The theme of law has always been a scarce genre in the mainland TV drama market.
I believe that many viewers have the impression that the standard of legal drama is a white wig, a black robe, and a miranda warning that has heard the cocoon in her ears.
"You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say becomes testimony."
In fact, before the appearance of "Ordinary Glory", in the hearts of many drama fans, it has almost become an iron law to make workplace dramas in the mainland, not to mention the more professional and almost ineffectual legal dramas.
At the beginning of 2020, the first domestic drama "Decisive Victory in courtroom" with "trial as the center" and the perspective of mutual cooperation between the three parties of the public prosecutor's office and law to jointly curb crime was launched, although the plot was fast-paced, the actors' acting skills were online, and the ingenious science popularization had a lot of knowledge of public procuratorial law.
But unfortunately, the later stage of the play is still caught in the protagonist's emotional entanglement and the case is going to become a mystery, and in the end, it can only start amazingly and the ending is dismal.
So there is this 30-episode trial suspense drama -
Black Lighthouse
"Black Lighthouse" is a legal crime drama directed by Shi Heran, co-directed by Zhang Hanwen, and starring Wu Qian, Yang Jiu, Zheng Yawen and Dai Xu.
Although young actors are the main actors, the acting skills of the 4 protagonists are remarkable.
Wu Qian, debuted as Xiao Zhao Mosheng in "Why Sheng Zhen Mo", although the role after growing up was starred by the golden eagle goddess Tang Yan, but Xiao Zhao Mo Sheng's agility believes that people who have seen it can not forget.
(Wu Qian and Luo Yunxi were really white moonlight at the beginning)
After starring in "A Slight Smile is Very Overwhelming", "Choosing Heaven", "Ruyi Chuan", "Sheng Tang Phantom Night", "I Only Like You", "Rock Sugar Stewed Sydney", it is obvious that the acting skills are becoming more and more skilled.
Yang Jiu, as the second generation of stars, but the strength is also very good, and the play road is very wide.
Chen Xun, played by him in the drama version of "Hurry That Year", although his appearance lost to Peng Yuyan's film version, he also used his acting skills to interpret what is called "plastic surgery acting".
The other two leading actors are not without this person, Zheng Yawen is a female disciple of Jackie Chan, born in stage drama, and has acted in "Once Upon a Time There Was a Spirit Sword Mountain".
Dai Xu is also an actor with many works, starring in many Douban 8.0+ film and television works, such as "Dog Thirteen", "Undocumented Crime", "Tiansheng Long Song" and so on.
From the perspective of the series itself, the whole series has a total of 30 episodes, basically saying goodbye to the possibility of water injection.
And with the current update of 10 episodes, almost 5 episodes of a case, the plot is not delayed, the rhythm is also very good.
"Black Lighthouse" is based on the case heard in the court, the drama tells the story of the court's intern Qiao Nuo (Wu Qian), who works with prosecutor Li Xuyao (Yang Jiu) to find the truth of the case during the internship, and at the same time, after seeing the judge face the process of the criminals peeling off the cocoon and pulling out the real murderer, he aspires to become an excellent judge.
"Black Beacon" looks like a serious court crime drama, but the series moves more towards suspense drama.
At the beginning, a hidden line is set up throughout, and then the plot is connected by a unit drama, which has the advantage of being more compact in rhythm and the advancement of the plot is more accurate and direct.
It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of "Black Lighthouse" makes us see a clear fact: when it is no longer obsessed with "falling in love", domestic legal dramas have finally found the right direction.
When watching the drama, Lao Meng was finally able to sigh: domestic dramas really dare to shoot ah, this drama is only broadcast online, really too much loss!
First, the plot has explosive points, layer by layer progressive episode reversal, only 1 episode can be seen creepy;
The episode came up amplified, and the first case was a homicide.
In the park near midnight, a woman dressed in red was stabbed to death by a young man with multiple knife wounds on her body.
The police soon found the murderer, named Wang Hai, and the woman who was killed was named Ye Shu.
The case seemed "simple", and the footage of Wang Hai stabbing people was recorded by surveillance, but in court, Wang Hai loudly argued that it was Ye Shu who wanted to attack him, and he used it in self-defense to kill the other party.
