JUSTICE PAO (1995)
SERIES REVIEW CASE NUMBER 2
A drunk walks the street at midnight as the night watchman walks past. A kung fu expert, Jiu Fei, flies along the rooftops. He gazes at a house. Inside doctor Sit Sun Yee and his wife are getting ready to sleep. Jiu Fei flies into the room and captures doctor Sit Sun Yee in a flash and makes an escape through the roof tops. The drunk spots a man flying above in the sky carrying a bag and thinks he has lost his mind. In the morning a big general, Hap Jong Ming, returns home to see his family. He passes by Sit Sun Yee's house and spots Justice Pao's men guarding outside. Hap Jong Ming decides to see Justice Pao, who is his good friend. After discovering that Sit Sun Yee has been captured, Hap Jong Ming, requested that Justice Pao investigate further, because Sit Sun Yee, had once saved his life. Meanwhile Sit Sun Yee is taken to a house situated at the top of a mountain. Jiu Fei then request Sit Sun Yee to save his wife, Fan Mun, after releasing him. Sit Sun Yee refused at first but decided to help cure Fan Mun, upon seeing that she is a kind hearted person. After many days of attempting to heal Fan Mun without success, Sit Sun Yee suggested one final idea that could cure Fan Mun. He instructed Jiu Fei that Hap Jong Ming has in his possession, Chin Tin Ku Pang, which can cure all poisons. Jiu Fei then set out to steal it from the Hap family. At a prostitute parlor, Hap Hau Yee, Hap Jong Ming's son started a fight and badly injured another customer over a prostitute. Jin Chiu discovered it whilst at Sit Sun Yee's place. In the morning Justice Pao visited Hap Jong Ming's house to inform him of his son's bad ways and instructed Hap Jong Ming to teach his son before he does more wrong. Hap Jong Ming took up Justice Pao's advice and attempted to punish his son, but servants, wife and mother all begged him to stop. Hap Hau Yee had been spoilt since childhood so refuse to change his ways. Later both Justice Pao and Hap Jong Ming were summoned to see the King because the Queen was ill. Hap Jong Ming suggested to help cure the Queen, with his Chin Tin Ku Pang. Hap Hau Yee had given the Chin Tin Ku Ping to a merchant many months ago to pay off his $2, 000, 000 debt that he owed. He then replaced it with a fake one. That evening he discovered that his farther wanted to use it to cure the Queen. Hap Hau Yee's wife attempted to tell Hap Jong Ming that the Chin Tin Ku Pang had already gone missing. In order to hide the truth Hap Hau Yee strangled his own wife to death. That same night Jiu Fei arrived to steal the Chin Tin Ku Pang. He used acid to cut an entrance from the rooftop. Once inside he evaded all of the traps and stole the Chin Tin Ku Pang, and flew over the rooftop. He was spotted by a guard and returned to push his pressure point before leaving. At the same time Hap Hau Yee had dragged his wife's body into the rose garden. Justice Pao and Jin Chiu arrived in the morning to investigate. Jin Chiu uncovered the method used to steal the Chin Ting Ku Pang, and realized that his sworn brother, Jiu Fei, must have done it. Hap Hau Yee then attempted to put the blame for the death of his wife on Jiu Fei. Jin Chiu was too clever though and realized that his friend has not killed an innocent person before and besides the guard was left alive. Jin Chiu then made a request to Hap Jong Ming to investigate the body of Hap Hau Yee's wife. Hap Hau Yee's wife's eyes were still wide open when they went to see it. Hap Hau Yee tried to close her eyes but they remained open. Justice Pao then made a promise uncover the truth of her death and then close her eyes. Jin Chiu then uncovered that the wife died because she had been strangled, by someone who doesn't know kung fu. At that point Hap Jong Ming knew that his son might have done it. In the evening he discovers that his son did infact strangle his wife in an attempt to cover the fact that he had already given the real Chin Tin Ku Pang over to a merchant. He made a move to kill his own son, but decided against it after pleas from the servants and his own wife. Hap Jong Ming was then persuaded by his right hand man, Wu Kong, to cover up the truth and put all of the blame on Jiu Fei. Hap Jong Ming could not believe that a few days ago Justice Pao, put his job and life on the line to clear his name, after the King discovered that the Chin Tin Ku Pang had gone missing, and now he has to hide the truth from Justice Pao. Meanwhile Kung Sin Chuk, and Justice Pao uncovered that top detective, Jiu Fei and thief Fan Mun went missing at the same time. From the letter that Sit Sun Yee sent back to his wife after being captured, Kung Sin Chuk, was able to discover the mountain Jiu Fei was hiding in. Jin Chiu was then sent to capture Jiu Fei by Justice Pao. The Chin Tin Ku Pang that Jiu Fei