Lenda das Lágrimas Celestiais: Phoenix Warriors (2017)

Brilliant series ruined by last episode

Before starting the review, I must congratulate Nan Sheng in her role as Jiao Tong. Her facial control and acting ability outshone nearly all of the other actors. This was such an unusual role that there would be few actresses who could pull this off. Nang Sheng was nothing short of brilliant.

The story line is very good and we decided to watch this over the Christmas period. The first 20 or so episodes were addictive but after that, there were too many recaps and slowing down of the action. Michelle Bai as Gao Yan deserves special mention. It is funny how the evil characters were the best actresses.

As the last few episodes were to be watched, we commented that there was a lot to happen in such a short period. This is where we were let down. The end was rushed and what should have taken at least 10 episodes was condensed into two. Did the budget run out?

Directors Steve Cheng and He Zhen Hua or was it the screen writer Ella Chan who has little experience of these types of genre, let us down badly. They managed to ruin an exceptionally good series. It was as if they simply gave up and wanted to save money by cutting it short and filling up the time with recaps of previous scenes.

What should have been 5 stars all round is reduced to 2.5.

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