Review by plupu66

First of all I am a Canadian, and I don't speak Mandarin (nor Cantonese). I saw all the great ratings and I gave it a try on Netflix. I was expecting some sort of Taiwanese "Borgen". (I don't speak Danish but I was fine with the subtitles in Borgen.) I watched the first episode of Wave Makers and I was overwhelmed by the speed at which they were talking and, in spite of my best efforts, I could not read more than half the subtitles. Then, the abundance of names - tens of them just in the first 15-20 minutes - that pretty much sounded the same to me. Then the abundance of characters that also looked very similar to me - most women, for instance - were 20-25 years old extremely "cute", similarly dressed and looked like sisters to me.

Sorry, I had to give up.

I understand that a person from Taiwan (or that area in general) may not have my problem may have enjoyed the film , but I had to share my experience.