Survivor's Law II Review

Survivor's Law II- 律政新人王 II

No. of Episodes: 20

Main Cast:
Kenneth Ma as Sun Man Kwan
Sammul Chan as Cheuk Wai Ming
Ella Koon as Sun Lei Lei
Selena Li as Cheng Choi Yuk

Synopsis:
Righteous young man SUN MAN KWAN (Kenneth Ma) comes from the grassroots. To put the doctrine "All men are equal before the law" to the test, he study law at university. After a few years of hard work he has finally become a lawyer. Although his boss appreciates his unconventional way of doing things, his colleagues always try hard to avoid him. His personal assistant, CHEUK WAI MING (Sammul Chan), is an exception. MING admires KWAN's out-of-the-box style and always lends him a hand on the quiet. As time goes by, two men become good friends. KWAN defies the rich and the influential. In light of this, he looks down upon SUEN LEI LEI (Ella Koon), who is also a lawyer, for what she does and how she behaves. Their frequent co-operations very often are full of hilarious episodes. In LEI's eyes, KWAN is no different than a rascal who leads a lousy life and who always dallies with women. Later on, LEI is attacked and almost gets killed because of a lawsuit. Fortunately, KWAN comes to her rescue. Not until then does she realize she loves him indeed. But fate has it that she and MING have become lovers for the sake of her father's business. Meanwhile, just when their relationship is at a standstill, MING learns that his ex-girlfriend, CHENG CHOI YUK (Selena Li), is pregnant with his child.

Credits: Astro On Demand

Reviews:
I watched Survivor's Law back in 2003 and thought that it was a rather good series. However, I was quite apprehensive when I realised they were going to make a sequel out of it. Firstly, because they were changing like 3/4 of the casts. Secondly, I just couldn't see how they could make a sequel out of a series that had already ended.

Kenneth Ma:
I thought he portrayed his character really well as a "hooligan" lawyer. Kinda reminded me of Raymond Lam's character. His relationship with his on-screen daughter, Bobo was also quite sweet. I just felt that he should have more different outfits instead of appearing in his denim jeans jacket 90% of the series.

Ella Koon:
She plays Sun Lei Lei aka Lily who once wanted to become a fashion designer but took up law for her father. She's rich and likes to buy stuff for Kenneth's daughter. I think TVB found the correct actress to star as Lily. They needed someone who has great charisma and looks fabulous in all sorts of outfits.

Sammul Chan:
He was the only one that continued from Survivor's Law. He was pretty boyish there but I thought his hair looked weird here like he was wearing a wig. His character continues as a lawyer assistant here after his license got revoked. He gets his license back after a while however loses his memory towards the end. Sammul is another actor who I think cannot play down and out characters, therefore I prefered his character back in Survivor's Law I.

Selena Li:
She plays the weak and soft spoken Cheng Choi Yuk. She helps Sammul gets on his feet again after Bernice leaves him and he loses his license. She gives birth to his child towards the end an stays by his side even though he lost his memory. Selena has always been a great actress being to portray almost any character.

Couples:
Kenneth & Ella: They were a fresh pairing but they matched each other quite well as both have that great charisma. I especially love to see their arguing scenes. It was fun to see how they turned from an always bickering couple to a loving married couple.

Sammul & Selena: Erm, honestly, this pairing didn't really work for me. They just look weird together. Nah. Not compatible at all and they didn't really share this spark and attract me like how Kenneth & Ella did.

Overall Ratings:
3.5/ 5

As usual the endings of almost every TVB series is very rushed and this is not an exception. Most of the cases were pretty boring to me. It didn't have this on the edge effect. However, the relationships among all the cast were pretty good except for Sammul & Selena. I enjoyed Kenneth's performance in here too. I would say who watched Survivor's Law I, do not have to high expections of this series but just try it out if you just wanna do some comparisons.