Luan Po (2020)

Luan Po: Directed by Zhongwei Qiu. With Li Ji, Yizhou Wang, Zanjin Zhu. When the Nie family of Qinghe faces a crisis, Mingjue and his younger brother Huaisang join hands to surpass every obstacle. However, the brothers are constantly at odds with Mingjue accusing Huaisang of being cowardly, and Huaisang complaining Mingjue arrogant and cruel. Despite the conflicts, they always help each other in times of danger. The brothers eventually leads the people to end the crisis and defends the peace.

“the Darna Checklist: Scantily-clad flying super-heroine? Check. Supervillains trying to take over the world? Check. Handsome love interests? Check. Fantastical special effects? Well…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDarna is a promising new concept on TV: a comic-book like storytelling of the trials of a Superheroine destined to become the savior of mankind against super evil that is desperate to create havoc all over. Angel Locsin, fresh from her stint as bird-girl Alwina on u0026#39;Mulawinu0026#39; starts as Darna, the local version of Wonder Woman. Actors and included in the bill are Eddie Garcia, Sandy Andolong, Christopher de Leon, Alessandra de Rossi, and a whole slew of other great actors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEven the commercialization of the parent network was outstanding: there is no lack of TV guesting and promotions. In fact, the first few episodes are top-raters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, there are a few shortcomings that are not easy to overlook. Firstly, some of the special effects are so bad, its annoying. Obviously, the directors lack of vision, and probably due to the lack of budget alloted for special effects. However, no high budget is needed if the director had the vision… Peter Jackson and George Lucas created their first masterpieces with virtually no budget at all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSecondly, the characters are one-dimensional: Evil aunt is evil. Hero girlu0026#39;s parents are pitiful. Oh and donu0026#39;t forget a big evil snake ala-anaconda to make things worse.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThirdly, overacting, overacting everywhere! Hello Sandy Andolong? We canu0026#39;t blame her actually, she hasnu0026#39;t acted for a while. But isnu0026#39;t your u0026#39;screaming evil characteru0026#39; just too much? We hope thereu0026#39;s development regarding this on future episodes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003en a final note, regardless of all these wee complaints, Darna is still a top-rater among evening audiences. The problem arises when audiences will finally realize that these problems are hard to overlook, Darna might lose the top spot.”