Hot Shot (籃球火 / Lan Qiu Huo -2008)

Starring:
Jerry Yan as Dong Fang Xiang 東方翔
Show Lo as Yuan Da Ying 元大鷹
Zhou Cai Shi as Zhan Jie Er 湛潔兒
Coco Jiang as Li Ying 李贏
Wu Chun as Wu Ji Zun 無極尊
George Hu as Wu Ji Wei 無極威
Gu Bao Ming as Li Zi Ping 李子平
Michael Zhang as Can 殘 / Ah Fu 阿福
Zhang Yan Ming (張雁名) as Du Fei 杜飛
Lin Pai Yan (林伯彥) as Qi Xiao Yun 齊嘯雲
Lin Qi Tai (林祺泰) as Qi Xiao Yu 齊嘯雨
Extended cast
Zhao Shu Hai as Dong Fang Xu 東方旭
Yun Zhong Yue as Lao Lu 老路
Wang Xia (王俠) as Dong Fang Shou 東方朔
Ma Zhi Qin (馬之秦) as Tie Lan 鐵蘭
Wang Wei Ting (黃薇渟) as Lin Zi Xuan 林紫璇
Yan Jia Le (顏嘉樂) as Flower store owner
Wang Jian Min as Ji Wang 紀網
Jian Han Zhong (簡翰忠) as Commentator
Qian Ding Yuan (錢定遠) as Commentator
Jiang Wei Wen (蔣偉文) as George
Xie Kun Da as Wang Jing 王竟
Han Run Zhong (韓潤中) as Li Ke 李克
Cai Ming Xun (蔡明勳) as Wen Huai Wen 溫懷文
Li Guo Chao (李國超) as Coach of Xin Rui
Xu Jun Hao (許君豪) as Wang Gui 王貴
Gong Ji An as Sun Hao 孫浩
Renzo Liu as Coach of Xiang Yang
Lan Jun Tian (藍鈞天) as Jian Deng 賈登
Bu Xue Liang as Tang Long 唐龍
Li Jia Hua (李佳驊) as Ge Li Ya 戈利亞
Li Xing Wen (李興文) as Coach of He Yi
Na Wei Xun as Wang Ye 王爺
Huang Tai An as Fan Tuan 飯團
A Di as Wu Ji Mo 無極魔
Chen Bo Zheng as Zhan's father
Lu Jian Yu as gangster

In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school.

Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school's basketball history.

Hmm? This show was actually pretty cool. It was Slam Dunk on crack. The action scenes were amazing. I couldn't get enough of that. Really cool moves too the point that actually had me serious about basketball. I'm not a fan of that sport at all but the scenes kept me interested and I learned a few things even though I KNOW some moves weren't real. Even though some things weren't real, the actors knew there stuff and actually played the sport almost professionally. Or they acted it so well they had me believing they could.

Being a typical Taiwan drama, some scenes were overly dramatic (overacted). I'd really like to see a few more of their dramas portrayed seriously. There were times though that this show actually seemed that way.

The story was cute but somed things were a little rushed. I think this series needed an extra episode or two.

This show wasn't disappointing one bit and was really entertaining. Worth watching? Yeah.

Alan Luo


George Hu


Jerry Yan


Wu Chun