Devil's Disciples

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Devil's Disciples
(強劍)
Genre Ancient Action
Starring Kevin Cheng
Bosco Wong
Bernice Liu
Sharon Chan
Opening theme "強劍" by
Kevin Cheng & Bosco Wong
Country of origin Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 20
Production
Running time approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Television Broadcasts Limited
Original run July 9, 2007 – August 3, 2007
External links
Official website

Devil's Disciples (Cantonese: Keung Gim; Pinyin: Qiang Jian) is a 20 episode drama series produced by TVB in 2008. It stars Bosco Wong, Kevin Cheng, Bernice Liu, Shirley Yeung and Wayne Lai. The show was directed by Lau Ka Ho


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[edit] Synopsis

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There are two groups of people, the good and evil. Everyone sees the Saint Sword Sect, led by Pak Tong Ng (Eddy Ko), as the good, and the Blood Shadow Sect, led by an unknown couple (Michael Miu and Anne Heung), as the bad. The Saint Sword Sect tried to get rid of the Blood Shadow Sect and the Blood Shadow Sect broke apart as a result. Before they fought, Michael Miu and Anne Heung had twins, which they used the eagles to send them separately elsewhere for safety. After that, Pak Tong Ng ruled the Eight Sects.

Twenty years later, Shing Fung and Shing Kung are unrelated brothers. They perform on the street with their mother (Law Koon Lan) as a living. Because of a rich man's celebration for his daughter's wedding, Shing Fung joins the competition to get the lucky peach from the top of a tall scaffold. From then, he met his master (Wayne Lai) and met Chi Lung.

As the Saint Sword Sect is looking for new disciples, Shing Fung managed to pass all the trials and got in. He got to know Kin Lui (Kevin Cheng) and both of them became good friends. While in the Saint Sword Sect, Kin Lui looks for his mother.

The Blood Shadow Sect is revived once again, led by Mok Man (Sharon Chan) this time. Pak Tong Ng wants one of his disciples to learn and participate in the Big Dipper Array, which is one of the strongest and long lost martial arts in the pugilistic world.

With Mok Man’s help, Kin Lui finds his mother. After he found out the truth of his mother's death, Kin Lui left the Saint Sword Sect and fell in love with Mok Man.

The Sword Saint Pak Tong Ng found out that Shing Fung and Mok Man were siblings, so he used Shing Fung to lure Mok Man to a trap, where he would poison her.

Mok Man fell into Pak Tong Ng's trap, but Shing Fung arrived to help her. Sword Saint Pak Tong Ng was outraged and made up excuses, trying to justify Mok Man's death. Kin Lui then came and taking hostage of Chi Lung, they managed to escape, running away to meditate and heal Mok Man.

However, no matter how Shui Ling tried, she could not cure Mok Man, unless they sought help from the Unity Clan, where Shui Ling was born. Shui Ling's father, the leader of the Unity Clan refused to cure Mok Man because there was a law which prohibited the Unity Clan from treating outsiders, as they did not want to have anything to do with the pugilistic world.

Meanwhile, Pak Tong Ng has further plans.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main cast

  • Bosco Wong as Shing Fung/Sze Ma Fung (Mandarin: Cheng Feng)
  • Kevin Cheng as King Lui (Mandarin: Jing Lei)
  • Bernice Liu as Pak Tong Chee Lung (Mandarin: Beitang Zilong)
  • Sharon Chan as Mok Mun/Sze Ma Suet
    Leader of the Blood Clan (Mandarin: Mo Wen);(Blood Shadow Sect's leader)
  • Shirley Yeung as Shui Ling (Mandarin: Shui Ling)
  • Wayne Lai as Tung Fong Ma Ngai (Madarin: Dongfang Wuya);(Cheng Feng's master)
  • Eddy Ko Pak Tong Ngo
    Leader of the Saint Sword (Mandarin: Beitang Ao);(Sacred Sword Sect's leader)
  • Patricia Liu Cho Yau Mung
    Saint Sword Sect masters under Pak Tong Ng that teach the students their martial arts. (Three Division Heads of Sacred Sword Sect)
  • Johnson Lee Shing Kung
    Shing Fung's brother (Mandarin: Cheng Gong);(Cheng Feng unrelated brother)
  • Chan Hoi Yee as Sin Yuek Nam
  • Lee Kwok Lun They’re the Saint Sword Sect masters under Pak Tong Ng that teach the students their martial arts.

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[edit] Reception

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Viewers complained about the excessive heavy use of CGI graphics on the visuals to exaggerate an already exaggerated fantasy martial arts series. People felt the story had the potential to develop more as many characters were introduced, but they were never properly utilized.

They also felt the story was disorganized and the ending was anti-climatic, as the villain was never defeated, but self detonated as a result of being too powerful. Fans of Dragon Ball Z was surprised when Kevin Cheng used Goku's famous Kamehameha wave upon Pak Tong Ng. The epilogue of the story was followed by a small comical musical number that was met with mixed reaction.

[edit] Ratings Report

  • Week 1 (Ep. 01-05): 29 points (Peaking at 29 pts)
  • Week 2 (Ep. 06-10): 29 points (Peaking at 31 pts)
  • Week 3 (Ep. 11-15): 27 points (Peaking at 30 pts)
  • Week 4 (Ep. 16-20): 29 points (Peaking at 31 pts)

[edit] External links

  • K for TVB Devil's Disciples Episodic Synopsis and Screencaptures
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