Tiger Cubs

Description: Tiger Cubs Chinese literally flying tigers alternatively titled Special Duties Unit is a Hong Kong police procedural television series produced by Lam Chi wah and TVB It premiered on Sunday 24 June 2012 on Jade and HD Jade and was the first TVB drama to broadcast in the Sunday night time slot since 1995 s File of Justice Tiger Cubs was one of six TVB dramas that were promoted at the 2011 Hong Kong Internal Film and TV Market Tiger Cubs debuted its trailer at TVB s Programme Presentation 2012 event on 1 November 2011 The drama is renewed for a sequel in early 2013 with a production of 20 regular episodes Filming for the second series began in June 2013 The drama follows a fictional team of elite paramilitary officers from the Special Duties Unit of the Hong Kong police force They specialise in counter terrorism hostage rescue and crimes that are deemed too dangerous for regular police to handle The unit works closely with the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau OCTB to crack down on terrorist groups The highly trained Special Duties Unit SDU commanded by Joe Ma faces a slew of criminals masterminds and kingpins Out come the weapons and armour and off they go always returning with the mission completed They take down everyone from drug dealers bombers and kidnappers a crazy psychiatrist and the King of Thieves Kenneth Ma This is a masterful creation by TVB a model for police dramas This is what TVB is capable of when they put effort and resources into a production This series features action action and more action There s a lot of explosive scenes shooting fighting the like When the SDU is not on a mission they re doing training exercises They re running climbing and jumping around You can still admire their physical prowess There s always movement on the screen always excitement in the air that will keep you at the edge of your seat I really like the format of this series No plot just case after case Each case takes the span of about one episode It is different from other police shows in that this is not an investigation series i e collect clues put two and two together etc You will likely recognize the bad guy right away since it s a well known guest star This series focuses on the action Out of nowhere the SDU will be notified of the suspect and location They will come in break down doors scour the place and subdue the bad guys You won t even see much planning or tactical strategy from the SDU Outside of the action there s the love side Luckily TVB does not ruin this show by allocating too much screen time for the relationships First there s the love triangle between Joe Oscar and Christine But it isn t much of a triangle because neither of them really loves her They choose their friendship over fighting for a girl After that Christine sort of just continues hanging around the group Then there s the budding relationship between Joe and Jessica At first Jessica is suicidal over her fianc s death which makes you wonder how she can continue being a cop But eventually she s able to let go with Joe s encouragement Their relationship is quite subtle and bearable even for people who hate watching romantic scenes like me Acting wise there s honestly very little acting required to run around with guns and armor There were complaints about Christine Kuo but she has little importance to the story anyways I liked Oscar Leung the most He s very charming with his winks and he s actually quite built up The ending someone dies but it is not illogical and unnecessary unlike previous dramas coughcough Lau Ka Ho Dramas The death was necessary to set up the final epic showdown between the SDU and Kenneth One thing I think was missing I hoped to actually see how Mandy Wong passes through the selection process and becomes a front line SDU member This is not shown you only know because she s sitting beside Him Law in full armor in the last shot You can either enjoy this series for the action or for the masculinity I enjoyed both aspects

Country:  Hong Kong

Released: 2012

Genre: drama

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