However, the surveillance showed that Wang Hai rushed directly towards Ye Shu, who had never moved from beginning to end, and the claim of self-defense was obviously not valid.
And although the case seems to be very clear, there are still many doubts about the victim Ye Shu.
First, in addition to her identity certificate, she also had a brand-name folding knife and a photo of a French tourist. Then, after carefully analyzing the surveillance video, it was found that Ye Shu and Wang Hai actually knew each other.
In fact, Ye Shu is Wang Hai's sister-in-law, and this time Wang Hai came to the park to find Ye Shu.
In this way, the case becomes even more strange, since it is a family, why should it be killed?
Later, Qiao Nuo and Li Xuyao went to Wang Hai's village to investigate, and found that Wang Hai's brother was a fool, and Wang Hai's family was also unspeakably weird.
At this point, the police compared Ye Shu with the missing person 2 years ago and found Ye Shu's true identity.
She was born into a Kochi family and was married before becoming Wang Hai's sister-in-law. She disappeared on her wedding anniversary 2 years ago, and the taxi driver carrying her was found dead 2 years ago, what happened 2 years ago?
The whole case has developed from a "simple and clear" murder case at the beginning to a disappearance, and 2 years ago, it may also involve human trafficking, which can be described as a mountain outside the mountain.
Similarly, the same is true of the second assault case, where the evidence seems to have been very evident from the very beginning.
The victim's state, the scars on his body, the surveillance video from the underground garage, and dna evidence from the car.
However, in the course of the trial of the case, the evidence began to deviate, and many of the evidence that seemed to be ironclad actually had loopholes.
For example, if it is clear that the same thing and the same person have two very different testimonies, who is lying?
Soon, the infringement case has a new "problem", the case has not yet been concluded but it has been exposed by the media, but the question is, why is such a case that is not tried in public be exposed?
Was it deliberately done by the people involved in the trial or was there some other secret behind the case?
The second case ranges from the initial assault case to the later fraud, and then digs out the victim's identity background, and the more exposed it is, the more shocked it is.
Layer by layer progressive set reversal, too fried!
And in addition to the case, there is a hidden line, that is, at the beginning, Jono replaced his twin sister Joya, and the real Joya disappeared, what kind of secrets are involved behind it?
Second, the theme has depth, 2 cases are pointed out, and finally I can say a word: domestic dramas really dare to shoot!
But it is worth mentioning that although both cases look gimmicky, the show does not just want to attract the audience with curious cases and high-energy stimulation of the senses.
Judging from the two cases, the themes that want to be presented behind the case are more in-depth, and it is precisely because of this that Lao Meng will say: This time the domestic drama really dares to shoot.
For example, the first case, starting from a strange murder case, dug out that the case was actually abducted and trafficked in women.
Ye Shu has changed from a glamorous urban woman to a "foreign daughter-in-law" who is imprisoned in the countryside and often beaten, and the development of the story makes us easily think of a film directed by Li Yang in 2007.
And when we think that the case stops at the abduction and trafficking of women, in fact, there is a deeper discussion on this topic, that is, the original family.
Ye Shu's husband was "reborn" because he was abandoned, but once he encountered the "past", it was easy to fall into the shackles brought by the original family.
There is a second case, a violation case that seems to be very obvious, but after the layers of reversal, we see two problems, public opinion orientation and women's advantage.
Wang Yanan's case relied on her status as a female victim from the beginning to win the sympathy of the prosecutor, and it was precisely because of this that she set up such a vicious bureau.
When the cases of Ding Shan and Wang Yanan were made public and public opinion fermented, those who used the banner of "justice" actually fell into a misunderstanding controlled by public opinion, and they did not pay attention to the truth of the case at all, but only looked at what they were willing to see and believed what they were willing to believe.
This topic is actually the same as the current "5G" surfing, which is why many netizens now have a "reversal" in the process of eating melon, which is a specific product of the network environment.
In addition to the two current cases, subsequent cases will also involve such as school bullying, fraud against the elderly, crimes of obstructing public safety, etc., which are the most concerned social events and people's livelihood issues at present, directly attacking social pain points and hot spots.
