In 2020, there were two big hits of "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth", and for a time the Mist Theater was praised as the "altar" of suspense dramas.
This year, everyone is looking forward to what suspense dramas will come out of the Mist Theater.
Waiting is waiting, but more is disappointment, "Goodbye, That Day" is not satisfactory, "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" did not even reach the 6-point passing line, and "Fatal Wish" slipped to 4.1 points.
Seeing that this year is about to pass, has the year of the Mist Theater ended like this?
Unexpectedly, the finale came.
After watching 2 episodes, I have already satisfied the appetite of Ah Ji and decisively entered the pit.
Who's the Killer?
The story begins in 2000.
On this day, Leng Xiaobing (Xiao Yang) entered the Haizhou City Criminal Police Detachment just over a year, extremely excited, because before he was in charge of logistics, the captain of his master promised him, and after a year, he was exposed to big cases.
Master did not renege on his word, and turned over a serial murder case that had not been solved for ten years, wanting to let the novice see if there was a new idea.
The murderer has committed four crimes in ten years, has no time law, and the means are cruel, even taking pleasure in killing people.
There are several characteristics of the crime: first use anesthetic, and then inject muscle relaxation drugs to make the victim's muscles soft, and then not kill immediately, but cut the victim's pulse to prolong the time of death, during which the victim can not even make a sound, can only keep a smile and slowly lose blood and die.
What Leng Xiaobing did not expect was that on this day, he encountered the fifth case.
Before committing the crime, the murderer brazenly called the criminal police team and asked them to come to the scene of the murder to save people.
After Leng Xiaobing received the call, he and the old criminal police officer Lan Ge (Geng Le) rushed to the community.
The murder is a young female teacher (Gao Lu) who has just returned from shopping for vegetables, and the murderer follows her upstairs, and the female teacher is stunned by the murderer and dragged into the room at the time of entry, killing according to the above method.
At this time, Leng Xiaobing hurriedly arrived, and Lan Gebing divided into two ways to find a specific location, Leng Xiaobing was lucky and "good", and soon found the trace.
Leng Xiaobing pulled out his gun and carefully entered the room to search, what he did not expect was that the murderer had not yet left, suddenly rushed out and stabbed him in the chest.
Leng Xiaobing was too nervous to shoot because he was too nervous to go to the police for the first time, and then he was knocked unconscious by the murderer during the fight, and before he fell unconscious, he saw another detail of the murderer's crime.
The murderer not only made the victim wait for death, but also let the victim look at the clock dial to feel the passage of life minute by minute, and even filmed this scene with a professional camera.
Friends who brush drama late at night are estimated to be shocked by the smile of the female teacher before she died.
Just as the murderer was leaving, Brother Lan rushed to stop it, unfortunately, the old criminal police not only failed to stop the murderer, but also killed by the murderer.
There is also a witness to what happened here, that is, Natsuki, a student who lives in the female teacher's house, who escaped the disaster by hiding in the attic because of the quarrel with the teacher.
Fast forward to 2017.
Leng Xiaobing grew from a young criminal police officer full of enthusiasm to a fierce major crime team leader, and has not given up looking for the murderer for 17 years, but has never been able to solve the case.
At that time, the student Xia Mu (Dong Zijian) also grew up and became a high-caliber student in the police force, and took the initiative to apply for a position in the Haizhou City Criminal Police Detachment, and entered the serious crime team.
Natsuki's purpose is obvious, to find out the teacher's killer.
In fact, Leng Xiaobing and Natsuki are not happy, living with their own guilt and self-blame, which has caused psychological problems that are difficult to heal.
A self-blame for not shooting the murderer may be able to save the female teacher, and the old police officer will not die.
A guilt should not have lost his temper with the teacher, if he had been present, perhaps the murderer would not have done it.
Moreover, Natsuki also carried a grudge, that is, to blame Leng Xiaobing for not daring to shoot at that time.
In addition to the serial killings, after Natsuki went to the criminal police team, another homicide occurred, and a man was killed while climbing a mountain.
