Director: Anji Ho (masterpiece "The Secret Forest")
Screenwriter: Han Sang-yun (masterpiece "Proud Wife")
Starring: Han Hyo-joo, Park Kyung-sik, Cho Woo-jin
Douban 8.6 points
Combined with the epidemic, K-Zombie has re-innovated
Realistic imagination is key
The story is set in the world after the end of the new crown epidemic, people have regained their daily routines, when a new infectious disease - "madman disease" appears.
People who take a certain drug will become zombie-like, and those who are bitten will soon become infected, and officials will have to take measures to isolate the sick.
Different from the previous zombie films, generally after becoming a zombie, it will no longer wake up, and it cannot be called a "person".
But the onset of the disease in this drama is intermittent, the attack first feels thirsty, quickly loses his mind, and begins to bite and drink blood, but after a while he will wake up and return to reason, completely unable to remember what he just did.
Such a existence, if simply defined as "zombies" and then killed them, is really against human nature! After all, they still have human consciousness, but as the frequency of onset increases, there are fewer and fewer moments as "people". Can they still be called people?
Because the number is getting larger, the official can only concentrate the "severe disease" in the freezing truck, and the low temperature will reduce the frequency of the disease, but there is currently no way to treat it.
The screenwriter creatively complicates the zombie problem and deepens the contradictions and conflicts of the plot.
If it's just zombies coming, it's probably hard to shoot something new, but the screenwriter cleverly puts the zombie genre into the fear of the real epidemic.
The madman's disease in the play is somewhat similar to the chaotic horror of the early stage of the epidemic, so it is set after the end of the epidemic, when people still have palpitations, it will resonate with the audience.
"Kingdom", which is also a Korean zombie drama, is a worldwide fire, and screenwriter Jin Yinji once said in a variety show that the zombie theme originating from foreign countries was moved to the background of the North Korean era, and successfully localized it as a source of inspiration.
Because the zombies are in a very hungry state, people are now talking about dieting and losing weight, and there is no sense of urgency to fill their stomachs, and the famine in the Joseon Dynasty is so severe that some people are even hungry enough to eat their children...
Use the hunger of zombies and the hunger of the people of the Joseon Dynasty as a connection point.
"Happiness" is more "hungry" than "hunger", and the connection point is the "fear" of infectious diseases. Giving a realistic-based imagination is the key to creating a good story.
It's a very realistic and complex zombie movie! The start was very exciting
Han Hyo-joo returned after 5 years and Park Kyung-sik transformed
Fitting to the character is the best state
"Happiness" is Han Xiaozhou's return to the small screen after 5 years of "W Two Worlds" with Lee Jong-suk in 2016.
Although she has been making movies for 5 years, there are "Golden Dreams" and "Man Wolf", but unfortunately the evaluation is average, in 2019 she also went to shoot the American drama "Stumbling Block" to play a female agent.
Compared with the high popularity and good resources in the early years, Han Xiaozhou has not had any particularly brilliant film works in recent years, nor has he acted in TV dramas, which is a bit of a pity.
It turned out that she suffered a heavy blow from public opinion at the peak of her career, first in 2014, her boss li Bingxian was boycotted because of the scandal, and Han Xiaozhou of the same company was innocently affected.
At this time, it was reported that one of the recruits her brother was in charge of training in the army had died, causing a bullying controversy, and although she was found not guilty, her sister Han Xiaozhou, who was an artist, was caught by public opinion and was strongly resisted and even physically threatened by South Korean netizens.
These two things are not directly related to Han Xiaozhou, she is innocent, but it did have a great impact on her career, and the resources in Korea were not as good as before, so she went overseas to develop American dramas.
This return to the small screen is also very important to her, in "Happiness" she played the SWAT team Yin Xinchun, straightforward and cute, curious, handsome and capable action scenes, and the chemical reaction with Park Jiong-sik also looks good ~ The "wedding photos" of the two look very story~
Although I was a little surprised to see Park Kyung-sik's photo before the start of the broadcast, compared with the "Hercules Do Bong Soon" period, it seems to be inflated, after understanding, it is found that he is actually deliberately fattening for this role, because the setting is like a bear.
In the first two episodes, the policeman he played seemed calm and reliable, exuding the charm of a mature man, full of security, and silently spoiling his wife, which was completely different from the cute and childish boy in the "Minmin" period
So don't worry about whether the actor is fat or thin, and the state that fits the role is the best state for the actor!
"Happiness is so hard!"
Satirize class differences and lay the groundwork for human nature
From the first two episodes that aired, it seems that the complex theme of human nature has begun to be laid.
The apartment that Yin Xinchun moved in after marrying Zheng Yixian is itself a building with a clear class differentiation, with ordinary sales houses on the high floors and cheap public rental housing on the lower floors.
High-rise residents can enjoy the gym, but low-rise residents are not allowed to enter, which is a naked difference.
Not only that, but the fire passage connecting the high and low levels has also been blocked with bricks, emphasizing the incompatibility between the two classes and satirizing the serious hierarchical differences in the real society.
But Yin Xinchun did not eat this set, and slammed the door open, perhaps hinting that when the building broke out madman's disease later, she would also take the initiative to attack and become a passage connecting the two classes.
An apartment is a condensed society.
I want to live happily before moving into the apartment, but there is a hidden crisis.
Happiness is so hard! It seems that the title itself is the biggest irony!
In the future, everyone will be locked in this building, and the psychological warfare and survival struggle of isolated residents who are isolated from each other will be a highlight of the future.
At the same time, Yin Xinchun's colleague Li Shengrong was also scratched by a person with madman's disease, and he sneaked into the freezing truck for money to shoot a video to break the news, which caused a zombie rampage, and at the end of the second episode, he was also bitten into a zombie.
Satirizing people who are desperate for money, the scourge has caused everyone themselves to be eaten back.
It seems that the key person who is getting everything out of control is him, will he be killed? Or run away?
Interestingly, Han Taishuo, who works with Mr. Cheng to find the truth, claims that the pills that may cause madman's disease were stolen from abroad by the powerful competition group he once worked for at a pharmaceutical company.
Korean drama self-black is still very good, the stolen medicine is actually poisonous, and it is really ironic enough!
Compared with ordinary zombie films, this new drama that combines reality and integrates complex narratives and themes is full of points to watch, very worth chasing, and it is also worth seeing what "happiness" will eventually look like!
Public number: Foggy wind, welcome to pay attention!