The Brink of Law

Infobox Television
show_name = The Brink of Law
突圍行動


caption = The Brink of Law poster
genre = Modern Action
runtime = 45 minutes (approx.)
creator =
director =
writer =
starring = Steven Ma
Bernice Liu
Ron Ng
Kate Tsui
Shirley Yeung
Michelle Yim
opentheme = "突圍" by
Steven Ma & Ron Ng
endtheme = "分手" by
Bernice Liu
country = HKG
language = Cantonese
network = TVB
first_aired = January 8, 2007
last_aired =
February 9, 2007
num_episodes = 25
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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website = http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/the_brink_of_law

"The Brink of Law" (Traditional Chinese: 突圍行動) is a TVB modern action series broadcasted in January 2007.

ynopsis

Tong Chi-Ko (Steven Ma) is a respected lawyer and the source of his father's pride; his father dreams of seeing his son becoming a crown attorney for Hong Kong. However, his father (Ha Yu) is addicted to gambling, much to the displeasure of his wife and daughter, and ends up with a dangerous amount of debts. When the father and son spend a day watching a horse race together, Tong Chi-Ko meets Tung Yat-Tsun (Ron Ng), a veterinarian and the nephew of the head of an affluent corporation, they become good friends.

Unknown to Yat-Tsun, his uncle, Tung Chin-Long (Elliot Yue), is involved with rigging horse races. Tung Chin-Long's wife, Sung Kam-Chi (Michelle Yim), proves to be especially dangerous in insuring the safety of her family, particularly for the future of her favoured older son Tung Yat-Long (Stephen Wong). Her younger son, Tung Yat-Chiu (Vin Choi), ends up being a selfish troublemaker and her niece, Sung Ka-Yee (Shirley Yeung), reveals herself to be manipulative, spiteful, and two-faced.

Tong Chi-Ko's father commits suicide after mistakenly believing his wife and daughter left him because he was unwilling to stop gambling and unable to get out of debt on the same day Chi-Ko learns that he has achieved what his father wanted to see most. Things become worse when Tong Chin-Long's younger son frames Chi-Ko with possession of illegal drugs, which Yat-Chiu had originally planned to use on Chi Ko's sister, Tong Chi-Man (Yoyo Chen). Chi-Ko loses his licence to practice law, but is able to find work as a legal advisor for "Nicholas", Tung Chin-Long's fashion company, with help from Yat-Tsun.

Chi Ko runs into his high school lover Tsui Wing (Bernice Liu) who had left to Canada when they were young and had not been in contact since. They start a budding relationship. Yan Heung-Ming (Kenneth Ma), a police officer, arrests Tung Chin-Long's brother-in-law for bookmarking business. Sung Kam-Chi seeks revenge for her brother by hiring an assassin to kill Ming.

One day, Tsun sees his mother at "Nicolas", who had left him right after he was born. She had come to see Tung Chin-Long to get money from him to help with her new husband's financial troubles. Tsun overhears their conversation that Chin-Long had raped her while he was drunk, and that Tsun is actually his son. When Tsun's father, Tung Chin-Pang (Law Lok Lam), hears of this, he has a fierce fight with Chin-Long. It triggers a heart attack, and Chin-Pang dies. Kam-Chi thinks that Tsun wants to take Chin-Long's fortune away from her dearest son Long, who had been paralyzed from a skiing accident, and hires an assassin to kill Tsun. Soon Chi-Ko finds out the true identity of Wing and is recruited by Madam Wong, to go undercover and reveal Kam-Chi and Chin-Long's suspected bookkeeping and underground firearms business...

Cast

The Tong family

Viewership ratings

References

External links

* [http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/the_brink_of_law TVB.com] "The Brink of Law" - Official Website zh icon
* [http://tvb.windy-goddess.net/?cat=11 K for TVB.net] "The Brink of Law" - Episodic Synopsis and Screen Captures en icon

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