had stolen could not heal Fan Mun and she became more sick. Jiu Fei and Fan Mun then sat out side to discuss how they met. Fan Mun had just stolen a Jade pot, when Jiu Fei arrived to attempt to capture her. Fan Mun then tricked Jiu Fei into putting his sword away. Jiu Fei was put at a further disadvantage when Fan Mun threw the Jade pot at him, which he caught to prevent it from smashing. With one hand Jiu Fei was still able to block Fan Mun's attempts to take his life. Unable to defeat Jiu Fei, Fan Mun, faked committing suicide. Jiu Fei fell for it and rushed to help aid Fan Mun. At once Fan Mun threw a pin at Jiu Fei, who was then injured. She snatched the Jade pot from Jiu Fei's grasp and escaped. Fan Mun was having a bath by the river the next day when Jiu Fei caught up. Fan Mun tricked Jiu Fei into turning away while she dressed. She then made an attempt to escape, but Jiu Fei grabbed a rock at threw it at her legs. The rock struck Fan Mun off balance and she feel down the waterfall. Jiu Fei arrived just in time to save her life. At that point they realized they loved each other. Fan Mun promised to follow Jiu Fei back to the law court, after biting his hand. She did so to make Jiu Fei remember her forever. Along the way, Fan Mun's foster farther had set traps to save her. Jiu Fei suffered a heavy injury during the battle, but was saved by Fan Mun. After that they married and set out to kill all of the bad mountain robbers. One time Fan Mun was surrounded by many of the mountain robbers. Jiu Fei arrived to lend assistance and managed defeated all of them. One mountain robber then threw a poison dart at Jiu Fei who had turned his back on him. Fan Mun saw the dart and blocked it with her body, to save Jiu Fei. Ever since then she has been sick and Jiu Fei had captured the doctors to try to cure her. Jiu Fei then thought of someone who may be able to cure her. Jiu Fei went to find him the next day. He ran into Jin Chiu along the way. Jiu Fei requested Jin Chiu to step aside, but he refused. They fight and both men display exceptional sword fighting skills and speed. Jiu Fei kicked some dust a Jin Chiu and managed to escape with his superior speed. He ventures past an old house and hears the cry of help. Jiu Fei rushes into the house to prevent a mother from being rapped. By this time Jin Chiu had caught up, and was sure that Hap Hau Yee's wife was not killed by Jiu Fei. Still Jiu Fei refused to go to see Justice Pao, with Jin Chiu. Once again the two battle. This time Jin Chiu was ready for Jiu Fei's attempted escape, and flung a rope at Jin Fei's legs. Jiu Fei was dragged back inside the house as the two continued to fight. Suddenly a masked, Wu Kong, enters from the roof to take Jiu Fei's life. Jin Chiu managed to block the masked man's attempt and captured Jiu Fei. Hap Jong Ming requested to overhear the trail of Jiu Fei with Justice Pao. Jiu Fei was accused of capturing 8 doctors including Sit Sun Yee, stealing the Chin Tin Ku Pang and killing Hap Hau Yee's wife. Of all the accusations Jiu Fei admitted to only the first and second. Jiu Fei then revealed to Justice Pao that the Chin Tin Ku Pang was fake and requested the assistance of Kung Sin Chuk to prove his case, by identifying what he had stolen. Upon hearing this, Hap Jong Ming, sent Wu Kong to take the life of Jiu Fei once more. Jiu Fei managed to escape and push the pressure points of four policeman, who were then killed by Wu Kong. After escaping Jiu Fei returned and captured Kung Sin Chuk. Jiu Fei was then framed for the death of the four policeman. Jin Chiu uncovered the truth though because, the policeman where killed by sword and when Jiu Fei escaped he had no weapon. Having failed, Wu Kong was then sent to find and kill Kung Sin Chuk. Meanwhile Kung Sin Chuk uncovered that the Chin Tin Ku Pang was indeed fake. He also revealed that Fan Mun only had 8-9 days left to live. Upon hearing this Jiu Fei allowed all the doctors that he captured to return to their families. Sit Sun Yee elected to stay behind to help cure Fan Mun. Kung Sin Chuk allowed Jiu Fei to stay by Fan Mun's side for 8-9 days and journeyed back with the fake Chin tin Ku Pang to show Justice Pao. Along the way he met Wu Kong, and jumped over the edge of the mountain. The next day Jin Chiu returned to capture Jiu Fei. They battle once again. This time they fight down the waterfall, and into the river. Jin Chiu managed to inflict Jiu Fei with a flesh wound. Fan Mun came in to prevent the fight. Jin Chiu then realized that Jiu Fei had disappeared for a number of years because he was married to Fan Mun. Jin Chiu then decided to give his sworn brother 8 days, before taking him back to see Justice Pao. The two friends decide to catch up on old times in the evening. Fan Mun put sleeping pills into their drinks and left to