Chow Yun-Fat on TVB
fo fung wong
burning phoenix
The Fate
principal cast:
nbsp;nbsp;Chow Yun-Fat
nbsp;nbsp;Carol "DoDo" Cheng Yu-Ling
nbsp;nbsp;Miu Kiu-Wai
nbsp;nbsp;Chan Sau Chu
nbsp;nbsp;Dam Sau
nbsp;nbsp;Seung Yee
A very soapy soap indeed. Chow Yun-Fat plays Ngai Chun, an adopted
son who has a very nasty sibling, Ngai Gong Sang. Sang is a slobby,
rude and vicious man who does everything bad he can think of including kick the
family dog. Chun is intelligent and of a much better temper and so of course
is bitterly hated by Gong Sang.
Ticked off by the attention and respect given to Chun, Gong Sang sets up
Chun for a fall and has him falsely accused of a crime. Much nastiness
ensues but Chun wins out. However not long later Gong Sang is murdered and
Chun is tossed back in the pokey since he is the prime suspect.
Coming to his defense is the crack lawyer Sung Suen Yee (Seung Yi) who, incidentally,
is Chun's adopted mother, and her assistant Dung Shun Wah (Carol Cheng) who, incidentally,
is Chun's sweetie. Closely knit little group.
Shun Wah, who apparently is a little unclear on the concept behind being a lawyer,
sees that the chances of getting Chun cleared of the murder charge with the evidence
on hand are a little iffy, so she decides to manufacture some. Fortunately a witness is found who can
clear Chun but unfortunately Shun Wah's unique methods of insuring an acquittal are
found out and she's fitted out for a blue prison frock forthwith. Not to worry though,
Chun's a good guy and he doesn't mind; when they are reunited on an airplane he
plants one on her that almost catches the upholstery on fire.
This series is as about as trite as they come, with characters which are scribbled more
than drawn. CYF appears surly and unhappy throughout most of the series; Carol Cheng
smirks more than smiles and has a strange aura of unpleasantness surrounding her. CYF and DoDo
were an item at one point but if they were during this series, it must not have been
a very happy pairing; there is none of the charm here which made their performances in
Now You See Love, Now You Don't and even My Will, I Will enjoyable in later
years.
Compared to other TVB series in which CYF was cast, this is probably the most disposable
of them all. The video quality of the tapes is poor, garish colors and video repeatedly
out of synch. All in all, a rather low-grade effort and not one of TVB's brighter moments.
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