Drama Digest
Burning is a Chinese drama starring Jing Chao and Karlina Zhang as the main lead of the series. Burning is one of the famous Chinese dramas released in the year 2020. In the latter part of 2020, as the drama gained relatively more popularity, many people praised the acting skills of all the actors in Burning.
Burning revolves around the story of a police officer, Gao Feng, who gets himself stuck on a murder case. Gap Feng is a respectable, agile, and skillful detective with exceptional investigation abilities. He belongs to a family with a police history. As the story unfolds, Gao Feng realizes his grandfather, Gao Si Hai, ‘s contribution in previous cases. Gao Si Hai was a well-known forensic officer before succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease. During the series, it gets seen that the murder case is 20 years old without any traces of the culprit. Despite all the obstacles, will Gao Feng be able to solve this 20-year-old case?
Cast: Jing Chao as Gao Feng, Karlina Zhang as Xu Jia Tong, Tan Kai as Feng Kai, Xi Mei Juan as Zhao Yue, Lin Zi as Liu Qing Ye, Vivian Wu as Sen Chao Ying. Burning tumbles under the genres of Thriller, Mystery, and Drama.
The pilot episode of Burning premiered on 28th May 2020, and the last episode ended on 24th June 2020. The episodes aired every day on the Original Network- BTV. For non-Chinese residents can watch the attacks on their Youtube channel.
The Feel-Good Part
Burning has an excellent cast, with each of them having its good and bad sides. The protagonist, Gao Feng character develops throughout all episodes. Burning has remarkable dialogue sequences, which is one of the main highlights of this murder mystery. Despite predictable screenwriting, some cliffhangers made the audience pound on their seats.
The Disappointing Part
Even though the theme of Burning is tricky, it fails to grab people’s attention in its first half. Some of the scenes are predictable, which fails to grasp the audience.
In-Depth Analysis
The story of this series is in-depth and established. However, such plots are not new to the audience. This visual-oriented drama fulfills the aesthetics of a murder mystery show. There are 51 episodes each of 45 minutes of run time. The series has only a single season with no prequel or anticipated sequel.
Star Power
The character of Zao Feng gained instant popularity amongst the female fans and proved Jing Chao as a lady’s heartthrob.
Overall Opinion
The story is quite precise, and each character gets enough screen time. As of now, the production team of Burning did not provide subtitles of different languages, which might be a bummer.
