Burning Flame II

Burning Flame II ; 烈火雄心 II
	Burning Flame II promo poster
Genre	Modern Action
Created by	Amy Wong
Written by	Choi Ting Ting; Wong Wai Keung
Starring	Wong Hei; Alex Fong; Maggie Cheung Ho-yee; Yoyo Mung; Flora Chan; Stephen Au; Annie Man; Kevin Cheng
Opening theme	"燈蛾" by ; Aaron Kwok
Ending theme	"長痛長愛" by ; Gigi Leung
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	35
Production
Producer	Amy Wong
Running time	45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network	TVB
Original release	July 29 –; September 13, 2002
Chronology
Related shows	Burning Flame (1998) ; Burning Flame III (2009)
External links
	Website

Burning Flame II (Traditional Chinese: 烈火雄心II) is a TVB modern action drama that focuses on the duties and challenges of Hong Kong firefighters. Wong Hei continues to be the leading star in this series along with other new cast members including Alex Fong, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Stephen Au, Yoyo Mung, and Flora Chan. Although it is the second installment in the Burning Flame series, the story and the characters are completely different from the first.

Synopsis

Kei Tak Tin (Wong Hei) a firefighter, wife passes away in a traffic accident, being a widower with a young daughter to take care of he does not dare take risks. His cautious and laid back work effects is seen as lazy and cowardly in the eyes of paramedic Chung Yan Yee (Maggie Cheung) who is assigned to the same fire station as him. Since the two are also neighbors they get to know each other and soon Yee see him as a loving and caring father to his young daughter. Yee starts dating Tin's younger brother Mark (Kevin Cheng) whom she had a crush on during her university years. Mark is the total opposite of Tin, he is good looking, well educated and well mannered. The two seem to be in a good relationship, but when Yee's juvenile delinquent past comes back to haunt her, Mark questions if they should really be together. Soon Mark begins dating someone else behind Yee's past and neglects her. When the daughter of a man Yee had injured in the past comes to blackmail her Tin is the only one that helps her deal with her problem. Soon Yee starts to see Tin in a new light and has feelings for him. She breaks up with him Mark, which he did not show any emotions. She and Tin soon starts dating to Tin's daughter delight and she already sees Yee as a mother figure to her.

Wilson (Alex Fong) is a strict firefighter supervisor that demands perfection from his team. He meets reporter Michelle (Flora Chan) during one of his fire rescues. Michelle is smart, well educated and independent when compared to his wife Yan (Yoyo Mung) who he sees as immature, tantrum throwing and very dependent on others. He starts to have feelings for Michelle that Yan eventually finds out about. Feeling that her husband has emotionally cheated on her by having feelings for another women Yan moves out, finds a job and starts providing for herself. She eventually learns to be independent and ask Ming for a divorce. Ironically Yan works for Michelle and both do not know that they love the same man.[1][2]

Cast

Notable Guest Stars

Jessica Hsuan as Choi Siu Ling (蔡少玲)

Awards and nominations

2002 TVB Anniversary Awards

Won: My Favourite Television Character (Wong He)
Won: My Favourite Television Character (Jenny Shing)
Won: My Favourite Television Character (Alex Fong)

2002 Ming Pao Weekly Magazine Awards

Won: Performance Action Award (Jessica Hsuan)

2003 Next TV Awards

Top 10 TV Programs (Ranked #3)

References

specnet review. Retrieved 7-27-2014
Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7-27-2014

External links

Burning Flame II Reviews - www.spcnet.tv

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[1] specnet review. Retrieved 7-27-2014

[2] Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7-27-2014