The TV series "Razor's Edge" is being broadcast on platforms such as Oriental Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV and iQiyi.
This is not the thriller suspense film of Brian de Palma, known as the "American version of Hitchcock", nor does it have anything to do with Rasborn's version of Sherlock Holmes, which is a spy drama directed by the article, written by Xu Weicai and Yu Fei, and starring Ma Yili, telling a story of a treacherous spy war that took place in and around the Harbin Pseudo-Manchuria Police Department in the 1930s.
Although the genes and content are not directly related to the two films of the same name, the film style, camera scheduling, and story attributes are similar - the story also revolves around the suspenseful, tense atmosphere, and the characters exist as a genre rather than as individuals. The "razor" in "Razor's Edge" does not refer specifically to a single person, but to a group of people who dare to sacrifice for the country and the people, and the protagonist of the story does not essentially refer to "razor", but to the benevolent people around the "razor".
"Razor's Edge" has been updated for 6 episodes, the basic appearance has appeared, the lens and picture are quite exquisite, the plot logic is meticulous, and the story telling method has a general law, you can talk about the view of this drama.
The loach-like hero and the enchanting heroine are friends or foess
In the first few episodes, forces from all sides took turns to play, the Communist Party, the Kuomintang Blue Jacket Society, the Police Agency headed by Kim Sanpu, the Japanese, the representatives of the Soviet Union, etc., whether for selfish interests, for the party or country, or for the people, for the international situation, almost everyone "has a ghost fetus" and hides it deeply. This makes the male protagonist Xu Congliang (played in the article) look particularly eye-catching, no faith, no faction, busy in order to save his life, but also because he is weak and revealed in the light, everyone is trying to use him to achieve their own goals, which makes him in danger all the time.
Therefore, Xu Congliang is like a loach, trying to find a glimmer of life in the cracks. But no matter how much he pleases him, he can never escape the fate of being excluded, and everyone can either resist, or guard, or disdain him. In this context, it is conceivable that Xu Congliang is facing a difficult situation. And this kind of plot that puts the protagonist in a desperate situation and lets him find a way to save himself is a "desperate life" style creation. In the process of rescuing himself, he also let other characters and viewers see his abilities, providing persuasion for him to gain the recognition of opponents, colleagues, and lovers.
In the first episode, Huang Jian, an undercover undercover party in the police department, is killed, but the Communist Party who is in contact with him is not caught. This is the first case of Jin Sanpu (Ding Yongdai) as the director of the Police Department, and naturally it is extremely important. After some investigation, Xu Congliang, as Huang Jian's friend, is listed as the number one suspect, and Guan Haidan (Ma Yili) and Bai Lengchen (Luan Yuanhui) want Xu Congliang to be accused of colluding with the underground party to wash away his suspicions. Jin Sanpu also wanted to test Xu Congliang, but did not expect Xu Congliang to easily escape, and then the three things he said to Guan Haidan were equivalent to the screenwriter's account to the audience, and from this detail, it can be seen that the screenwriter attaches importance to logic.
At present, the role of Xu Congliang is a small person with an external background, but he is a strong person in spirit, he has handled cases for many years, and his logical thinking ability is strong, and it can be seen from the scene where he takes gold bars on a rainy night in the second episode that this character has a forward-looking, cautious and righteous spirit that ordinary people do not have. Bending down in front of the boss is not blindly subservient, but can always use his wisdom to turn passive into active. In the third episode, Xu Congliang goes to the dance hall to find Cabbage Leaf (Bai Lengchen, Cai Boyuan< Tian Hao as >, Ye Falcon < Binzi as >) and Guan Haidan, Mingli bribes them with gold bars, but secretly provokes their suspicions about each other, so as to facilitate his investigation.
In addition, Guan Haidan's appearance has its own background, which is free from the 30s style street photography. In addition to the external fashion characteristics, the charm of her talking and walking is even more fascinating. The man who has a good feeling for himself is a proper old driver, and he can cope with the admirer with a slippery tongue, but it makes people feel mad in her light and even some style smile.
In the face of Xu Congliang's hippie smiling face, Guan Haidan can calm the other party with one look, one by one, portraying the delicate character relationship into three points, and the scenes of several Wenma fighting dramas make people look very enjoyable. More importantly, compared to some spy dramas that have already guessed the end at the beginning, the two have created a tense atmosphere of suspense, making people have no clue about the real identity of "Razor".
It is understood that Guan Haidan is a composite of two characters during the creation of the script, she looks very demon, in fact, there is a particularly complex social relationship network hidden behind her, often this box is still sprinkled with petite, and the box is taking people's lives. This, in the previous few episodes, she did not know Xu Congliang's identity, and he could see it with his dead hand. It is estimated that this situation will last until 10 episodes later, and their relationship will slowly improve.
The narration became the highlight, and the northeast characteristic lines, specialties, and scenes were gradually revealed
"This is the summer of 1933, the Japanese have been in Harbin for more than half a year, the people are still going to qiulin company as usual to buy red sausages, big lieba, drink beer, kvass, Tianxianglou's mother to make out the girl is still so flowery." 」 The word 'food color' was saved, and everyone felt that it was not a big deal. ”
This text is the narration at the beginning of "Razor's Edge", accompanied by the lively background sound of Tianxianglou, the hot iron rod dipped in the water to make a "nourishing" sound, as if it was just an ordinary day, completely free of attacks by Japanese invaders, without the sacrifice of patriots, without those fighters who fought for their faith not to be slaves to the country. It's just that "the peaceful days of charity can't last long after all, then we have to tear up the face and see each other", and the story of "razor" begins.
