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The Gray Area
Crime Crackdown (扫黑风暴) is a crime drama, where the narrative revolves around Li Chengyang (Sun Honglei). Li Chengyang was a policeman, however, he was accused of taking bribes, therefore his reputation was ruined and he was expelled from the police force. After being expelled from the police force, he then becomes involved in the mafia group. The drama then continues on with a group of officials who were sent to Lv Teng to clean up the mess in Lv Teng (crimes that have been in Lv Teng for years - such as illegal gambling, high loans, and so forth). Then cold cases started to get cracked and so on, which will lead to the big ultimate case.
What made this drama particularly appealing is the stellar cast and the directing. The cast of this drama is outstanding! For people who have been watching Chinese drama for a long time, I'm sure that you'll be familiar with the faces in this drama. With all the amazing casts, the acting is perfect!! From the main role to the supporting role, every character is portrayed very well done. And Lay did a really outstanding job in this drama, he had a huge improvement in his acting! Secondly, this drama is directed by Wu Bai, I loved his directing in Evil Minds, therefore, I was particularly looking forward to this drama.
The crime cases in this drama are okay. Some were interesting as several cases shown in this drama are based on real-life cases that happened in China. This drama is kinda draggy and it's a slow burn drama - it hints at you about the main goal from the smaller achievements they achieved. However, the small details are not attractive enough to keep you watch it and you might get kinda exhausted in the middle of watching it. In the middle of the drama, you might feel that you are not going anywhere, the story is stagnant. Therefore, it might be kinda taxing to watch it.
This drama production is not the best, but not the worst too. I really enjoyed the colour scheme and grading, with it's prominent shadows and textures. However, the cinematography, directing and editing is just average, there is nothing new and appealing.
As a crime drama, Crime Crackdown is a very good drama in terms of its acting and production. However, the weak and slow-burning narrative makes this drama fall short.
What made this drama particularly appealing is the stellar cast and the directing. The cast of this drama is outstanding! For people who have been watching Chinese drama for a long time, I'm sure that you'll be familiar with the faces in this drama. With all the amazing casts, the acting is perfect!! From the main role to the supporting role, every character is portrayed very well done. And Lay did a really outstanding job in this drama, he had a huge improvement in his acting! Secondly, this drama is directed by Wu Bai, I loved his directing in Evil Minds, therefore, I was particularly looking forward to this drama.
The crime cases in this drama are okay. Some were interesting as several cases shown in this drama are based on real-life cases that happened in China. This drama is kinda draggy and it's a slow burn drama - it hints at you about the main goal from the smaller achievements they achieved. However, the small details are not attractive enough to keep you watch it and you might get kinda exhausted in the middle of watching it. In the middle of the drama, you might feel that you are not going anywhere, the story is stagnant. Therefore, it might be kinda taxing to watch it.
This drama production is not the best, but not the worst too. I really enjoyed the colour scheme and grading, with it's prominent shadows and textures. However, the cinematography, directing and editing is just average, there is nothing new and appealing.
As a crime drama, Crime Crackdown is a very good drama in terms of its acting and production. However, the weak and slow-burning narrative makes this drama fall short.
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