Armed Reaction III () is a 2001 Hong Kong modern cop drama produced by TVB. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung and Ada Choi as the main leads with Joyce Tang, Marco Ngai and Mimi Chu in main supporting roles. Original broadcast of the series began on TVB Jade channel from July 9 till August 18, 2001 at 9:30-10:30 p.m. timeslot with 32 episodes total.
Synopsis
The series takes place 5 years after the 2nd installment.
Chan Siu-Sang (Bobby Au-Yeung) is single and all alone, his old love Chu So Ngo married the doctor that treated her son and left the police force. Then he meets Wai Ying Zi (Ada Choi), a rookie police officer that is under Chan Sam Yuen, West Kowloon Police Traffic unit. The two get off on the wrong foot due to misunderstandings. Wai Ying Zi who is eager to show off her skills seems to get into a lot of trouble. She is deemed reckless and rash. Later on Ying Zi joins Siu-Sang's CID unit which leads to the two bickering nonstop. After Siu-Sang saves Ying Zi's life on one their investigations she learns to respect him and the two become friends.
Chan Sam Yuen (Joyce Tang) is promoted to the Probation Inspector of the West Kowloon Police Traffic unit. She and Ching Fung (Marco Ngai) are also now parents to a pair of girl/boy twins, but their marriage is not as happy as it seems as the two continue to have quarrels in their marriage. With marital problems at home Sam Yuen becomes a cold, unreasonable and mean boss at work. When a case similar to the psychotic serial rapist in the last series arises Sam Yuen starts feeling threaten and her trauma which she thought she conquered starts to set back in, making her obsess over the investigation. Even though the culprit Bao Gwok Ping is still locked up in jail, he seems to have been communicating with someone on the outside who agreed to take on his split personality persona and continuing his crime spree. Due to Sam Yuen's carelessness her son is kidnapped and killed by the new culprit. This causes Sam Yuen and Ching Fung's marriage to be in further jeopardy when he blames her for the death of their son.
Cast
Chan family
- Bobby Au-Yeung æÂÂé½éÂÂè¯ as Chan Siu-Sang é³å°Âç - Senior Inspector of a CID task unit. Wai Ying Zhi's friend and mentor.
- Mimi Chu æÂ±åªåª as Wong Yee Mui çÂÂäºÂ妹 - Chan Siu-Sang's sister-in-law and Chan Sam Yuen, Sei Hei, Ng Fuk's mother. She owns and manages a coffee and tea cafe.
- Koey Leung æ¢Âéª湠as Chan Sei Hei é³åÂÂå - Chan Siu-Sang's niece and Wong Yee Mui's middle daughter. Tung Ka Fai's girlfriend then wife.
- John Tang é§ä¸Âå as Tung Ka Fai 童家輠- Chan Sei Hei's husband. A computer prodigy, he left the police cyber unit to start his own business.
- Sherming Yiu å§Âæ¨ÂæÂ¡ as Chan Ng Fuk é³äºÂ禠- Chan Siu-Sang's niece and Wong Yee Mui's youngest daughter. Au Chi Keung's girlfriend.
Ching family
- Marco Ngai éÂÂé§¿å as Ching Fung ç¨Âå³° - Chan Sam Yuen's husband. Senior Inspector of West Kowloon RCU Team 1,
- Joyce Tang æ»ÂéºÂå as Chan Sam Yuen é³ä¸ÂÃ¥Â
 - Chan Siu-Sang's niece and Wong Yee Mui's eldest daughter. Ching Fung's wife. Probation Inspector of West Kowloon Traffic Unit.
- Chor Yuen æ¥Âå as Ching Sau Chung ç¨Âå®Âå¿ - Ching Fung's father.
- Helen Ma 馬海å« as Ho Kam Mui ä½ÂéÂÂæ¢Â
- Ching Fung's mother.
- Shing Ka Ying æÂÂçÂÂç© as Ching Sa Sa ç¨ÂèÂÂè - Sam Yuen and Ching Fung's daughter.
- Kyle Ma 馬ä¿Â榮 as Ching Ga Ga ç¨ÂÃ¥ÂÂå - Sam Yuen and Ching Fung's son.
Wai family
- Ada Choi è¡å°Âè¬ as Wai Ying Zi è¡Âè±姿 - The new rookie female cop. She and Chan Siu-Sang become close friends.
- Ha Ping å¤Âè as Choi Yuk Lan è¡çÂÂè - Wai Ying Hung's ex-wife's mother and Wai Ying Zi's grandmother.
- Ha Yu å¤Âé¨ as Wai Ying Hung è¡Âè±é - Wai Ying Zi's father. Mechanic garage owner. Wong Suk Sum's love interest and later husband.
- Akina Hong Wah 康è¯ as Wong Suk Sum çÂÂç´ å¿ - Former triad boss's wife. Wai Ying Hung's love interest and later wife.
Police officers
- Lo Mang ç¾Â
è½ as Pun Man Bun æ½ÂæÂÂ彬
- Li Shing-cheong æÂÂæÂÂæÂ as Sergeant Bao Ding Tin é®Âé Â天
- Timothy Siu éµå³å as Au Chi Keung æÂÂå¿Âå¼·
- Lo Chun Shun é¯æÂ¯é  as Leung Sir æ¢ÂSir
- Eddie Li Gong Lung æÂÂ岡龠as Cheng Gut Yeung éÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ祥
- Celine Ma 馬è¹Âé² as Chu Siu Fung æÂ±å°Âè¬
Others
- Joe Junior as Cheung Biu å¼µæ¨Â
- Moses Chan é³豪 as Chan Yiu Yeung é³èÂÂæÂÂ
- Jason Chu æÂ±æ°¸æ£ as Liu Gor äºÂÃ¥ÂÂ¥
- Matt Yeung æ¥ÂæÂ as Pun Chi Ming æ½Âå¿ÂæÂÂ
- Catherine Chau å¨家æÂ¡ as Co Co
- Kenny Wong é»Âå¾·æÂ as Kwok Gum On éÂÂé¦å®Â
- Ken Lok é§±éÂÂè¯ as Bao Gwok Ping é®ÂÃ¥ÂÂå¹³
- Angel Sung å®ÂèÂÂé¾ as Zheng Siu Gyun éÂÂå°Âå¨Â
- Kenneth Ma 馬åÂÂæÂ as Explosive Ordinance Disposal Bureau Bomb Specialist æÂÂå½Âå°Âå®¶
Casting
- Esther Kwan, who was the female lead in the 1st and 2nd installment does not appear in the 3rd installment because she had left TVB for rival televisions station ATV during the development of the 3rd installment. It was highly controversial that the Armed Reaction franchise be continued since one of its major stars and characters of the series was gone but TVB proceeded with the production of the 3rd installment by casting popular TVB actress Ada Choi as the new female lead. In the 1st episode, Chen Siu Sang mentioned that she was with Ka-Lok in Canada and married a doctor.
- Same as the previous installment of the series some of the supporting actors in the first two series play completely different characters in this series with no relations to the characters they previously played.
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