Yr/TV Stn: 2010/TVB
Cast:
Michael Miu ~ Mi An Ding (Mad)
Felix Wong ~ Shi Dong Shen (Stone)
Jessica Hsuan ~ Xu Wen Qian (Kim)
Nancy Wu ~ Xu Wen Shi
Vincent Wong ~ Gao Ji Yang (Carson)
Synopsis: (edited from Wikipedia)
When a cop expresses his grievance and anger onto the world, he becomes the most dangerous man in the force. Taken from the top ten famous unsolved cases in Hong Kong, Gun Metal Grey depicts a cop’s road to destruction as well as the very truth of human nature. Fifteen years ago, upright police officer Shi Dong Shen was falsely accused of murder and sentenced to prison. Now that he has been discharged, he decides to get to the bottom of the case. Unfortunately, he is unable to bring the culprit to justice because of lack of evidence.As a result, his suppressed anger continues to churn within him and whenever the law fails to carry out justice, he takes matters into his own hand.The sudden change in his character and behavior places his friendship with his teammate Mi An Ding to the test. Later, when he is trying to prevent Ding from looking further into the case, he even hurts Ding’s girlfriend, Xu Wen Qian. The competition begins to intensify between the two good friends and Ding is determined to deal with Shen according to the law.
Slacker's review:
I'm glad that I picked up this drama. "GMG" is one of the most interesting police drama I've seen recently. The main focus of the drama was not the cases, but how Stone's beliefs changed and committed crimes in the name of justice. The cast got a strong chemistry, especially the 2 veterans Michael Miu & Felix Wong. 姜还是老的辣! The romance plots in the drama was slightly weaker, and the ending was satisfactory.
I guess the most saddening part of the drama is Carson's departure. The plot after his death picked up in terms of pace and atmosphere. It's intensifying as Mad tried to nail down Stone.
Michael Miu is well-known for his "not-serious" look, and Mad is a perfect role for him. Mad is not what he seems on surface, while Stone is the opposite. His vengeance and hatred was clearly shown on his face. Felix Wong was really damn good in his role, and to get a super A lister to act as a baddie is not common in Canto drama.
I liked Jessica's performance. Kim is not her usual type of roles, and Jessica was very expressive! However, towards the end, I felt that Kim lacked screen time and her character became a mere "tool" for Stone to threaten Mad.
Nancy Wu and Vincent Wong's performance were equally impressive as well. This is perhaps the 1st time I thought the supporting roles were given depth and enough development. I thought Wen Shi & Carson were given more plots on their budding romance, though they were supposed to be enemies. Nancy did well when she had her emotional scenes after Carson left. You deserved the award gal!
Theme song is "Hui Se Kong Su" by Super 4, and ending theme is "Wo de li kai ye shi ai" by Alfred Hui.
