[Mainland Chinese Drama 2020] A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower 摩天大楼

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Chinese title: 摩天大楼 / Mo Tian Da Lou
English title: A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower

Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Drama

Director: Leste Chen, Hsu Chao Jen

Episodes: 16

Broadcast Date: 8/19/2020

 

Cast:

Yang Zi Shan as Yang Ruisen
Guo Tao as Zhong Jingguo
Angelababy as Zhong Meibao
Jiao Gang as Yan Yongyuan
Liu Dan as Ye Meibai
Ni Hong Jie as Zhong Jie
Lu Yu Lai as Xie Baoluo
Zheng Ren Shuo as Lin Dasen
Kong Yan as Novel Writer
Zhang Bai Jia as Li Moli
Ma Liang as Lin Mengyu
Ma Xiao Yuan as Ding Xiaoling
Cao En Qi as Yan Jun

 

Synopsis:

A beautiful coffee shop owner Zhong Meibao suddenly dies in a condominium at the Horizon Tower. When she died, her face still wore a doll-like makeup, hence the case was referred to as the "Doll Murder Case". This case shocks the whole tower, and after investigation the clues point to three suspects - security guard Xie Baoluo, architect Lin Dasen and property manager Lin Mengyu. All three suspects were enthralled by Zhong Meibao's beauty, and all had an intimate relationship with her. All the clue seem to point to the possibility of a love crime. However in the midst of investigation, new clues begin to emerge, and turns the focus to Zhong Meibao's complicated and painful youth. Her family, consisting of her step-father, mother, younger brother and foster mother, were implicated into the case. Just who could be the real murderer? 
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cr avirtualvoyage

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I'm currently watching this show. Have to say, this is one hell of a good show! I'm surprised by AB's acting, honestly! Always thought she was just a pretty face, but she fits this role pretty well IMO

[crackaddict 388]

i like this too. the atmosphere is very suspenseful. AB seems surprisingly fitting for these tragic beauty roles. i like yang zishan too. 

[jewelsc 2,168]

I binged this and i have to agree with ^ comments, and IMO it's one of the best drama i've seen this yr. so far...all the actors did great, heck even the kids that acted as young Meibao did well too..each epi. was so intense and suspenseful that i kept on going til i realized it's ended. Loved the OST too.

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Oof, I forgot to post something here. This is probably my favourite of 2020 dramas, thrillers or otherwise. Mhmm little hard to talk about without spoilers, as it's the case with most thrillers. I was definitely surprised by AB's acting, she's okay here, there's some beautiful shots/scenes from her, although at times I think someone could have played her character better, but all in all, not overly distracting for me. Everyone else did a superb job, I totally didn't recognise Yang Zishan till I was maybe half way through the drama. One of the young Meibao is from the girl from Bad Kids, she's adorable and amazing!

 

I was fairly hooked from the beginning, and I rather liked the initial couple of related people's stories that we got to explore. I love the second half and was super invested as it went on. The drama is actually fairly feminist, from certain dialogues to background story to characterisations, it's so rare to have female centric cdrama that portray female characters so well, everyone are multi-dimensional. As a thriller, the ending is a little too convenient and there's some plot holes, but I was far more interested in the character drama and other themes compared to the "mystery" to really care. This is not a light drama, and probably should come with bunch of trigger warnings, but I feel like that might spoil parts of the story. Most similar to the taiwanese drama The Victim's Game, speaking of which, I should probably tag @Lynne since you rec'ed me The Victim's Game, you might like this too.