The narration of this play is often meaningful, touching, and very in line with the mood of the characters, which can help the audience understand the plot and the inner hearts of the characters. The opening statement is an example, and Xu Congliang is also an example when he went to Jin Sanpu's "Hongmen Feast". "Small people in the chaotic world, interlacing friends, or even saying the wrong word, may lose their lives." The little people's Hongmen feast, if you are not careful, will become your own sloppy funeral. Be cautious and cautious, and you must win in the face of danger. Xu Congliang's wish is very simple, that is, to live, but in the chaotic world, people with backgrounds cannot avoid the test of life and death, let alone him as a small person. Therefore, he had to be smart and clever, cautious and cautious.
It is worth mentioning that the narration of the play is voiced by actor Wang Zhiwen, whose voice is very suitable for that special era, with a long sigh in stability. The narrator was originally an emotionless background explanation, but he let him read the intolerance, helplessness and emotion of that era and character, which was inseparable from his line skills. Many dramas have been criticized for narration, but "Razor's Edge" has won over the narration, and the author has seen many netizens praise the narration.
In addition to the narration, there are a lot of northeast characteristics of the line, specialties in the play, but also the scene at that time, smoke, bags, qipao and other elements have been truly restored, Harbin was known as the "Little Paris of the East" at that time, from this play, the audience can appreciate the style of Harbin at that time, adding a lot of points of view.
Ma Yili once said in an interview that in the past few years since he began to be a director, the article has become more and more obsessed with the scene, caring about every aspect of the scene, and he has been involved in a large part of the entire production process of "Razor's Edge" this time, including lighting and photography. Judging from the effect presented, the camera of this drama is smooth and lively, and the color selection also complements the scene, such as the yellowing of the police department and the brightness of Ma Yili on the street, which are very different, but the transition is very natural.
"Razor's Edge" has been broadcast, the actor's acting skills have been quite affirmed, these also benefit from the strict requirements of the article on the scene, the lead actor has been at the press conference to "spit" the pickiness of the article, the first episode, there are many people on the street, to the door of the Soviet Embassy suddenly there is no one, guess is also the director in order to highlight the details of the environment to make changes, just because of the detail control, technical control of the "production cleanliness", so that the appearance of this drama is calm and not impetuous, you can also see that the article as a director's skills have made significant progress.
The logic is meticulous, and the suspenseful crime line in the spy war is full of attraction
The two screenwriters of "Razor's Edge" are Yu Fei and Xu Weicai, one of them was once the screenwriter of "Six Groups of Serious Cases", one has been engaged in the writing of suspense mystery novels for a long time, and after joining forces, the elements of case solving, suspense, gunfight, humor and so on are integrated into the spy war scene, which seems to have no sense of violation.
At present, there have been cases such as the Huang Jian joint case, the murder of Mita Takao, the theft of files, and the case of film being dropped, and Xu Congliang, Guan Haidan, and Bai Lengchen must not only solve the case, but also complete the task, but also have to keep themselves out of the matter. Each of them fights, small wisdom, big wisdom fill the corners of the plot, and if you don't pay attention, you may miss the key information, resulting in the back can not understand.
For example, in the case of stealing Soviet intelligence, Xu Congliang behaved carelessly at first, and asked Guan Haidan to accompany him to some inconsistencies to find evidence. Jin Sanpu originally intended to use Xu Congliang to get information and then create the illusion of being killed in the line of duty. Unexpectedly, Xu Congliang found the clues one by one, and finally pieced together the key information to crack the password, and also used Liu Yishan to let Jin Sanpu's wishful thinking empty. In the later memories of Liu Yishan, the process of cracking the clues was restored, and the overall look was full of joy.
Here I want to mention the origin of the name of the role of "Jin Sanpu", some people speculate that it is related to a certain Internet celebrity leader, in fact, it is not, it has nothing to do with it. "Jin Sanpu" means three faces, one ordinary heart. Of course, "three" is only a general reference, indicating that this character is multi-faceted and exquisite, portraying the image of an old fritter in the officialdom, and an ordinary heart is better explained, like many people, what Jin Sanpu does is for his own personal gain. Ding Yongdai "crossed" from Liang Wang in "Langya List" to Jin Tingchang in "Razor's Edge", and his suspicious personality has not changed at all, but he has vividly interpreted Jin Sanpu's hypocrisy, cunning, hypocrisy, and cleverness.
"Razor's Edge" is now airing to episode 6, the show every 5 episodes of a unit, equivalent to a small unit has just been exhausted, the performance is the highlight, wait and see.
At the spring promotion meeting, the author interviewed the screenwriter of the play, Yu Fei, and after the interview, he held his mobile phone and said as if offering treasure, "The leaders in the station and many friends outside the industry are watching "Razor's Edge", and they say it is too good! "Words are filled with the joy of being recognized.
Last year's idol + spy war made the audience fed up with the paralyzed performance, the plot that insulted the IQ, and the rough and careless production, which once made people doubt whether the spy war drama was facing extinction. The appearance of "Razor's Edge" is like a clear stream, so that the classic spy narrative is back in our field of vision. There are currently 6 episodes on the play, so let's move on.
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