Hong Kong cops talk people off ledges while their own lives fall apart. Riveting chaos.
46 minSeason 1 • Episode 30
LatestThe story follows the lead characters through their experiences as members of the Police Negotiation Cadre (PNC). The PNC is a volunteer unit of the Hong Kong police force specializing in negotiations with terrorist members, partakers of local violence, and individuals contemplating suicide. The whole series is dotted with both large and small cases handled by the story's heroes and heroines.
Acting
Bobby Au-Yeung's controlled desperation is masterclass
Writing
Case-of-week structure with serialized character decay
Production
Pre-handover Hong Kong atmosphere, authentic and raw
Bobby Au-Yeung Tsan-Wah
Pang Kwok-Tung
Kenix Kwok Ho-Ying
Gan Giet
Winnie Yeung Yuen-Yee
Poon Man Ching
Annie Man Chung-Han
Yip Ho Yan
Moses Chan Ho
Mok Ka Choong
Julian Cheung Chi-Lam
Yeung Gwong
Leila Tong
Yip Ho Oi
Ellesmere Choi
Yeung Hau Mo
Josephine Lam Kei-Yan
Kwan Ching
Felton Law Gwan-Joh
Michael
Wilson Ai Wai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Hong Kong's 2002 economic downturn, the series mirrors real civic anxiety about instability and purpose. The PNC's fictional creation reflected actual police expansion into psychological crisis training post-1997.
Kenix Kwok reportedly filmed her most intense breakdown scene in one take after learning of her character's eventual departure mid-production—director kept the raw first cut.
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