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This drama is a masterpiece. It has everything a excellent (crime) drama needs. The Storyline, the characters, the music in thrilling scenes.
Story: A criminal psychologist gets a new assistant and together they solve complicated murder cases. But this is the superficial storyline. From episode to episode it gets deeper and deeper until the point, where we know that there is one person who is creating all of this (indirectly). This drama is a mix of crime, thriller and romance (and because the main character is a criminal psychologist, there is also psychology). The story is exciting until the end. I wish there will be a second season, because there is something I can't get over v.v.
Acting: Before I watched the drama I didn't know any Actor or Actress. My last Chinese drama was 'Loving, never forgetting' with Jerry Yan (I watched it last year, I think). I thought there wasn't another chinese drama who would good enough to watch more of them. But 'Love me if you dare' is the reason why I am a fan of Wallace Huo.
So I will begin with Wallace Huo. He plays the male main character Bo Jinyan, who lives alone in a mysterious house. From beginning he is very special and mysterious, because we don't know much about him and his behaviour doesn't help us. Wallace Huo plays the role excellent. After the first two episodes I had to search his profile, because of other dramas and movies he acts in. I mean, he must be an excellent actor to play this role. I can't write too much about his character because I don't want to spoiler, but his mysterious acting is a masterpiece.
Sandra Ma acts as Jian Yao, the new assistant, who wants to be like her father, who was a police officer. She is smart, but thanks to Jinyan she gets into angry situations. At the beginning she should translate for Jinyan, who has to solve a difficult case. But after they solved the case, somehow she gets entangled with him again. Sandra Ma plays the role excellent. I like her role, because she isn't very naive like many other female characters in asian dramas.
Wang Kai acts as her best friend who likes her more than that. So at first sight he is the typical second male lead. But he is different from most of the second leads, because he wants his best friend to be happy. Wang Kai acts very natural. I like him.
Also I liked the acting of Andrew Yin (played the best friend of Jinyan) and Edward Zhang (played the villian Xie Han). Both of themhad there scenes which gave them the spotlight. Edward more, Andrew lesser. The other supporting Actors were good, but I don't think they have to be mentiones all.
The chemistry between the two leads Wallace Huo and Sandra Ma was very good. They are lovely together and even though Jinyan is emotional more like a stone than a human, I loved him when he talked to Jian Yao.
Music: The music suits the drama theme, but sometimes I think it was very short (maybe it was only my feeling). The ending song is my favourite of this drama.
Overall: 'love me if you dare' is worth watching. I would highly recommend it, because it is not a 0815 Drama. There is not too much romance, but also not too little. There are not many dramas, which could comprise both genres. Mostly there is something missing or it is too much romance.
I hope there will be more dramas like this in the future and not only in China, but also in Korea. (I know there are some in Korea, but they are...different and not very good -.-).
Also I am looking forward to Wallace Huo's other dramas and movies *-*.
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