''Divine Retribution'' (世紀之戰) is a TV drama series broadcast by
ATV in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
on 11 September 2000.
The series is supposed to be a sequel to
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...
's 1992 series ''
The Greed of Man
''The Greed of Man'' is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1992.Dianying.com.Dianying.com" ''The Greed of Man.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-11. The story, spanning three decades from the 1970s to the 1990s in Hong Kong and T ...
'', and was initially called (大時代2000), literally "Greed of Man 2000". Part of the reason for the name change (Chinese + English) was said to be due to legal rights disputes.
Douban
Douban.com (), launched on 6 March 2005, is a Chinese online database and social networking service that allows registered users to record information and create content related to film, books, music, recent events, and activities in Chinese ci ...
reviews have suggested that the sequel to a TVB series being adopted by a rival channel ATV was actually not a major controversy.
Synopsis
The series takes place in the future year of 2003, where the stock market has created financial crisis that caused complete chaos in the Asia pacific regions. Ting Yeh (
Adam Cheng
Adam Cheng Siu-chau (born 24 February 1947; formerly known as Cheng Chong-sai and Wong Ho-chung) is a Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB actor and Cantopop singer.
Career
Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reput ...
) and Fong San-hap (
Sean Lau
Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He is best known for starring in the films '' C'est la vie, mon chéri'' (1993), '' My Name Is Fame'' (2006), '' Mad Detective'' ( ...
) now renew their battle and continue where they left off.
Characters
The roles by Sean Lau and Adam Cheng are mainly unchanged from the previous series despite the name change. Other characters from ''The Greed of Man'' were portrayed by different actors cast by ATV, while Amy Kwok, who had a role in ''The Greed of Man'', portrays a different character in this series.
Fong family
Ting family
Others
External links
Official site
References
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Asia Television original programming
2000 Hong Kong television series debuts
2000 Hong Kong television series endings
Financial thrillers
Serial drama television series
2000s Hong Kong television series