The article reviews "The Fixers," a new action-comedy series on Netflix from Taiwan. Set around the Ching He Temple in Taipei, the show follows a secret team of fixers who help clients keep their secrets hidden or expose blackmailers. The plot involves a politician’s campaign being threatened and a gambling den owner dealing with financial troubles and debt collection issues. The review highlights light-hearted action sequences but notes a lack of deep character development.
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Story summary
The Fixers, a new Netflix series from Taiwan, premiered as a blend of action and comedy centered around secret operatives. The show follows Louis Hsueh (played by Shou Lou) and his team, who work discreetly for the chairman of the National Police out of the Ching He Temple in Taipei. Their mission is to protect clients’ secrets or expose blackmailers, operating across various criminal and legal spheres. In one scene, Louis faces off against Felix Chiang (Christopher Lee), a former gangster turned gambling den boss, over collecting a debt, only to encounter Chiang’s partner seeking the same debtor for information. The series aims to provide entertainment through its mix of humor and intense action sequences.
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Some shows are just dumb fun, and you know it as soon as you start watching them.
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We knew that it was fun the minute we saw someone fighting off thugs with two pieces of meat.
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An accountant wakes up in what seems like a shipping container on a freighter.
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He’s next to someone else who claims to be the driver for the man’s boss.
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It turns out that the accountant is actually in a trailer, and after he gives up the location of ledgers implicating his boss, Louis Hsueh (Shou Lou) reveals himself.
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It’s a secret team that works for the chairman of the National Police, and operates out of the Ching He Temple in Taipei.
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They work with people on both sides of the law: police, politicians, even gangsters.
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Their job is to keep secrets hidden or expose people who are blackmailing others.
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Their latest client is a politician whose rival posted a picture of his son surrounded by cocaine in an effort to derail his campaign.
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In the meantime, Felix Chiang (Christopher Lee), a former gangster who now runs a gambling den, finds out his wife sank a lot of money into what turned out to be a crypto scam.
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But he’s also in debt up to his eyeballs, and when he goes out on a job to brandish a gun and collect a debt, he encounters Louis’ partner trying to get information out of the same guy.
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After Louis’ partner gets shot, Louis has Felix deliver the phone to him that contains the info about the setup.
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In the meantime, the Chairman sees camera footage of Felix escaping a throng of thugs and is impressed.
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What Shows Will It Remind You Of?
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The Fixers is essentially an action show that has some funny chase and fight sequences, but is relatively light on story and characters.
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As Felix gets recruited and trained by the Ching He Temple team, he’ll be paired with Louis, who is a Lambo-driving son of a prominent political family.
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But the two will also work together well to make sure the clients that come to them are satisfied.
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We’ll be introduced to other Ching He fixers like Mina Shen (Regina Lei), as well as rival fixer teams.
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In other words, there will be more chances to see Felix battle thugs with pieces of meat, like he did in the first episode.
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Will we get insight into who all of these fixers actually are?
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But we’re not counting on getting much.
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At least what we’ve seen so far is fun enough to keep us interested.
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Christopher Lee is the standout here as Felix, just from the funny chase scene he was in when he was found to be a cheater.
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The chairman and his right-hand man watches video of Felix escape being surrounded by thugs, and know they need to recruit him.
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The Fixers is a show that’s fun to watch, despite not having the deeply-written characters or complex plotting.
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Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie.
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His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.
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