Always on the Move (Season 1)

Always on the Move (2024) is a Chinese crime-and-family drama you can watch online on iFILM. It opens in the late 1970s aboard a long-distance train, where rookie railway officer Wang Xin spots a "fugitive" in the crowd and moves to arrest him. The man turns out to be Ma Kui, a grizzled veteran of the same railway police.

That embarrassing mix-up kicks off a partnership that lasts for years. Friction first, then respect, then a bond closer to family. The two work the carriages and platforms together — collaring pickpockets, drug runners and kidnappers, settling passengers' quarrels and keeping order in the cramped world of sleeper cars. Bai Jingting plays the hot-headed newcomer, with Ding Yongdai as the stern mentor who pushes back and props him up in equal measure.

Director Zheng Xiaolong stretches the story across decades: outside the windows steam engines give way to electric trains and then high-speed rail, and the country's whole transformation passes through two generations of transit cops. A warm, unhurried watch for anyone who likes family sagas with a criminal pulse. Stream Always on the Move online on iFILM.