CAST

PLOT

Gallen Lo Ka Leung is the son of a war general. His family hates the current Emporor and establishes a rebel group against the Emporor along with his brother played by Nathan Chan Ting Wai. Eddie Cheung plays the fourth prince of the current Emporor. Eddie Cheung is a wise and intelligent man with top kung fu. Gallen Lo's group had caused Eddie Cheung much trouble and they were constant enemies. A royal coupe occurs when the Emporor's second and third sons force the eldest son, played by Au Yeung Chun Wai to concede his throne to the second eldest son. They in turn attempted to deal with Eddie Cheung who managed to escape. Eddie Cheung had always sided with Au Yeung Chun Wai and went to find help. Meanwhile the second and third prince held the Emporor and Au Yeung Chun Wai captive and took control.

Eddie Cheung sought the help of an old loyal general. He agreed to help Eddie Cheung and they slowly built up thier forces. The daughter of the general, played by Law Mei Kwan fell in love with Eddie Cheung. Meanwhile Gallen Lo ran into a foriegn princess, played by Tsang Wah Sin, who immediately fell in love with him. Eddie Cheung would later be captured by Gallen Lo, who wanted to use Eddie's life in return for his farther. Naturally when news arrived to the palace the second son was pleased and took no action. Eddie Cheung would then infrom Gallen Lo of the events that had occured in the palace. But Gallen Lo refused to help him, until Eddie Cheung promised Gallen Lo that he would free his farther. Together Eddie Cheung and Gallen Lo managed to save Gallen Lo's farther. Unfortunately Gallen Lo's farther was too sick and he died shortly after. Slowly Eddie Cheung gained the trust of Gallen Lo. But his brother Nathan Chan did not trust Eddie Cheung and refused to take part in helping Au Yeung Chun Wai regain the throne.

Gallen Lo helped Eddie Cheung to defeat the second and third prince, and restore the palace in order. Au Yeung Chun Wai regained his status as heir to the throne and the Emporor continued to rule. Meanwhile Nathan Chan ran into and Lam Kei Yan. They would get together in the end after several agruments. But all was not well with Eddie Cheung who was unhappy with his current position. Having played a large part in restoring the palace in order, he was not content spending the rest of his life as a prince behind the shadows of Au Yeung Chun Wai. He now wanted to gain the throne. He worked his evil plot, and forced the Emporor to name him as the next heir to the throne. Eddie Cheung would then kill Law Mei Kwan's farther because he knew too much. Despite this Law Mei Kwan still loved Eddie Cheung. She decided to become a presitess however. Au Yeung Chun Wai was forced to flee from the palace with his girlfriend Choi Kan Lei. Ironcially Au Yeung Chun Wai would seek the help of Gallen Lo. Once Gallen Lo realised what had happened he attempted to convince Eddie Cheung to return the throne to Au Yeung Chun Wai. Eddie Cheung refused, and during a later battle Nathan Chan would be killed.

This upset Gallen Lo who became outraged. He then sought to avenge his brother's death. Law Mei Kwan helped Gallen Lo to trick Eddie Cheung and they became trapped inside a secret room. Whilst Law Mei Kwan was happy to die side by side with the person she loved, Eddie Cheung was not content. In his attempt to escape from the secret room, Law Mei Kwan was killed. But it did not matter to Eddie Chueng because he was free. In the end Gallen Lo would duel with Eddie Cheung on top of the mountain. Both men fell of the edge of the cliff. Eddie fell to his death and Gallen Lo was persumed to have died also. But in the last scene Gallen Lo is seen leaving the kung fu world with his love, Tsang Wah Sin.

RATING (5)

It's been a while since I saw this series, so I hope that I got the entire plot right. It was this same plot which did not impress me, because it had been done before already. Apart from that the acting was okay. I thought this was the few ancient series that Gallen Lo performed well in. For some reason he just doesn't have that same on screen presence as he does when he appears in modern dramas. What made this series was that it featured an excellent cast.

For some reason Eddie Cheung is always being considered for evil roles, and this is no exception. I always thought that Eddie Cheung was more suited to play intelligent, wise, honest and honourable roles. He has that honest and noble look about him, combined with his tone of voice. Therefore he suits playing a commanding noble role. But all these qaulities enables him to be selected in evil roles where the villian looks like a hero on the surface. He does look convincing in evil roles though, but I would rather perfer that he take on herioc roles as well.

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A Spectale of Eddie Cheung Siu Fai

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