In recent years, Hong Kong dramas have always made people disappointed more than surprised.
In particular, the "C9 Agent" starring Gao Haining finally ended, with a Douban score of 6.9 and a dismal ending.
The plot belongs to the 90s series, old-fashioned and uninvited, and the audience's disappointment is expected.
Originally thought that I needed to wait a little longer, I did not expect that the new successor drama "Wood Thorn Witness" would come.
Like Agent C9, the consonant milk agent, The WoodThorn Witness uses the same consonant: eyewitness.
Although the titles of the plays are similar, the ratings and word-of-mouth presentations of the two dramas are very different.
As soon as the new drama was launched, it scored a high score of 8.1 on Douban.
Even netizens who are somewhat disappointed in Hong Kong dramas have rekindled their enthusiasm for chasing dramas:
Due to a shooting case, the plainclothes Shazhan Gaoliji (Luo Zhongqian) meets the "wooden independence" and "tricky" witness Li Haofan (Wei Jiaxiong).
Haofan is an important witness in this case, Gao Liji is responsible for close protection of Li Haofan, and the experience of the two people is like a couple, from strangeness and resistance to gradually becoming friends.
The good times did not last long, and the garment company with Li Haofan as the major shareholder was found to be involved in criminal transactions, and the company's senior executives Ye Changle and Ye Mingjun's father and son were involved in the case.
Colliers joins forces with Lee Ho-fan and his barrister's sister Lee Song-ying (Cheung Hee-wen) to pursue the case.
During this period, Gao Liji and Li Songying developed entangled feelings, and Gao Yongyin, Gao Yongyin, Gao Liji's sister, also became a rival with Li Haofan.
Fate has pulled the four people together, a suspense case from more than 20 years ago has surfaced, and the plot has become more and more exciting.
I don't know if it is a coincidence or the original plan, from "Killer", "Anti-Black RoadMan A", to "C9 Agent", TVB's successive new dramas have adopted the "suspense + comedy" model.
It is not difficult to find that even the newly launched "Wood Thorn Witness" is also this mode, and it is understood that the producer of the show hopes to bring out the "importance of communication between people" with a relaxed plot.
The whole drama is still quite TVB, it looks really relaxed, and there is a feeling of going back to the 90s Hong Kong dramas.
The director of this drama, Zhang Shichang, has been working as a screenwriter before.
The works written by him are not low in ratings:
"Qiannu Ghost" starring Big S, "Fan" starring Zheng Jiaying, "The Ultimate Confession After Eighteen Years" starring Tan Junyan....
"Wood Thorn Witness" is the first work directed by him, and the praise is continuous and the quality is guaranteed.
In addition to the director, several leading actors in the play also played quite well.
Pretty boy criminal police officer Luo Zhongqian
When it comes to Luo Zhongqian, the first reaction is "muscle man", and he has indeed created a lot of more MAN characters.
This time, in the play, he played Asir, still powerful, but also has funny skills.
I don't know if it is because sha monks have acted more, luo Zhongqian's comedic talent has been developed.
In addition, he has a lot of action scenes in the play, and he is also very handsome when he fights.
It has to be mentioned that "Wood Thorn Witness" is the first drama that Luo Zhongqian participated in after returning to TVB.
As you can see, he has no slackening on his figure at all, showing his muscles in the play, and the female audience benefits have arrived!
Some people joked that he returned to TVB this time to compete for the emperor, for which Luo Zhongqian is very modest, and he hopes that the series will win word-of-mouth.
At present, it seems that it is as he wishes.
Mu Du's brother Wei Jiaxiong
Wei Jiaxiong played Li Haofan, a witness to wood thorns suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and speech disorders.
The name reads like "you are annoying", in fact, the character is a "problem baby" with high IQ and low emotional intelligence.
He has extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness, and will also be like Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" who keeps nagging and asking questions about many things to break the casserole.
It seems that this character will be annoying, but in fact the story will drive the plot through him.
Speaking of Wei Jiaxiong's first time playing the second male lead, he himself said that he liked this role when he got the script.
"Some strange personality, some language barriers, a little bit of language when speaking, but not stuttering"
Everyone reveals that this is not a very good character to deal with, but there is pressure and motivation.
Through Luo Jiawei's interpretation, many viewers liked this somewhat wooden brother Li Haofan.
Tricky sister Zhang Xiwen
Zhang Xiwen plays Li Haofan's sister Li Songying in the play, a lawyer with a hot personality.
Several times in the play, because of the extreme doting of his brother, he indiscriminately blamed the male protagonist Gao Liji for not protecting his relatives, which was annoying at first.
Later, after gradually becoming familiar with the male protagonist, she let people see the tenderness and vulnerability behind the appearance of the strong woman, which made people feel painful.
The whole role is a great contrast between inside and outside, and Zhang Xiwen is not bad.
As a TVB power to hold a small flower, "Wood Thorn Witness" is her first time as a female one.
It is understood that before filming this drama, she went to Los Angeles to study acting, and it seems that she has the heart to treat the profession of actor and look forward to her more wonderful performances.
As far as the quality of "Wood Thorn Witness" is concerned, it is matched with the level of 8 points, the rhythm is tight, and several turning points are very cleverly designed, which is a bit of a feeling of ups and downs.
The whole drama begins with the theft of the wallet of the criminal police officer Goliki, which was thought to be a small theft.
In the process of the search, Gao Liji found a bag of heroin in the thief's room, and also involved another accomplice with a mysterious identity, Lu Liyao.
The thief was caught, originally thought to have caught him, the heroin case and the identity of the accomplice Lu Liyao, can be found out together.
But he didn't want the thief to be accidentally shot, and the appearance of the murderer was seen by Li Haofan of Mune.
Gao Liji was ordered to protect witnesses, found Lu Liyao in Li Haofan's testimony, and went to the garment company where Li Haofan was the majority shareholder.
Another time I thought that I could find a clue if I found the monitoring, but I accidentally found that the monitoring was deleted;
Colliers set a trap based on the excuse that "the police want to restore the surveillance video" and prepared to arrest the person who deleted the video.
Unexpectedly, it was Li Haofan's uncle Ye Changle, who was the senior leader of the garment company.
Just when everyone was suspicious of Li Haofan's uncle, Ye Changle gave a surprising piece of information that had nothing to do with the case: Lu Liyao may be her own daughter, and in order to save face, she set out to delete the video.
He took this opportunity to get rid of his suspicions for the time being.
In addition, there are many plots that are very unexpected, and each episode has buried and cracked information, which is full of detective sense.
In general, Xiao Qian feels that this drama is not bad, although it is a small production, but the executive producer can do the best and avoid the shortcomings, which is smarter than "C9 Agent".
Of course, although the whole drama is not particularly stunning, it is very relaxed and funny when chasing the drama, and it can be seen as a next meal drama.
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