see Justice Pao, to clear Jiu Fei's name. At an old mill Fan Mun, witnessed a masked Wu Kong, kill the merchant to take back possession of the Chin Tin Ku Pang. The masked man attempted to kill Fan Mun but she was saved by both Jiu Fei and Jin Chiu. Fan Mun escaped through the back and arrived to be questioned by Justice Pao. Hap Jong Ming put the deaths of the merchant on Jiu Fei and Fan Mun. Justice Pao then begins to suspect Hap Jong Ming. Jiu Fei arrived to be questioned also, and both were locked up for further questioning. Justice Pao then got unbiased views from Cheung Lo and Wong Chiu, who agreed with Jin Chiu that Jiu Fei and Fan Mun was telling the truth. Jin Chiu later located Kung Sin Chuk who was seriously injured from his fall. Jin Chiu then approached the Hap family to capture Wu Kong, who refused to follow them to see Justice Pao. Wu Kong then battles with Jin Chiu, who then discovered that he was the masked man who had tried to take Jiu Fei's life. Hap Jong Ming and Wu Kong then agreed to see Justice Pao for questioning. Wu Kong was charged with the attempted murder of Kung Sin Chuk, which he refused to admit to until Kung Sin Chuk arrived. Justice Pao then wanted to take Hap Hau Yee into questioning for his involvement. At this point Wu Kong took all the blame and killed himself in an attempt to prevent the truth from being uncovered. Hap Jong Ming then took out his anger on Jiu Fei and went to see the King, about taking Jiu Fei in for questioning himself. Justice Pao then put his job and life on the line to uncover the truth. The King then gave Justice Pao three days to uncover the truth. Jin Chiu then released Jiu Fei and persuaded him to think of a way to find the real Chin Ting Ku Pang. Jin Chiu then takes the blame and is temporary locked up. Justice Pao then took his men to take Hap Hau Yee into questioning but he was not there. Jiu Fei had captured Hap Hau Yee and wrote a note to Hap Jong Ming asking him to hand over the real Chin Tin Ku Pang. Hap Jong Ming managed to rescue his son, who had been poisoned by Fan Mun. Hap Jong Ming then used the Chin Tin Ku Pang to cure his son. by doing this he had fallen into Jin Chiu and Jiu Fei's trick. Justice Pao and the King then surrounded them. Hap Jong Ming then tried to blackmail the King with the Chin Tin Ku Pang. Fan Mun then put her life on the line and battled with Hap Jong Ming and reclaimed the Chin Tin Ku Pang, and presented it to Justice Pao. Hap Jong Ming then committed suicide. Hap Hau Yee was then taken in and charged for the death of his wife. He still refused to change his ways, putting the blame on his farther at first for the death. He then went on to blame his mother for not teaching him properly and requested that Justice Pao kill his mother instead. His mother made a desperate appeal to Justice Pao not kill her son but Justice Pao refused and reminded her the every one has family. Even the dead wife of his son has family. Hap Hau Yee then cursed his mother for being useless. At that point Justice Pao had, had enough and ordered his death. After recovering from her illness the Queen decided to lend the Chin Tin Ku Pang, to Kung Sin Chuk so he could cure Fan Mun. The death charges facing Jiu Fei and Fan Mun was then dropped by Justice Pao. Firstly Fan Mun faced the death penalty for past crimes of stealing and killing. But she helped to cure the Queen by taking possession of the Chin Tin Ku Pang, and she has also changed her ways. Secondly Jiu Fei faced the death penalty for stealing but, helped in recovering the real Chin Tin Ku Pang. Instead they were sent to Sai Ha to serve out their sentence. Like a good friend Jin Chiu saw them off to Sai Ha. RATING (8) This story has to be the best story in this Justice Pao series. It had everything, emotion, drama, and romance. Jacky Liu and Maggie Siu made a great on screen couple and their relationship was the main focus of the story. Their acting was superb as was that of the rest of the cast including the actor who played Hap Jong Ming. This story was action packed featuring a number of fight scenes. The fighting scenes were very spectacular. Felix Wong and Jacky Liu certainly know how to co-ordinate a fight scene. The fighting was fast and fluid. The set of Jiu Fei's house was done exceptionally well especially with the moon between the mountain as the backdrop. The purpose of this story is to serve as a reminder that now matter how great of a hero you are or no matter how much you have achieved, you still have to teach your child the moral values of society. By spoiling your child like the Hap family with Hap Hau Yee, it leads to the destruction of the family. It also goes to show that not all-great men have great children. This has been repeated throughout history.
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