''The Unbeatables III'' () is a 30-episode Singaporean drama serial which was telecast in November 2002.
Produced by
Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...
, the drama is the third and last drama in
The Unbeatables
The Unbeatables () is a 1993 Chinese drama serial produced by Singapore's Mandarin channel, Channel 8.
''The Unbeatables'' is best remembered for being the first Singaporean show on gambling, and featured early television appearances from Zoe T ...
series, and was broadcast six years after
The Unbeatables II
The Unbeatables II (双天至尊II) is the sequel to the highly successful drama series ''The Unbeatables I''.
Cast
*Li Nanxing as Yan Fei
*Zoe Tay as Luo Qifang/Long Jiajia/Huang Yuefang
*Chew Chor Meng as Ding Zhaohui
*Zhu Houren as Long Tingg ...
Synopsis
Since the defeat of Ye Zhong in
the previous series, Yan Fei has retired from the gambling scene, leaving Coral Island with his wife, Luo Qifang and his son, Yan Xing.
However, Qifang was embroiled in a mysterious murder case at a casino, and was sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison located on a remote island. Fei, however, made efforts to see Qifang during all visitation dates, rain or shine.
A decade later, Fei has become a big philanthropist on Coral Island, taking an active role in charitable endeavours, as well as building bridges and repairing roads.
Fei also donates 90% of the casino's proceeds to the government, and also forbade Coral Island locals from losing large sums of cash at his casino.
As a result, Fei was praised by islanders as a philanthropic gambling king.
Fei's philanthropic endeavours, however, were done for one purpose: to effect Qifang's release from prison by impressing political figures on Coral Island.
Meanwhile, gambling figures from abroad arrived at Coral Island to challenge Fei, and attempted to force him to hand over the gambling license he has held for years.
One of Fei's challengers is Luo Shenfeng.
Fei, however, resisted all challenges, knowing his operation of the gambling business is Qifang's only hope of a release from prison.
Fei's son, Yan Xing, returned from abroad and now grown up, with a dream of following his dad's footstep as a gambling king. Fei, disappointed, forbade his son to do so, and also refused to pass on any of his skills to him, out of a fear that Xing would become entangled in the affairs of the gambling scene. Instead, Fei passed on his gambling skills to three disciples: Wu Youkang, Dong Meiyao and Ding Wei, in hopes that one of them could take over his gambling empire.
Meanwhile, Dong Sihai changed his looks and posed as Huang Yunjiu, a professional gambler, in an effort to avenge his wife's death by getting rid of Qifang. Yunjiu first befriended Shenfeng to join forces against Fei, and later got Xing involved, baiting him with the promise of holding the gambling king throne that Fei holds.
Xing's parents were heartbroken after learning that Xing has turned on them, acknowledging Yunjiu as his mentor. Yunjiu then sent assassins after Qifang, who was saved by a nurse named Jiang Yexue. Yexue was saved by Fei in the past, when Fei helped her out of an immoral deal with Shenfeng, when she tried to pay off her brother's gambling debts. Since that time, Yexue also began to develop feelings for Fei.
Meiyao, the three disciples that Fei chose to pass on his skills to, was later revealed to be Yunjiu’s daughter, and was forced by her father to betray Fei, which caused Fei to have amnesia. Xing then took advantage of the opportunity to force Qifang back to the gambling arena. Qifang was at a loss, with no one to turn to and discovering Fei's amorous relationship with Yexue.
Fei eventually regained his memory, and discovered that Xing had forced his mother into a life-and-death gamble. He then decided to take his wife’s place, hoping that he could bring back Xing’s conscience.
Production
Portions of the series were shot in
Australia
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,
while an entire casino was built in Studio 6 of Mediacorp's former campus at
Caldecott Hill
Caldecott Hill is a private housing estate, located along Thomson Road in the Central Region of Singapore. It is tied to the growth of the media industry in Singapore.
In the past, Singapore's broadcast station, Mediacorp was located there. The ...
for the casino scenes.
Mediacorp spent
S$1.5 million on animated special effects for the series.
Cast
*
Li Nanxing
Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ah-Ge' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a film director and producer.
Li has acted in many Chinese-lang ...
as Yan Fei
*
Zoe Tay
Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of th ...
as Luo Qifang
*
Lee San San
Lee San-San (, born 9 October 1977, was the winner of the 1996 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and her territory's representative at Miss Universe 1997. Lee placed 45th at that pageant like former Miss Hong Kongs, Mok Hoi Yan and Halina Tam. She also ...
as Jiang Yexue
*
Ken Cai as Yan Xing
*
Willy Liu as Yan Xing (Older)
*
Tay Ping Hui
Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film ''Meeting the Giant''.
Early life
Tay attended Catholic High School (Primary and Secondary) and Catholi ...
as Luo Shenfeng/Luo Yingfeng
*
Huang Yiliang
Ng Aik Leong (Chinese: ), better known by his Chinese name Huang Yiliang, is a former veteran Singaporean television actor and director. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1980 to 2006, after which he decide not to renew after the contrac ...
as Huang Yunjiu/Dong Sihai
*
Allan Wu
Allan Wu (, born on June 11, 1972) is a Singapore-based Chinese-American actor, host, VJ and former model.
He is perhaps best known for being the host of 3 different editions of the popular reality game show, ''The Amazing Race''. He was the h ...
as Ding Wei
*
Vivian Lai
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as Dong Meiyao
*
Cassandra See
Cassandra or Kassandra (; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, , also , and sometimes referred to as Alexandra) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believe ...
as Luo Wenxin
*
San Yow
Yao Wenlong (, born 14 November 1970) is a Singapore based Malaysian actor.
Career
Yao entered the local television scene after winning the Star Search 1993 (Male category) organised by then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now MediaCorp). W ...
as Jiang Xueming
*
Wang Deyuan
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* Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname
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as Wu Youkang
*
Joey Swee
Joey Swee (born 5 June 1977) is a Singaporean actress and television host. A former model, Swee entered showbiz as a ''Star Search'' semi-finalist contestant in 1997 and played her first leading role in the 1999 Channel 8 series ''My Teacher, ...
as Jia Jia
*
Henry Thia
Henry Thia (; born 25 February 1952), also known as , is a Singaporean actor and comedian.
Career
Thia was a member of the main cast of ''Comedy Nite'' throughout its run. Although he had many roles in various sketches, his most memorable role ...
as Ding Shiyi
*
Le Yao as Jiang Xiaotong
*
Jin Yinji
Gam Ngan Gei (born 17 June 1946), better known as Jin Yinji, is a Singaporean actress of South Korean descent. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1986 to 2017 but continued to film on an ad-hoc basis. Jin's contract with Me ...
as Auntie Qian
Accolades
References
External links
Official Website (Via Wayback Machine)Official page on Toggle
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Singapore Chinese dramas
2003 Singaporean television series debuts
2003 Singaporean television series endings
2000s Singaporean television series
2002 Singaporean television seasons
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming