![]() ![]() She also starred in the action series John Woo's Once a Thief that aired on Showtime following its Canadian run, and guest-starred in the two-part opener of Xena: Warrior Princess last season. They tangle with an airhead crime boss (Vicky Pratt), and unwittingly bring their father (Robert Ito) into the picture.Įxcerpt from Studio USA, on Sunset Strip 1999: Victoria Pratt The kids break away from their crime-boss dad and join up with a shadowy international crime-fighting unit. John Woo's Once a Thief: Family Business (1998), TMC Saturday at 9 The action and obvious dialogue continues is John Woo's "Once a Thief: Family Business" (9 p.m., The Movie Channel, TV-14), in which the dynamic threesome take on a crime godfather and his beautiful daughter (Vicky Pratt).Įxcerpt from The Capital 7/18/98: Victoria Pratt ![]() Like a million other crime dramas, this concerns two ex-thieves, Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandrine Holt) dragooned into a super-secret crime-fighting force that might be on the side of the good guys. And Jennifer Dale, their campy "director" at the "shadowy government agency" that will remind you of The Pretender and La Femme Nikita, is playing deep games with all their ditzy heads.Įxcerpt from Ocala Star-Banner 7/18/98: Victoria Pratt Meanwhile, Nicholas is mixed up with yet a third crime family in surprising Vancouver - the traditionally Italian Orsinis. In Part II, Family Business, Godfather Ito himself shows up in Vancouver to kill Ivan and Sandrine, who will instead save him from kidnappers belonging to a local crime family run by Valley Girl teenybopper Vicky Pratt - a scary amalgam of Alicia Silverstone, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed. Mac (Ivan Sergei), orphaned as usual at an early age, and Li Ann (Sandrine Holt), sold as usual into child prostitution by her mother, are both adopted into the triadic Hong Kong family of Godfather Tang (Robert Ito), who treats them like his own son (Michael Wong) - that is, as criminal accomplices in everything from dealing weapons to stealing Rembrandts. the Movie Channel), I've gone all the way to Botswana and Norman Rush's novel Mating (1991). In the case of John Woo, from whom this week we get a premium-cable piggyback of Once a Thief: The Director's Cut and Once a Thief: Family Business (Saturday, July 18 7:05 to 10 p.m. Guilty Pleasures: On the Movie Channel, a pair of John Woo revenge tragedies offer up an irresistible mix of kick-boxing, melodrama - and, oddly, dance. The American version reads more as a cat-and-mouse game between a masterful con man and an undercover government agent as their romantic relationship deepens and their secret lives collide.Excerpt from New York Magazine 7/98: Victoria Pratt | Once a Thief After finding out his fiancé was a police officer and being scammed out of his money by his ex-girlfriend, the family he owed finds him, and he is strong-armed into running for a seat on the National Assembly in exchange for his life. In the Korean version, the con man navigates a series of unexpected incidents after he becomes involved with a loan shark to get the money for his marriage. However, this minor change pales in comparison to the plot differences between the two series. The American version will likely take on a more serious tone as a result, which was made apparent by the mounting tension in the series’ first teaser. My Fellow Citizens! is a comedy, whereas The Company You Keep is a drama. One difference between the two crime series is their sub-genres. Despite both series focusing on the labyrinthine relationship between a con man and a law enforcement agent, the American adaptation has some differences from its Korean originator. ![]() The award-winning Korean Broadcasting System program premiered in 2019 and ran for one season. My Fellow Citizens! serves as the source of inspiration for the upcoming ABC series, The Company You Keep. ![]()
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