The Lost Tomb

| Air: 2015.06.12 - 2015.07.03

| Episode: 10 ( + 2 pilot episodes)
| Cast: Li Yifeng | Yang Yang
| Related post: The Mystic Nine (prequel) | Time Raiders

Wu Xie is a naive young antique merchant. Although his grandfather used to be tomb robber, his ultimate goal is preventing national artifacts being sold to greedy people. Thus, Wu Xie travels across the country to gather the antiques and turn them to the government.

Once he got a mysterious map describing tomb of Lord Shuang of Lu. Realizing that foreign tomb robbery is after the fortunes, Wu Xie asks his archeologist uncle, Mr. Three to go with him to the tomb. Along with them is High Jr. (Wu Xie's best friend and partner); Pan Zie (Tomb robber, Mr. Three's partner); and  Xiao Ge (mysterious body guard). 

It's a very dangerous journey since the beginning. They have to deal with corpse eater insects, various ancient trap and sadistic mercenary. The more they walk into the tomb, the more stories revealed. At the same time, more questions arise. 

The idea, although nothing new, is actually quite intriguing. I picture The Mummy and Tomb Raiders in my head when reading wiki's review. However, it's not beautifully told. There are so many jumping scenes, forcing the audience to relate them to ourselves. It doesn't seem to try to please us, instead making us work harder to understand it.

There's also the lack of characterization as the drama mainly focus on Wu Xie's personality. Everybody keeps telling him, "Wu Xie, you're so naive". I think they don't need to mention it over and over, right? We can get it from the actions he takes.

There are other casts waiting to be explored. But, no, the director decides to put all spotlight to Wu Xie.

Can we talk about those annoying over-dramatized scenes? There are a lot of slow motion scenes, even in the unnecessary parts. Since it's too many, it fails to lead the focus. The only good thing here is Yang Yang's portraying cool Xiao Ge. Every time he moves, he makes my heart stop. Gosh, so cool.

Seriously, I tried to stop watching since the first episode. But, how can I do it when he looks like this???

watch it on viki | kissasian