At the same time, the plot explains a lot of relevant legal knowledge in the development of the case.
For example, when going out to collect evidence, two people must be accompanied, and some cases will not be tried in court for the sake of protecting the victims.
The most representative is the first trial of the first case of Wang Hai's murder of Ye Shu, and the trial process should be the most perfect and professional in the domestic legal dramas at present.
From the time the prosecutor and defense lawyer are all in place before the trial, and then the clerk reads out the court rules, then the presiding judge, the judge, and the people's judge enter, and then to the formal opening of the trial, the camera pans down to the moment when the chief judge, you can feel the solemnity of the court at once, and it is indeed praised.
Third, people have a look, 4 protagonists position different roles are complex, but the double quotient is online;
Unlike previous legal dramas or workplace dramas, the protagonists of "Black Lighthouse" are different.
First of all, Li Xuyao, played by Yang Jiu, and Fan Jiayi, played by Zheng Yawen, are prosecutors, and they both belong to the type of very upright and jealous and hateful.
Li Xuyao's act of helping alumni catch drug dealers at the beginning can be seen that he has a strong sense of responsibility, and then he wants to bring Wang Hai to justice in the first case can also show his tolerance for crime.
And he also added a calm and rational "obsessive-compulsive disorder" attribute, such as when ordering orange juice in the morning, he will take the initiative to correct the store's scan code card, and when drinking tea with the hostess, he will also subconsciously move his cup handle.
The increase in these details makes this character more real and grounded, and when you look at it, you will not feel that this is an open and hung male protagonist, with a halo of protagonists on his head, but a real prosecutor who may have around us.
The heroine played by Wu Qian, Qiao Nuo, is a court clerk, and from her point of view, she can learn more about the rules of the court in handling cases.
As a female protagonist, the only "plug-in" on her body is that she has keen observation and is very logical.
She was involved in both cases, and it was she who caught the overlooked suspicions, and every time she started from a small point, it was really too much fun to ask the other person to be dumb.
However, she is not all "strong", there is a contrasting cute side, the daily timidity of the appearance makes Jono more cute temperament, which at the beginning of the episode in order to highlight a little too much force, as long as you survive the first half of the episode, the back will be wonderful.
The female second Fan Jiayi belongs to the arrogant and petite type of prosecutor, who attaches importance to justice but is easily carried away by emotions, on the contrary, the male second Wei Yutai is a lawyer, especially rational, and many times thinks more comprehensively.
The part where the two men fight in court on a daily basis is really sweet and sadistic.
In addition, what is even more rare is that these four protagonists are both online, and they are in a complementary state, watching the 4 of them solve the case, there is a feeling of teamwork, which is very cool.
Fourth, feelings have accuracy, emotional development goes with nature, not to be embarrassed or tired;
Although "Black Lighthouse" still can't escape the long-term love of the male and female protagonists, it must be said that this drama is really very poignant in the progress of feelings, in the words of netizens, it is "just the right ambiguity".
For example, at the beginning of the "dog blood" encounter, we know that the relationship between the male and female protagonists will definitely develop.
But then the two did not forcibly create a chance encounter, a misunderstanding, nor a bridge section for the hero to save the United States again and again.
The two people from the occasional encounter with each other's good feelings, are natural, the feelings of heating up are also justified by the beginning.
Even in order to maintain the main line of case trial, the male and female protagonists were introduced in the second case, and the male and female protagonists were not arranged to take over the same case again, and the male protagonist was almost invisible in the second case.
To tell the truth, this bold operation of Lao Meng has basically not been encountered after "Young Bao Qingtian".
There is also a male and female two love killing line is also quite promising, the development of this pair perfect interpretation of what is called equal love, looking forward to the follow-up of these two people.
Of course, as a legal drama, "Black Lighthouse" still has its shortcomings.
For example, in the process of the development of the case, in order to highlight the excitement brought by the reversal, there will be some regrets in logic. But in general, as a legal drama that is scarce in the mainland market, "Black Lighthouse" has made great efforts in the intentions and scale of the play.
The whole drama is only 30 episodes, which is really worth chasing.
Bluestone Film Editorial Office | Old Meng
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