JUSTICE PAO (1995)
SERIES REVIEW CASE NUMBER 1
Magistrate Lau Chun, and his regiment where attack and killed by masked water pirates led by Wan Kong Lo. The water pirates then dressed up as Magistrate Lau Chun and his regiment. They where waiting for the arrival of Justice Pao who was passing by. Wan Kong Lo, wanted to set a trap to kill Justice Pao to get revenge for his brother, Yeung Chi Gow who died at Justice Pao's hands five years ago. Justice Pao and company were passing through, Tai Wu, when they came across the carnage caused by the pirates. Justice Pao decided to go into Wu Chow, to investigate. Wu Chow was the homeland of Kung Sin Chuk. His homecoming brings back the sad memories of his wife's suicide after being raped, and the lost of his daughter. In the evening Justice Pao was under an attack from the masked water pirates. Jin Chiu had fallen into their trap and chased after Wan Kong Lo's daughter, Yin Ying, leaving Justice Pao unguarded. Jin Chiu managed to obtain the possession of a bracelet from the hands of the masked female. Realizing that he had fallen into a trap Jin Chiu rushed back to protect Justice Pao. Wan Kong Lo was unable to kill Justice Pao because the house was protected by mystic. Jin Chiu arrived back in time and inflicted Wan Kong Lo with a flesh wound to the hand. Jin Chiu then presented Justice Pao the bracelet he took from the masked female. Kung Sin Chuk recognized the bracelet, it was the same one his wife had. However he had given it to his daughter, Sin Siu Ngar, after the death of his wife. He was now sure that his daughter was still alive. Jin Chiu later discovered something strange about the local regiment. The clothes they are wearing are all torn. When Cheung Long and Jiu Fu returned with past cases, Justice Pao suspected that Wan Kong Lo was Yeung Chi Gow's brother, Yeung Ji Long. Yeung Chi Gow was a hero who killed 18 corrupted Government Officials, but committed suicide after killing an innocent child. He then requested Justice Pao to remove his head with his sword. Wong Chiu and Mar Hon discovered from local fisherman that Wan Kong Lo was disguised himself as Magistrate Lau Chun. Justice Pao then invited Magistrate over for tea. On one had they could work out the misunderstanding and secondly to uncover his true identity. After tea Jin Chiu prevented Magistrate Lau Chun from leaving on the grounds that he was Wan Kong Lo. In order to find out Magistrate Lau's true identity Jin Chiu wanted to see whether Magistrate Lau had a flesh wound on his hand. Yin Ying, came to the rescue and re-injured Magistrate Lau Chun's hands. Kung Sin Chuk watched the masked female inside a secret room. Surprisingly the masked female managed to find a way into the room. At once Kung Sin Chuk realized that the masked female was his own daughter and taught her a way to escape. Kong Sin Chuk then told the masked female that he was her farther, and requested that she removed her face masked so he could see. Yin Ying refused to believe Kung Sin Chuk, and thought it was nonsense. Kung Sin Chuk handed the bracelet to the masked female, who rode off into the night. Kung Sin Chuk, was then captured by Wan Kong Lo. Kung Sin Chuk got really drunk and asked Wan Kong Lo to hand his daughter back. Later Wan Kong Lo gave up his revenge on Justice Pao, after realizing he had made a mistake. By this time Yin Ying had found out that Kung Sin Chuk was infact her real farther. Wan Kong Lo, then asked Yin Ying to poison Justice Pao so they could escape. Not wanting to loose his foster daughter, Wan Kong Lo, asked Kung Sin Chuk, to choose between the life of Justice Pao or his daughter. Faced with a tough decision, Kung Sin Chuk, decided that saving the life of Justice Pao was more important. Wan Kong Lo handed the cure over to him and headed off with Yin Ying. Jin Chiu had followed them and captured Wan Kong Lo. Yin Ying then risked her life and saved Wan Kong Lo, but was captured by Jin Chiu. Kung Sin Chuk, was suffering at the sight of having her daughter’s head cut off by Justice Pao. As a farther, Kung Sin Chuk decided to save his daughter. In the process two innocent lives are lost. Kung Sin Chuk, was then placed on arrest by Justice Pao. Yin Ying went back to find Wan Kong Lo, but he had committed suicide to protect the souls of the 118 innocent lives he has taken by killing the regiment. On the day of that Kung Sin Chuk was to be executed, Yin Ying returned. Kung Sin Chuk was then free of his charge. Upon discovering that Yin Ying was Kung Sin Chuk's daughter, Sin Siu Ngar, Justice Pao offered to make a request to the King to delay the execution so that they can spend more time together. Yin Ying refused and committed suicide and died in Kung Sin Chuk's arms. Sadden by the death of his daughter Kung Sin Chuk wanted to be executed for his involvement in the death of two innocent people. Justice Pao was placed under a very difficult position. But he decided to grant Kung Sin Chuk, his wish. On the day of his execution, and thunderstorm developed, which prevented Kung Sin Chuk from taking his own life. This was a sign from the heavens. Jin Chiu then arrived with the King's orders demanding that Kung Sin Chuk must live and continue to serve Justice Pao in a quest to find justice. Kung Sin Chuk then felt at peace, having regained his purpose. He smiled as he looked up at the sky and thank the heavens. RATING (6) This was a good emotional beginning to the Justice Pao series. It was filled with intrigue, and uncovered the past of Kung Sin Chuk. The story like the majority of Justice Pao stories ends in tragedy with the death of Sin Siu Ngar, Kung Sin Chuk's long lost daughter. The purpose of this case is to differentiate between the Yeung Chi Gow case and Kung Sin Chuk case. Yeung Chi Gow accidentally killed a little kid by mistake and asked Justice Pao to cut his head off. Unlike Yeung Chi Gow, Kung Sin Chuk did not kill the two cops by letting his daughter escape. Even though he asked to have his head cut off, he did not break the law as his daughter returned to take punishment for him. The acting in this story was good. Ada Choi did a good job as Sin Siu Ngar and made the emotional side of the story very convincing. The fighting was also good especially the duel between, Yin Ying and Jin Chiu. However that was about the only fighting scene in the series besides the opening scene with the water pirates. This story was good enough to keep the audience interested in the rest of the Justice Pao cases. What is noticeable already about this series compared to the Taiwanese Justice Pao Series, is less focus is placed on Jin Chiu. In the Taiwanese Series, the main girl in the story always falls in love with Jin Chiu. This happens in nearly every case. The TVB Jin Chiu seems to be more focused on the case.
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