Showing posts with label A Great Way to Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Great Way to Care. Show all posts

Saturday, October 04, 2014

Leaked Undercover Files

Uh-oh, the identities of over 1000 undercover agents have been exposed! Casual TVB has been able to obtain a partial list of the leaked files...



Name: 梁笑棠 (Laughing)
Operation Code: E.U.; Lives of Omission; Turning Point

Profile: An experienced undercover. Spent at least 9 years infiltrating various Hong Kong triads, resulting in the dissolution of three major triads. Has also undertaken missions in China and in prison. Trained a new generation of undercover agents at the CIB.



Name: 鄧國彬 (Spicy Ginger)
Operation Code: Lives of Omission

Profile: Initially sent to the triads by the CIB, but lost grip on his identity after spending too much time as an undercover. Attempted to murder fellow undercover agent Laughing. Sentenced to 4 years of prison on charges of arson. Killed in police crossfire after escaping from jail.


Other agents in Operation Lives of Omission:

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Name: 鍾立文
Operation Code: E.U.

Profile: Top graduate at the Police Training School. Picked for undercover mission due to his close association with the triad leader and his daughter. Successfully gains the trust of the triad leader after helping to fake Laughing Gor's death. Joins the OCTB upon return to police force.




Name: 莊有正 (Carson)
Operation Code: Ruse of Engagement

Profile: Helps avert a terrorist bombing in his first undercover mission. Recruited into the Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF) as a result of his superb performance. Takes on a second undercover mission into a secret organization to root out the mole within the police force.




Name: 張立勳 (Funny)
Operation Code: Black Heart White Soul

Profile: Marries his girlfriend to collect evidence against her father for stock market fraud. Also investigates his best friend, whom he had crippled in an accident five years ago. Maintains his identity as a police officer while undergoing mission and receives promotion of two ranks.




Name: 林頌恩 (Apple)
Operation Code: A Great Way to Care II

Profile: Poses as a prostitute to collect information about a drug ring. During her mission, encounters a murder case involving a religious cult and obtains key piece of evidence. Transfers from the Narcotics Bureau to the CID after her mission.




Name: 羅耀華 (Law Sir)
Operation Code: Yes Sir Sorry Sir

Profile: A former school teacher. Sent back to his old high school to investigate the source of drugs entering the school network. Uses his relationship with the school's bowling instructor, who happens to be the sister-in-law of a triad leader.




Name: 吳仲明
Operation Code: Suspects in Love

Profile: Accepts an undercover mission in hopes of receiving a promotion and marrying his girlfriend. Obtains a job at a herbal tea shop to investigate the tea shop's boss, who had an ambiguous relationship with a missing triad leader.




Name: 余家昇
Operation Code: Off Pedder

Profile: Takes a position at a magazine company owned by Kam Bor Corporation. Later becomes personal assistant to the CEO, allowing him to look into white-collar crimes committed by senior executives of the corporation. Becomes an instructor at the Police Training School after his mission.

Other agents in Operation Off Pedder:
 
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Name: 鍾韋恩
Operation Code: Tiger Cubs II

Profile: Sent on a mission with unknown objectives, only to mysteriously disappear. Resumes duties at the CIB upon her return, but suffers from emotional problems. According to sources, may have been tortured when her undercover identity was exposed.




Name: 花蘋 & 羅大樹
Operation Code: Madam Cutie on Duty

Profile: The two agents pose as a couple to mix into a public housing estate. Their targets are three suspicious housewives who may be linked to a criminal organization involved with loansharking, prostitution and smuggling.
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The top secret file: multiple agents in Operation Line Walker...

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Sunday, June 22, 2014

The Police Career of Ben Wong

As a teenager, Ben studies at the Royal Police Cadet School. He then graduates from the Police Training School and spends his first three years of service on the Patrol Sub Unit and Police Tactical Unit.


With a promotion to Sergeant, he joins the Criminal Investigation Department (The Threshold of a Persona).


Following the arrest of his previous superior, Ben continues to work as a CID detective under a new boss (movie Life Without Principles).


Next, he takes on an undercover assignment from the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (Lives of Omission).


Upon completing his mission, he is transferred to the Commercial Crime Bureau (The Ultimate Addiction).


Ben is promoted to Senior Inspector and rejoins the PTU in a leadership capacity (movie Tactical Unit - Comrade in Arms).


Ben is given the chance to lead his own CID team (A Great Way to Care I and II)


A promotion to Chief Inspector comes next, along with a move to the Narcotics Bureau (Highs and Lows)
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Ben briefly takes over the reins of the Special Duties Unit (movie Firestorm)


After years of hard work, Ben reaches the rank of Superintendent. He returns to the PTU for the third time, this time as its chief commander (On the First Beat).


Ben brings his leadership and experience to another region of the police force (movie City Under Siege).


Ben's next job will be to take over the newly created Miscellaneous Enquiries unit. (Nothing Special Force)



Updated September 24, 2017

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Happy New Year!

Life is like a bus ride. 
Some people get on, some people get off. 

~ Ben Wong, A Great Way to Care II


The perfect quote to describe my 2013.


