Song Kang reportedly cast in this. They are actively preparing for production, including castinghttps://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/477/0000557441
Late but thanks for this information. I have added FOUR HANDS to my plan to watch list.
Netflix has an arrangement with SBS to air SBS dramas beginning in the second half of 2025 (like now). SBS’s THE WINNING TRY started airing on Netflix US on Friday, July 25. So as a US viewer I have fingers crossed that SBS’s QUEEN MANTIS will air in September on Netflix US.
First four episodes of this drama were quite solid with a phenomenal first episode.Directing is amazing, acting…
Glad to hear it. I am at the last five episodes of the 36 episode IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE and then will jump into UNDERTOW. Glad UNDERTOW is only 19 episodes (an odd number of episodes in a way). I dropped my last Light On drama THE PERFECT SUSPECT after 7 of 16 episodes and jumped into IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE. It wasn’t terrible by any means but it didn’t grip me like other Light On Series dramas. Light On dramas have been a bit of a mixed bag for me. iQIYI’s 2024 Light On drama LET WIND GOES BY (24 episodes) was awesome. One of my favorites of 2024.
Here is hoping that iQIYI will provide this Light On Series drama with real person generated English subs. (Meanwhile I have to rush to finish Youku’s excellent crime drama IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE having watched 25 of 36 episodes.)
Zhang Yi is giving another great performance in a crime drama. I am through episode 11 and I am hooked. I don’t know but maybe even 5 years ago a drama like this, that centers around government corruption in the judiciary no less, probably would not been produced and aired. Of course in the end the corrupt officials will be brought to justice and punished. I can recall a couple of dramas recently (iQIYI’s A LIFE FOR A LIFE being one) where official government corruption was part of the plot so this subject matter is being allowed to be dramatized. One thing I am finding interesting in IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE is the presence in the story of a ‘Party’ official and reference to the Party. Often times in the past the terms ‘higher ups’ might have been used to signify Party officials.
A Hong Kong crime/cops drama with Cantonese audio and English subs on iQIYI, I will definitely be there. HOMELAND GUARDIAN just came on my radar today. Great to see Simon Yam still doing his thing. Tencent Video’s SEE HER AGAIN (2024) with ML William Chan was my last HK/Cantonese drama. I really enjoyed the remake of the 2017 kdrama OCN’s TUNNEL.
Watch The Treacherous to learn about the king this was based on. Changing his name and calling it fictional doesn’t…
I am with you. The source material made this drama aka THE TYRANT’S CHEF a no go for me. I really enjoyed the director’s 2024 MBC drama KNIGHT FLOWER but that is not enough for me to commit.
iQIYI’s THE LOST NATIONAL TREASURE is an excellent production. I came to this drama because of Bai Yu Fan (RIPE TOWN (2023)) and I was not disappointed. Great performances by a great cast. The drama starts in the early 2000s and goes to about 2012/13 I think (from flip cell phones to smart phones. The drama was a balance between presenting and explaining the hard work of archeologists and Chinese cultural preservation and a police/mystery tracking down tomb raiders. At times the crime side may have had more emphasis (middle episodes) but towards the end the archeological part of the story came back into focus. Well done.
US viewer here. CRIME HUNT is available at iQIYI. I have iQIYI on Roku so I can watch dramas on TV. I just checked episode 3 and english subs are now available, HOWEVER, the english subs in white are superimposed over white chinese subtitles making it very difficult for me to read/watch. I am afraid that js a deal breaker. 26 episodes of that would be too much for me.
SBS’s THE WINNING TRY started airing on Netflix US on Friday, July 25.
So as a US viewer I have fingers crossed that SBS’s QUEEN MANTIS will air in September on Netflix US.
I dropped my last Light On drama THE PERFECT SUSPECT after 7 of 16 episodes and jumped into IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE. It wasn’t terrible by any means but it didn’t grip me like other Light On Series dramas. Light On dramas have been a bit of a mixed bag for me.
iQIYI’s 2024 Light On drama LET WIND GOES BY (24 episodes) was awesome. One of my favorites of 2024.
(Meanwhile I have to rush to finish Youku’s excellent crime drama IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE having watched 25 of 36 episodes.)
I don’t know but maybe even 5 years ago a drama like this, that centers around government corruption in the judiciary no less, probably would not been produced and aired. Of course in the end the corrupt officials will be brought to justice and punished. I can recall a couple of dramas recently (iQIYI’s A LIFE FOR A LIFE being one) where official government corruption was part of the plot so this subject matter is being allowed to be dramatized. One thing I am finding interesting in IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE is the presence in the story of a ‘Party’ official and reference to the Party. Often times in the past the terms ‘higher ups’ might have been used to signify Party officials.
Tencent Video’s SEE HER AGAIN (2024) with ML William Chan was my last HK/Cantonese drama. I really enjoyed the remake of the 2017 kdrama OCN’s TUNNEL.
I visited Xi’an on tour in 2016 and visited the excavation site of the Terracotta Warriors. Incredible.
The drama starts in the early 2000s and goes to about 2012/13 I think (from flip cell phones to smart phones. The drama was a balance between presenting and explaining the hard work of archeologists and Chinese cultural preservation and a police/mystery tracking down tomb raiders.
At times the crime side may have had more emphasis (middle episodes) but towards the end the archeological part of the story came back into focus. Well done.
Check it out. It may work for you.