HONOUR AMONG THIEVES

Currently I am watching a Taiwanese Gangster Drama called Monga Yao Hui 艋舺燿輝 on NTV7.  To be honest I did not follow it from the start as I thought that it'd be full of gore and gang fights like in the movie, "Monga".  My interest in the drama was piqued one fine day when I turned on the telly to watch something else and ended up watching one episode of the drama instead.  That got me hooked.  

The synopsis goes like this:

When Chen, Lu, Xu, and Yu were young, the four toughest kids in the neighborhood became sworn brothers and sister. Their parents, fearing that they would join a gang, intervened, and the kids went their separate ways. Years later, Xu's engagement to the daughter of a local gangster brought them back together. The joy of their reunion was soon overshadowed by the threat of gangster reprisal when Chen rescued a singer, Lin, from being kidnapped by the son of a gangster boss.

So far I am already into watching the 60th episode and find the drama engaging.  Perhaps, it is because I enjoy watching the camaraderie of the lead characters and what they go through for each other.  It is something like the four Musketeers,"One for all and all for one".  Though the things the characters do are unlawful and violent but then when it comes to their own kind they are very protective and loyal.  In the world of the triad members, they have their own honour which is akin to the saying "there is honour among thieves" which means that even corrupt or bad people sometimes have a sense of honour or integrity, or justice, even if it is skewed.