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Sink or Swim

2020 · 1 season

A jittery, off-kilter chase that mixes workplace frustration with sudden danger and oddball twists.

Created by
Xing Dongdong
Genres
Drama
Overview
The drama mainly talks about the electrician Lao Lin who is frustrated in the workplace. To protect the life of his wife and daughter, he unexpectedly received a mysterious huge sum of money after he failed to get a promotion. According to their assigned tasks, everyone was involved in a star abduction case. The five were forced to flee together and accidentally learned each other's true identities on the way. What happened was not a coincidence. A bizarre adventure belonging to social animals officially started.
How it feels
Tense, dark, absurd and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Crime, conspiracy, class, survival
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Xing Dongdong
Written by
Jia Yan, 李嘉洁, 桂石, 滕亚函
Starring
Zhou Kai, Shao Zhuang, Li Yinan, Gao Yufei, An Ning, Yang Yu, Wang Xiuyue, Wang Xiaoyi
Length
1 seasons, 9 episodes
Network
Youku
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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