I recommend Shanghai Bund - I don't recall him smiling in it much at all :)
Plus, I think the plot is your thing - awfully melodramatic and awesome.
He is someone who comes to Shanghai of 1930s and almost by accident rescues the big mob boss' daughter (I mean, he rescues her on purpose but that he was in a position to do so is accidental).
He becomes boss' right hand man eventually and he and daughter fall in love but for some reason (no idea, I am not that far into it yet, I just know it happens), Mob Boss wants her to marry someone else and they try to avoid it but she eventually does it to save HXM's life and he leaves and then a bunch of stuff happens but ultimately he returns for vengeance against mob boss who I think got his family killed though of course he still loves the daughter and it's basically angst angst angst.
Re: OC. Yes, I have no problem with this. Also, I think he untied the green ribbon from her wrist before he went in for surgery. Awwww again. I do think OC has changed into a lovely person despite it all, just fangirling HXM won't let me switch :)
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Date: 2010-07-01 09:23 pm (UTC)Plus, I think the plot is your thing - awfully melodramatic and awesome.
He is someone who comes to Shanghai of 1930s and almost by accident rescues the big mob boss' daughter (I mean, he rescues her on purpose but that he was in a position to do so is accidental).
He becomes boss' right hand man eventually and he and daughter fall in love but for some reason (no idea, I am not that far into it yet, I just know it happens), Mob Boss wants her to marry someone else and they try to avoid it but she eventually does it to save HXM's life and he leaves and then a bunch of stuff happens but ultimately he returns for vengeance against mob boss who I think got his family killed though of course he still loves the daughter and it's basically angst angst angst.
Re: OC. Yes, I have no problem with this. Also, I think he untied the green ribbon from her wrist before he went in for surgery. Awwww again. I do think OC has changed into a lovely person despite it all, just fangirling HXM won't let me switch :)