The Invincible Squad
The Invincible Squad 迷幻特警 | |
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Genre |
Police procedural Action/Thriller |
Starring |
Xie Shaoguang Phyllis Quek Jeff Wang Yvonne Lim Florence Tan |
Opening theme | 疑惑 by Phyllis Quek |
Ending theme | 着迷 by Phyllis Quek |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
Original release | September 2001 |
The Invincible Squad (Simplified Chinese: 迷幻特警) is Singaporean Chinese police drama series which aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2001. It is about a police special task force who are called to solve six difficult cases.
Main Cast
Story
Heading the special task force is Chen Jiajun, known to colleagues as "Z" (Xie Shaoguang), whose bright future with the police force was cut short when he slipped into depression after his wife disappeared mysteriously.
Z's colleagues are Zuo Sifeng (Jeff Wang), a loner with an unhappy childhood and Yuan Ziling (Phyllis Quek), a psychic who is secretly in love with Z.
Red Heart
Investigation and the search for a killer start when Z encounters several near-death accidents. The ML task force narrowed it to Chen Zhenbang (Zheng Geping), a previous instructor of the Special Force, mentor and best friends with Z till the day he was arrested for corruption. Resentful and bitter, Zhenbang blames Z for exposing his guilt and is relentless in his pursuit for revenge. Unknown to the rest, he has planted a bomb in Ziling's cellular and later, he proceeds to kidnap Z's daughter, demanding a ransom for her return. While a time bomb is ticking away unnoticed in Ziling's mobile, will Z follow his mentor's footsteps and cave it to bribery in order to raise money? Can he ever get himself out of this situation?
Red Delusion
Possessing psychic abilities, Ziling has an ominous premonition of death. She learns later that her brother has been arrested for killing his wife's lover. Her brother Ziliang (Rayson Tan) is suffering from a strange illness. Suspecting his wife for sorcery and infidelity, he attacks his wife and murders her lover. During the attack, he suffers from a fall and he takes the opportunity to feign amnesia to avoid the law. Ziling and Sifeng are bent to recover his memory, the reason behind his wife's infidelity and more importantly, the cause of his elusive illness.
Evil Shadow
Two gangsters are murdered and fingerprints found at the crime scene point to a triad leader Wang Shuqiang who has been dead and cremated. Huishan (Yvonne Lim), the daughter of Shuqiang is also on the hit list. The task force suspects power strife within the triad. The task force needs to find out who is the mastermind behind these killings, and whether Shuqiang is really dead. The mystery deepens when the ashes of Shuqiang are found in the hands of Huishan, confirming his death. Can the dead resurrect to exact vengeance or is it just a case of foul play?
Buried Alive
Parental abuse has distorted the mind of Wenqing (Dennis Chew), a seemingly good-natured man who hides a dark streak behind his otherwise innocent-looking demeanour. Having a fetish for older women, he lures them through the internet only to subject them to psychological torture. He buries them alive if they do not cave in to his demands. Ziling uncovers his secret and abducted to be silenced. Z falls into Wenqing's trap while searching for Ziling. They are thrown into coffins with the impending fate of being buried alive. Can they ever crawl themselves out of this situation? Will the truth remain buried along with their mysterious disappearances?
Abandoned Baby
The ghost of the mental patient seeks Ziling's help in locating her baby. Upon investigation, the ML task force discovers her identity as an illegitimate daughter of a wealthy man. The wealthy man's wife tries to stop them from pursuing this case and to no avail. The wealthy woman has a grandson who is in need of a kidney transplant and she is suspected of collaborating between the Chief Nurse and resident doctor. It was discovered later that in her bid to harvest a suitable kidney, the wealthy woman had instructed for an impregnation of the (deceased) mental patient. The important task for the team is to locate the missing baby and stop the kidney transplant procedure before it is too late.
Alchemy
One day Z's wife Yanqing suddenly reappears and tells him that she wants take her child Weiwei back. While Z battles with domestic problems, the ML task force is puzzled by a case where a professor was found dead with a postmortem analysis of him having gold ribs. Tingguang, a boyfriend of the professor was suspected of murder but the investigation comes to a dead end when he is also murdered. Meanwhile, Z's problems triple when his wife is found murdered and Ziling is the prime suspect. Amidst all these, romance sparks fly between Sifeng and the professor's assistant Jiawen (Florence Tan). 3 deaths have occurred. Who is the real murderer? Will Ziling get jailed for a murder she was not responsible for? Will Z be able to save her?
See also
- List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp TV Channel 8
External links
- "The Invincible Squad". MediaCorp TV. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012.
- The Invincible Squad on MediaCorp website