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| Genre | Drama Police procedural |
| Format | Serial |
| Written by | Lau Choi-wan Leung Yan-tung |
| Starring | Felix Wong Michael Miu Jessica Hsuan Nancy Wu Vincent Wong |
| Opening theme | Fui Sik Hung So (灰色控訴) performed by Super 4 |
| Ending theme | Ngor Tik Lei Hoi Ya Si Oi (我的離開也是愛) performed by Alfred Hui |
| Composer(s) | Yip Siu-chung |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 (List of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Terry Tong |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 42 minutes (each) |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
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| Original channel | TVB Jade |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | 1 November – 10 December 2010 |
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| Chinese | 刑警 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Criminal Police" | ||||||||||
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Gun Metal Grey is a 2010 Hong Kong police procedural television serial drama starring Felix Wong and Michael Miu. Produced by Terry Tong and edited by Lau Choi-wan and Leung Yan-tung, Gun Metal Grey is a TVB production. The drama is one of two grand TVB productions to celebrate the channel's 43rd anniversary, the other being No Regrets, and they are the first Hong Kong dramas to broadcast with English subtitles. The Chinese title literally means "criminal police", which can also be used to a describe a cop who commits a crime. During early promotions for the drama, the year "2010" was attached to the Chinese title to prevent confusion with previous dramas of a similar title. The English title is a wordplay on the colour of guns, a representation of criminal justice, and Felix Wong's character Stone Sir, a cop who finds himself trapped in a grey area of morality.
The drama is a dramatisation and fictional telling of Hong Kong's top ten criminal cases, which tells about the complexities of human nature and the strangeness of truth. The episode premiere of Gun Metal Grey aired on 1 November 2010.[1]
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When a cop expresses his grievance and anger onto the world, he becomes the most dangerous man on the force. Taken from the top ten famous unsolved cases in Hong Kong, Gun Metal Grey depicts a cop’s road to destruction as well as the very truth of human nature. Fifteen years ago, upright police officer Stone Sir (Felix Wong) was falsely accused of murder and sentenced to prison. Now that he has been discharged, he decides to get to the bottom of the case. Unfortunately, he is unable to bring the culprit to justice because of lack of evidence. As a result, his suppressed anger continues to churn within him and whenever the law fails to carry out justice, he takes matters into his own hand.The sudden change in his character and behavior places his friendship with his teammate Mad Sir (Michael Miu) to the test. Later, when he is trying to prevent Mad from looking further into the case, he even hurts Mad's girlfriend, Kim (Jessica Hsuan). The competition begins to intensify between the two good friends when Mad is determined to deal with Stone according to the law.
Outdoor filming commenced in late September 2009, and studio filming began in mid-October. The sales presentation trailer, which consisted of scenes that were independent from the actual production, were filmed in Tuen Mun from 4 to 6 October 2009. Kenny Wong and Stephen Huynh portrayed a villain and a victim respectively in the trailer, but Wong was later announced to not take part in the actual production of the drama.[5]
The presentation trailer of Gun Metal Grey premiered on the TVB Jade channel on 5 December 2009 during the showing of TVB Sales Presentation 2010. It was the first of twelve 2010 drama productions that were introduced. Although initial reception of the trailer was not as popularly received as the channel's other anniversary drama, No Regrets, many viewers expressed that Gun Metal Grey would be a success once it airs due to it being a "Five Tiger collaboration."[6]
In 23 March 2010, TVB introduced Gun Metal Grey as one of the channel's four upcoming big productions at the annual Hong Kong FILMART, an international media exhibit of Hong Kong's TV and film productions.[7] At the time, the drama was promoted as "刑警2010", with the year referencing to the year of broadcast in order to distinguish the drama from previous productions of a similar title. Two teaser trailers were released through TVB Jade on 13 October 2010, with each trailer introducing the characters of Sing and Mad Sir. A music video of the drama's ending theme, Ngor Tik Lei Hoi Ya Si Oi (lit. "My Departure is also Love"), sung by Alfred Hui, also premiered on the channel that same day. A third trailer was released on 20 October.
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November 8–12, 2010 |
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November 15–18, 2010 |
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November 22–26, 2010 |
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November 29 - December 3, 2010 |
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December 6–9, 2010 |
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