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Provocateur

2017 · 1 season

A slow-burning corporate revenge drama that keeps you guessing about who is playing whom.

Created by
Wong Wai-Sing
Genres
Drama
Overview
After the deaths of his first and second wife, cosmetic mogul Cheuk Kwan-Lam, known as "King", tries to turn over a new leaf. As fate would have it, he encounters a resourceful young man known as Ringo Poon, through whom he sees a younger version of himself. The young man also wins the favor of King's secretary Rachel Chan, who believes that Ringo would lead the company, Endless Beauty, to success. Little do they know that Ringo is actually secretly conspiring with a team of talented people on the sly to steal trade secrets from large corporations for money. Ringo has been planning this for years, seeking the best opportunity to take destructive revenge on Endless Beauty.
How it feels
Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Revenge, betrayal, deception, corruption
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
Wong Wai-Sing
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Wong Wai-Sing
Starring
Gallen Law Ka-leung, Fred Cheng Chun-Hung, Ali Lee, Jacqueline Wong, Jack Wu, Jonathan Cheung Wing-Hong, Roxanne Tong, Law Lok-lam
Length
1 seasons, 25 episodes, 45 min each
Network
TVB Jade
Country
Hong Kong, United States of America
Languages
English, Cantonese

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