Day and Night (2017– )
10/10
A huge step forward for Chinese film and television
26 July 2018
This is a really great mystery/crime drama, and anyone who is interested in these kinds of stories should watch this series, regardless if they've watched anything from China before. This is pretty significant, as up to this point, Chinese dramas are generally not something I would recommend to people more used to international/Hollywood entertainment, but this series sidesteps a lot of the problems that have plagued Chinese scripted tv shows (in part, I suspect, because it was a streaming show, and therefore didn't need to make the longer episodes/longer seasons that stretch out the budget of Chinese broadcast shows). But if you are someone whose tastes in crime tv has been shaped by the excellent shows coming out of Denmark and the UK recently, Day and Night might be something worth checking out - the shorter narrative arcs are excellent, and the longer question of two twin brothers prentending to be the same person to investegate a murder pinned on one of them leads to some interesting character moments. As many have said, the actor who plays both brothers is excellent, and the cinematography makes China look awesome (particularly the markets and forests).
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