Poetic Justice, the drama which is currently airing on weekdays at 9pm on Channel 8, is supposed to be one show that is worth watching due to its refreshing concept and cast. However, what looked like a decent piece of work turned out to be a disappointment for me after watching the first four episodes.
This is first time that Rui En and Dai Yangtian are working together but sparks hardly seem to fly when they are together on screen. On the other hand, Rebecca Lim, who clinched the best actress award at the 2010 Asian Television Awards, has difficulty looking like a newscaster.
The only one who stood out among the four main characters is Desmond Tan who transformed well for his role as a fashionable lawyer. However, the popularity of Rui En and Dai Yangtian in real-life might have overshadowed Desomnd's performances.
The fact that the story includes a rich guy (provides money) and a lawyer (provides legal advice) to assist two journalists shows that the plot is fundamentally flawed. The scriptwriter conveniently included two such characters for himself to expand the story with ease.
Rui En was made to look monotonous by donning outfits of the same design every day to reflect her nondescript life. Unfortunately, that conspicuously bleached hair of hers made things look contradicting. It would be more fitting if Rebecca swopped hairstyles with Rui En.
The way Reality TV, the fictional news programme in the drama, reports its news is somewhat baffling. Rebecca Lim is always adding a few extra words for thought after presenting the entire news report. Do newscasters always do this for every single piece of news?
It is also ultra-predictable what the love life of Rui En's character would end up like. Desmond Tan likes her but doesn't have the courage. Rui En rejects him because of the re-appearance of her former boyfriend, played by Yuan Shuai, who went MIA for three years.
In the end, somehow or rather, Desmond will still end up with Rui En since they are the show's main characters and if you happen to be a little smarter, you might have guessed that Desmond's character is so coincidentally linked to the vanishing of Yuan Shuai's character.
Dai Yangtian's character seemed to be purposely created to moderate the flow of the story since rich people do not have many problems other than their love lives which, in this case, happen to be the confident and independent Rebecca Lim who keeps saying no at first but finally relents.
If there was one bright spark which Poetic Justice can boast of, it is Guo Liang. The boss who exclaims in English and doubles up as a contemporary chee ko pek. Guo Liang is no doubt a fine actor although hosting is his main course.
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