Here's hoping everyone will have an exciting and prosperous new year ahead of them! May there be many fantastic people boarding your bus in 2014.



Wednesday, October 02, 2013

The Police Career of Madam Kate

Madam Kate's career begins as a cadet in the Police Training School (On the First Beat)




Being a new face, she is the perfect candidate to join the CIB's Surveillance Team (movie Eye in the Sky)




Afterwards, Madam Kate is transferred to the Traffic Branch Headquarters (When Lanes Merge).


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Then, she becomes a member of the regional Criminal Investigation Department (A Great Way to Care)




With her stellar performance, Madam Kate is promoted to Senior Inspector and heads up a new CID team (Forensic Heroes III)




Madam Kate's latest move is to the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (Sniper Standoff)


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Madam Kate revealed that she will join the Commercial Crime Bureau in the future (The Ultimate Addiction)


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Review




Producer: Marco Law
Genre: Medical, crime
Cast: Alex Fong, Tavia Yeung, Yoyo Mung, Ben Wong, Edwin Siu, Ram Chiang

Plot:
Rape, murder, murder, murder. A typical crime investigation series, but with psychiatrists solving the cases instead of police, forensics or lawyers. This is a bloodier continuation of A Great Way to Care. The theme this time is “sane criminals pretending to be insane".

Review:
Watching A Great Way to Care 2 made me go back to watch the prequel and I must say the original was better. First thing to mention is how there was a bunch of reused actors, although that doesn't necessarily affect the entertainment value of the series. Recycled actors aside, there were a lot of similar cases, such as the religious cult, the schizophrenic (which has now been severely overused in police dramas), and the vigilante. The most important reason is because the original had a lot more focus on psychology. The sequel feels like a normal police investigation series. The first series had Alex Fong predicting the criminal’s next move or trying to elicit the truth from a suspect via psychological analysis. Here, Alex or the police solve cases by noticing clues that others have missed. In most cases, it was actually quite apparent that the criminal wasn't a psycho.

Comparing Tavia and Kate as the female leads in the first and second series, Tavia certainly had the more interesting character to work with. She was very impressive as the undercover prostitute and equally good as a crazy killer who took justice into her own hands. Alex Fong as male lead wasn't much different from the last series. At times, I find him to be a little slow-reacting, although maybe his character calls for that. I enjoyed his casual scenes with Yoyo Mung. Yoyo, though technically co-female lead, serves only as Alex’s love interest, and for the “daring” sperm donation request. I think she is at her best when she plays this type of loud-spoken independent character. Yoyo looks more compatible with Alex than Kate.

Why, oh why, does every sequel need to have a love triangle? Edwin Siu is arguably the real male focus of the show with plenty of screen-t. While I liked his witty, self-assured buck-toothed character, it was a drag to go through his love indecision. It was not helped by the fact that his partners were awful to watch. Aimee Chan still has very wooden expression and unexpressive speech, whether it is love scenes with Edwin or emotional scenes with her brother. Her Cantonese seems to be improving though. Or maybe it’s because Christine Kuo was worse. I can usually tolerate bad accents, but I honesty could not make out a lot of what she said. The Edwin-Aimee-Christine line took up too much screen-time that other relationships didn't get proper development. Namely, I wanted to see more of Tavia and Ben Wong because their relationship is actually important to her decisions in the end.

Other characters: Ben Wong actually had a huge personality change from the first series where he was extremely hot-tempered. This time, there is less spark in his character and performance. Ram Chiang doesn't have much to do in terms of solving cases and his relationship with Leanne Li was unnecessary because nothing happened in the end. Oscar Leung, Power Chan and Eric Li are mostly just sidekicks, but Oscar and Power manage to grab some attention with little habits. I liked Henry Lee’s character after he got friendly with the other doctors, especially that nosy look he has when trying to find out gossip.

In terms of case characters: Matthew Ko was not convincing as the religious cult leader and he smirks at all the wrong times. Pierre Ngo was a better cult leader in the original. Hugo Wong really let loose as a wild “Zeus”. Otto Chan did an admirable job as Aimee’s autistic brother; the way he communicates seems very real. The little scene in the end with his girlfriend was cute. Lee Yee Man tried too hard to look evil with the deathly stare.

All in all, the cases aren't the most unique or memorable, but it’s enough to keep the series moving at a good pace. Sequels rarely live up to original expectations, but at least this one didn't completely fall flat.

Rating: 4/5. Worth the time. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Reincarnations in A Great Way to Care 2

Oscar Leung - patient à doctor
  

Power Chan - patient à doctor
  

Lee Sing Cheung - patient à doctor
  


Otto Chan - patient à Aimee Chan's brother
  

Lau Kong - Kate Tsui's grandfather à priest/Tavia's adoptive father



Jimmy Au - murder victim à CID



Mary Hon - patient's mother à murderer



Yeung Ching Wah - CID à car mechanic/Tavia's childhood friend



Dia Yiu Ming - patient à wealthy heir



Chan Wing Chun - nurse à ex-arsonist



Andy Siu - former police officer à homeless man



Esther Wan - mother of victim à patient's wife



Joseph Yeung - school principal/pedophile à senior-level police (Tavia's superior)




Who else have you noticed in both series?