War of In-Laws II Review

War of In- Laws II- 野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶

No. of Episodes: 20

Main Cast:

Liza Wang as Ophelia Kwo Pik

Bosco Wong as Kyle Kwo Dak

Myolie Wu as Chow Lai Man

Joyce Tang as Coco Ko Po Po

Derek Kwok as CC Wong Zung Cheung

Benz Hui as But Ping Fan

Nancy Wu as Iris

Stephen Huynh as Ryan

Suki Tsui as Gloria

Vivien Yeo as Athena Sun Zi Kiu

Vincent Wong as Mark

Synopsis:

Magazine editor-in-chief KWO PIK (Liza Wang) will never save face for her superiors, nor will she come to the defense of her subordinates. She shows no mercy to her enemies and does everything she can to keep her son KWO TAK (Bosco Wong) under her thumb. She is an iron lady who can't afford to lose anything. As she is still full of confidence that she can determine her son's future life, a plain, geeky-looking girl named CHOW LAI-MAN (Myolie Wu) has already managed to become the wife of TAK. Later MAN resigns from the police force and chooses to work as a magazine journalist, thus leading to even more conflicts between her and PIK.Not long after, PIK is dragged into a scandal and gets framed by her assistant KO PO-PO (Joyce Tang), which causes her to lose her place all of a sudden. Facing a dramatic career slump and her deteriorating relationship with her son and daughter-in-law, PIK moves to the outlying islands on her own. There she meets a new man in her life, the knowledgeable and talented BUT PING-FAN (Benz Hung) who was once a convict. From FAN, PIK has learnt how to reflect on herself and let go of the past. As everything seems to be going fine, MAN discovers that there is a conspiracy going on and that the magazine she is working for is in danger of falling apart.

Credits: Astro On Demand

Reviews:

I did not watch War of In-Laws I so this series was actually a fresh series to me. There wasn't much squabbling between Myolie & Liza as I expected. More of Liza bullying Myolie and being the "Boss" of everything. The plot moved on rather smoothly and there were a number of romantic scenes as well.

Liza Wang:

Her hairstyle looked pretty funny and it doesn't really match her. Just wondering why they decided to let her use it. Her dressings are kinda funky and matches her image as Chief Editior of Elva Magazine. Her scenes are always funny but I don't think I would work under her or even marry into her family. It's too scary.

Bosco Wong:

I think the producer wants to strengthen the fact that both Bosco and Liza are related in this seris as both of them has awful hairstyles. I'm definitely not a fan of Bosco's swirling Medusa hairstyle. He dresses pretty weird in here too. I don't think that Bosco got a chance to show off his acting here. It's too women overpopulated. Poor guy.

Myolie Wu:

Her occupation as a Police Officer was pretty redundant in my opinion. I think TVB just wanted her to be in a police uniform for once. However, she has nice clothes and nice hair in this series. She portrayed her character rather well too. I actually felt sorry for the poor girl seeing Liza harping on her all the time.

Joyce Tang:

She plays Coco here, an orphan that Liza adopts and trains her to become her personal assistant. It's always entertaining to see Joyce act. Her actions are always so funny. Her clothes are rather nice too.

Derek Kwok:

Derek plays a sissy fashion magazine editior here. He wears white specs and colourful floral clothings. Everyone thought he was gay here but only to realise he already has 2 twin daughters. Derek is my number one top character actor. He fits into practically any role you give to him and he was so convincing as the sissy. Totally loved his performance here.

Couples:

Myolie & Bosco:

The highly acclaimed Boscolie did not fail my expections of them in this series. In fact, they passed with flying colours. They share really good chemistry and are really impressive here. They even wear matching pyjamas!

Joyce & Derek:

A fresh new pairing again. Don't think I've ever seen them in a series before. I was actually more excited over their relationship rather than Boscolie. They were so entertaining to watch. It's so cute to see Joyce going after Derek at first but later the proposing scene in Episode 20 was as entertaining again. Hope to see them in another series again!

Overall Ratings:

4/5

The story was quite smooth flowing and didn't have to many surprises. The actors and actresses all portrayed an entertaining series. The ending was rather rushed again in my opinion. Again, I've never watched War of In-Laws I so I did not know what to expect of it here but I think everyone should give this series a try.