecessary and it made him looks annoying in the drama. Mat Yeung is a bit dull while Sisley Choi tried her best but there is still a borderline drawn by her in her performance and she couldn’t manage to cross it. Hugo Wong is not bad but his story with his wife lacks enthusiasm.
I was so glad that I managed to finish the whole series because it is simply too boring. The officers’ actions in the airport are only restricted to only normal patrolling and then that’s it. Focus is back on the love storylines again. I only enjoyed the front part when the new officers undergo intensive training. Only that part which covers first few episodes deserve my attention. For the rest, no! This drama should not be called ‘Airport Strikers’; it should be called ‘Romance in the Airport’ instead and then I would not have certainly start on this series at all. Very misleading.
I also cannot stand the way each episode at the latter part of the series ends with a glimpse of the main villain exercising in his dark room and showing a very forced evil expression. This happens for more than 5 episodes. Totally too repetitive and not necessary. The director must be thinking that it will help build the intensity but it actually built up our disgust to the drama. Out of 10 points, I can only rate ‘Airport Strikers’ a total of 4.5. This series is so bad to the point that this is the first time I’m giving a rating lower than 5. Very poorly done. This series which claimed to be the first Hong Kong series centered on airport police isn’t really emphasizing on that. This series can go into trash can immediately (sorry for being rude, but that’s my straightforward opinion).
Fortunately, there is another TVB drama that aired concurrently that is worth watching. The drama is called ‘Brutally Young’. So far, this series is very good and I think it will keep such momentum to its end. I will post my review to this once it ends somewhere around two weeks later.
I have also watched some new films in the past month and they are ‘Vivarium’ ,’1BR’ and ‘Fantasy Island’. I won’t be giving full review to them but I have to compliment the very creative and interesting idea behind each of these films that got me very engaged. The content of these films may not be suitable for everyone (some may find it boring or not logical) but they suits me who like to see new unexplored ideas/stories in films. Give them a try when you are free or too bored at home.
(Images in this post are from various online sources)