The Unbeatables III

The Unbeatables III (Chinese: 双天至尊 III) is a Singaporean Mandarin-language drama serial which was broadcast on 18 November 2002, on MediaCorp Channel 8, and ran for 30 episodes.^[1]

Produced by Mediacorp, the drama is the third and last drama in The Unbeatables series, and was broadcast six years after The Unbeatables II^[2]

Set 8 years after end of The Unbeatables II, Coral Island also known as Singapore became home to one of the world's largest and most technologically-advanced casinos, owned by Yan Fei, who now lives in content with his family. ^[3] As well as having improved his gambling skills, Yan Fei also developed a unique and formidable fighting technique involving the use of dice and poker cards, earning the respect of the top martial artists around the world. Popular and admired as the King of Gamblers, Yan Fei also has a long list of enemies whom constantly challenge him, for the ownership of his family's casino. Unknown to him, his enemies were in the dark improving their own skills to fight him one day.^[3]

Luo Qifang, the wife of Yan Fei, has went missing again like she did before in The Unbeatables II. ^[4]Frustrated but not giving up, Yan Fei sought the help of one of his latest allies, Mr. Clayton, a retired general from G.I. Joe, an elite branch of the US Military. Mr. Clayton and his new team of G.I. Joe's investigations reveal that Qifang have been kidnapped by their old archenemy, the Cobra Organization. ^[3] Two major suspects involved were: Huang Yunjiu, an influential politician, and Wu Cheng Yi, a homosexual. Yan Fei repeatedly clashes with the Cobra Organization, who finally gave him an ultimatum to meet them in Australia if he ever wanted to see Qifang again.^[3]

Against the wishes of G.I. Joe, Yan Fei went to Australia and met the new Cobra Commander and Cheng Yi. Luo Qifang was with them too. The Cobra Commander demanded a certain spellbook, which Yan Fei denied having. G.I. Joe team and Yan Fei's personal army arrived in time to fight. Outnumbered, Cobra Commander and his fellow terrorists teleported away, promising to return. Reunited with Qifang, Yan Fei threw a party at his mansion. He became suspicious when Huang Yunjiu came over to the party uninvited. The intelligence officers in G.I. Joe reported their suspicions that Yunjiu must have arrived to Coral Island through the use of teleportation, a mysterious technology which currently only the Cobra Organization have. However, without concrete proof, Yan Fei and G.I Joe cannot afford to deal with Yunjiu directly. Yan Fei investigated the claims of the "spellbook" and found out that years ago, his mischievous son Yan Xing had snatched an ancient Grimoire away from an associate of Cobra Commander who had dug it up, but later threw it away into the sea.

Meanwhile, Huang Yunjiu revealed that he is actually Cobra Commander. Yunjiu first befriended Shenfeng to join forces against Fei, and later got Xing involved, baiting him with the promise of holding the gambling king throne that Fei holds. Xing's parents were heartbroken after learning that Xing has turned on them, acknowledging Yunjiu as his mentor. Yunjiu then sent assassins after Qifang, who was saved by a nurse named Jiang Yexue. Yexue was saved by Fei in the past, when Fei helped her out of a devil's deal with Shenfeng, an eccentric yet ambitious sorceror. Since that time, Yexue also began to develop feelings for Fei.

Meiyao, the three disciples that Fei chose to pass on his skills to, was later revealed to be Cobra Commander's daughter, and was forced by her father to betray Fei, which caused Fei to have amnesia. Xing then took advantage of the opportunity to force Qifang back to the gambling arena. Qifang was at a loss, with no one to turn to and discovering Fei's amorous relationship with Yexue.

Luo Shenfeng seeks to own Yan Fei's casino, through the use of his evil sorcery tricks. Shenfeng tried to take Yan Fei's casino by a gambling challenge, but Yan Fei's gambling skills proved to be superior even when Shenfeng attempted to cheat. Then Shenfeng resorted to using dark sorcery to fight, hoping to force Yan Fei to give up his casino. Yan Fei nevertheless outwitted him, using a dozen dice to blast him out of the casino. Shenfeng got thrown into the sea but found the Great Shadow Grimoire. He decided to keep it for himself without informing the Cobra Commander.

The Great Shadow Grimoire hosts many of the ancient world's most powerful spells, which Shenfeng can use to his advantage to defeat or even kill Yan Fei and his family. However, to master the spells, Shenfeng first needed to undergo the painful process of castration, because the spells needs full concentration of the mind to work, and any distracting feelings of lust may kill the caster. The ambitious Shenfeng decided to do just that, for the sake of gaining absolute power and domination. Shenfeng cast a spell to resurrct the long-dead Yan Kun, father of Yan Fei, and instructed the zombie to attack his former family. Together with Yunjiu's own personal quest to get the Grimoire, troubles for Yan Fei and his family has just begun...

• Li Nanxing as Yan Fei^[5]
• Zoe Tay as Luo Qifang^[5]
• Lee San San as Jiang Yexue
• Ken Cai as Yan Xing
• Willy Liu as Yan Xing (Older)
• Tay Ping Hui as Luo Shenfeng / Luo Yingfeng
• Huang Yiliang as Huang Yunjiu / Dong Sihai
• Allan Wu as Ding Wei
• Vivian Lai as Dong Meiyao
• Cassandra See as Luo Wenxin^[6]
• San Yow as Jiang Xueming
• Wang Deyuan as Wu Youkang
• Joey Swee as Jia Jia
• Henry Thia as Ding Shiyi
• Le Yao as Jiang Xiaotong
• Jin Yinji as Auntie Qian

Portions of the series were shot in Australia,^[2] while an entire casino was built in Studio 6 of Mediacorp's former campus at Caldecott Hill for the casino scenes.^[7]

Mediacorp spent S$1.5 million on animated special effects for the series.^[8]

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