The Unholy Alliance (TV series)

The Unholy Alliance
Official poster
Also known asThe Alliance
同盟
GenreCrime
Action
Thriller
Martial arts
Created byJazz Boon
Written byNg Lap-kwong
Starring
Opening theme"一觸即發" (Lit By A Spark) by Ruco Chan
Ending theme"風的季節" (The Season Of The Wind) by Rosanne Lui
Country of originHong Kong
Original languagesCantonese, Mandarin
No. of episodes28
Production
ProducerJazz Boon
Production locationsChina Hong Kong
China Taiwan
Running time45 minutes
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
Release7 August (2017-08-07) –
14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)
Related
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The Unholy Alliance
Chinese同盟
Cantonese YaleTùngmàng
Literal meaning"alliance"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTóngméng
Bopomofoㄊㄨㄥˊㄇㄥˊ
IPA[tʰʊ̌ŋ.mə̌ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTùngmàng
JyutpingTung4mang4
IPA[tʰȍŋ.mɐ̏ŋ]

The Unholy Alliance (Chinese: 同盟; Cantonese Yale: Tùngmàng; literally "Alliance") is an action crime-thriller television drama created by Jazz Boon and TVB. Principal photography began in Hong Kong in September 2016, and continued in Taiwan in December 2016. It premiered on TVB Jade on 7 August 2017, and for MediaCorp's Channel U in July 2019, and ran for 28 episodes.

Boon has described The Unholy Alliance as a Mission: Impossible-style[1] action thriller that features modern martial arts, including MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga and gun fu.[2] It stars Nina Paw, Ruco Chan, Nancy Wu, Joel Chan, Elaine Yiu, Kwok Fung, Jimmy Au, KK Cheung, and Elena Kong. The Unholy Alliance follows a modern Hong Kong crime family, led by the matriarch Ling Hung (Paw).

  1. ^ 文偉鴻開時裝版《城寨》愈打愈激 搵鮑起靜變現代武則天號令世界 [Jazz Boon to produce modern version of 'Four Walls', Paw Hee-ching transformers to modern Wu Zetian]. HK01 (in Chinese). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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