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Operation "SharkHunt"

1987 · 1 season

A brooding crime drama where personal mistakes spiral into betrayal and tragedy, with a steady, tense pace and emotional weight.

Genres
Action & adventure, Crime
Overview
Inspector YUAI HUI (Lui Leung wai) and girlfriend CHU PAO WEN (Kiki sheung Tien ngor) are close to getting married, but they break due to a minor row. Hui subsequently develops an affair with Lady Senior Inspector LIN HIS YA(Cally Kwong Mei Wan), but their engagement is trouble-ridden. HUI’s sister LI HUNG, a juvenile delinquent, cherishes an unrequited love for HUI’s subordinate MA JO CHI (Wong Shi Ki). LI KUNG accidentally hurts someone and is caught red-handed by her brother. He sets her free and is exposed and gets fired as a result. HUI runs a tourist agent and PAO WEN ruins it out of vengeance, making him bankrupt. HUI then conspires with his cousin YUAN AN to rob. When AN Kills a passer-by in a car accident, HUI bears the brunt and gets jailed. Learning of this, LI HUNG often blackmails AN. AN sends someone to threaten LI HUNG, indirectly causing her death……
How it feels
Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Betrayal, crime, guilt, family
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Action & adventure, Crime
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, crime
Starring
Ray Lui, Suen Kwai-Hing, Danny Lau Dan, Andy Tai Chi-wai, Cally Kwong Mei-Wan, Hung Chiu, Lam Lap-San, Kiki Sheung
Length
1 seasons, 18 episodes
Network
TVB Jade
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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