No.of Epis: 22
Year/TV Station: 2008/TVB
Cast:Kevin Cheng ~ Zhang Cheng Xi
Roger Kwok ~ Tang Li Yan
Yoyo Mung ~ Li Pei Jia Carmen
Elaine Yiu ~ Tang Kai Min Mandy
Synopsis: (edited from Dramawiki)
Cheng Xi was sent to prison for murdering his stepfather. The key witness of the case turns out to be his cousin Tang Li Yan. Ten years later, Xi is released from prison. Li Yan is now the boss of Honour Limited while Xi's reputation and future are in ruins. Feeling extremely frustrated and harboring suspicions about the case ten years ago, he is desperate to find out the truth behind his stepfather's death. After some investigation, Xi realises who the real killer is, but there appears to be no motive. More importantly, evidence is also lacking.
Li Yan starts to panic after Xi shows interest in Carmen, who is his fiancee. He deals with Xi by using various tricks. Li Yan starts to change drastically after his stepfather passed away. His granny, who dislikes him, tries to get evidence of his evil-doings, but dies in the end. Soon, Yan's younger sis, Min, his mum & Carmen finally see Yan's true colours....
Slacker's review:"LOS" is one of the few TVB dramas which got a pretty dark theme. It's quite "stressful" to watch the drama as the developments b/w the cast became more & more depressing. Vengeance is the key theme here. We saw how Cheng Xi was framed for murder and suffered for 10 yrs of jail term, while the real murderer enjoyed his carefree life outside. The developments for the drama was pretty standard, but the ending was a little surprising. I thought Cheng Xi & Li Yan's character development were quite interesting too, you got to see them acting in front of each other and played their own games.
I would have to say the two male leads' performances were above my expectations, and thus, they made this drama watchable. Roger Kwok totally shed his nice good man image as he portrayed a very cunning & ruthless man in "LOS". I simply loved his expressions here, though I hate Li Yan to core. Lolz~ I cld never imagine Roger giving tt kind of cunning look & smile in the past, but now he creeps me out. Haha! Seriously, Li Yan was an actor. He covered his evil doings nicely, before Cheng Xi & Carmen found out. Just like what Carmen said, Li Yan was a scary fella as he did not even blink his eyes when he told his lies. The last scene in the final epi was a memorable one. I already suspected if Li Yan had turned over a new leaf. Anyway, it would be too fake if he really changed for the good la.
Kevin is one of the guys who could not really act, but I had to give him some credits this time round. Why? Our pretty lad shed his handsome image and went for a character which was full of hatred. Cheng Xi was a rash & impatient fella. So, finally he was convinced that he needed to be an "actor" as well in order to fool Yan. I thought that was a drastic change for Xi, as he was not that clear-minded beforehand. Some may find it a pity that Xi did not end up with Carmen, but I thought this arrangement made more sense, as Carmen was deeply hurt by Yan.
Yoyo was pretty underused in the drama. Well, this is a guys' show la, so it's not surprising that Carmen was more of a flower vase here.
Normally, siblings of the main characters were more of a support role. Elaine Yiu's Mandy was no exception, but her character was given lots of opportunity to work against her brother. Haha! I thought Elaine's performance was not too bad here. Lots of convincing acting from her.
The support cast was great as usual, though they did not provide much comic relief this time round.
Overall, if you don't like dark dramas, then this drama is not for you. However, Roger Kwok's performance was damn spectacular in the drama. So, "Last One Standing" is worth a try :)
I seriously regretted watching this movie, can only blame myself for being late. Lolz~ Even though "Mulan" is not any better, I thought at least there are lots of actions going on. "New Moon" was really like what the reporter reviewed in the newspapers..."Qiong Yao styled vampire love story". The tempo of the movie was slow, and the dialogues b/w the characters were mushy. Very very little actions this time round, and the storyline was just boring. I could not say that the new director was good in terms of how the movie was shot, but the flow of the movie was a lot better than the 1st one. I guessed the highlight of this movie was when Jacob removed his shirt. Wahahha! (I could hear KH's "woooohhh"...) Conclusion: Women loved muscular guys...faintz~
Finally, we came to "Ah Yat" for meal. The service was surprisingly lousy here...the waitress was confused with our orders, and had to double check for a few times. The waiter who served us was not very professional, and his mandarin cannot make it. Haiz... Luckily, the food was still not that bad. Have to pardon me for the inaccuracy of dish names...
CH's chicken baked rice with Portuguese sauce.
My set meal #1 - milk tea. (not nice~)
My set meal #2 - chicken w/ song rong doubled-boiled soup. (The soup was delicious~)
My set meal #3 - Baked fried rice w/ abalone.
KH's Pork baked rice with Portuguese sauce.
SC's Fish fillet baked rice with Portuguese sauce.