Just when other criminal police officers believe that it is a love killing, Natsuki determines that it is a vendetta through the details of the scene, and draws important clues from the mouth of the deceased's child to point the suspected target at the deceased's wife.
It can be seen that Xia Mu, as a high-caliber student in the police force, is not a vain name, but has a keen sense of observation and a quite sophisticated case-handling method.
After the plot, the plot revolves around Leng Xiaobing and Natsuki joining hands to handle the case, which should be based on the serial murder case as the main axis, and other cases as auxiliary, and go side by side.
Judging from the beginning alone, the plot of "Who is the Murderer" is quite compact, the climax is repeated, and the confusing case and complex character relationships can't help but keep exploring.
As a suspense drama, the suspense and thriller atmosphere of "Who is the Murderer" also has a strong sense of substitution.
Whether it is a scene or a shot, it can always touch the audience's heart, tense and exciting.
For example, before Leng Xiaobing entered the female teacher's house, he first showed that the murderer was still committing crimes in the house step by step, which fully created a sense of tension.
When Leng Xiaobing approached the murderer step by step after entering the house, the audience's heart instantly lifted.
Another example is the close-up of the dilapidated old house, which itself has its own horror atmosphere, and then think of Natsuki living alone in the murderous house, just through words, there is a chill behind it.
The camera moves slowly, and the few photos of the deceased who have been swept away by surprise are also shocking.
It not only shows the deep guilt and obsession in Natsuki's heart, but also quickly puts the audience into the situation through the horror atmosphere.
Camera switching to create a sense of horror is a common technique, but many film and television works are for the sake of frightening.
In addition to being frightened, it is not easy for the audience to always be in the atmosphere to feel the mood of the characters, and "Who is the Murderer" has done it.
From the title of "Who is the murderer", the idea of the creator has been revealed, and if you want to know who is the murderer, you will not tell you until the end, before you want to know, guess yourself.
At present, netizens have begun their own speculation, and three of the characters are focused on.
Suspect One, photo studio owner.
The owner of the photo studio has the most obvious hint, that is, Shen Yu and his classmates went to the photo studio to get photos, and the back of the paper bag was a blood stain, and then thought that the murderer would use a professional camera to take pictures of the deceased, it is difficult not to let people connect.
And the play does not give the camera owner a shot, hidden quite deeply.
The answer seems obvious.
But is it really him? Could it just be the killer stealing his camera to take pictures, or is he just an accomplice? Or even buy a murderer?
Suspect Two, Forensic Doctor.
The forensic doctor's speculation stemmed from the fact that he took pictures of Leng Xiaobing and his colleagues at the beginning, during which he also said, "I am still taking pictures of living people for the first time."
In addition, anesthetics and muscle relaxants were difficult to obtain at the time, but forensic doctors could easily obtain these drugs.
Suspect No. 3, Shen Yu.
In the play, Shen Yu found blood stains, and there were criminal police on the road promoting the murder, but Shen Yu did not mention this matter to the criminal police.
What is even more suspicious is that when the criminal police talked about the characteristics of the murderer, Shen Yu's expression was obviously a little flustered.
Previously, when Shen Yu took the photo, the owner of the photo studio handed it out from the door slit, and I don't know if Shen Yu could clearly see the hand characteristics of the boss.
So what does Shen Yu really know? Did she see that the boss had burn features on his hand but didn't say it, or did she probably know who the killer was?
No matter what the outcome was, since Shen Yu was silent, this matter must have something to do with her.
In addition to wondering who is the murderer, how will the contradiction between Leng Xiaobing and Natsuki be resolved? Will Natsuki take revenge on Leng Xiaobing because of his grudge? What kind of past will Shen Yu, played by Zhao Liying, who grew up to become a psychologist, have?
These questions also make the audience scratch their hearts and desperately want to know the answer.
A drama can fully satisfy the audience's appetite, and is dragged by the plot, constantly confusing and speculating, indicating that the play has actually been half successful.
The biggest regret of this drama is that in order to lengthen the number of days of broadcast, the film side is stunned to shrink the length of each episode, and it is less than 30 minutes before the end of an episode.
Not enough to see.
Text/Movie Wingman: Ah Ji