Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.
The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Law perhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.
El drama gira en torno a Wu Zheng (Liu Ye), un piloto con un trabajo de alto vuelo y aspecto envidiable. Él es más que capaz de asumir la responsabilidad de la vida de innumerables pasajeros, pero fuera del trabajo, es un hombre sin tapujos, libre de espíritu y básicamente un niño de corazón. Su hijo llamado Xiao Han (Hu Xian Xu) aparece de la nada seguido por la maestra Lin Xiao Ou (Ariel Lin).
Esta de más decir que la llegada de Xiao Ou sacude la vida del piloto, especialmente porque Zheng y Xiao Ou se habían encontrado una vez antes, cuando estaban en el extranjero, y ella no era para nada bonita.
