Two suspense dramas "Wind Rises Longxi" and "The Gate of Rebirth" have just entered the end one after another, and "Showdown" is coming.
The screen is full of the familiar hardcore atmosphere of chinese drama.
The cast list makes people react, gathering the top stream of the "uncle circle" and the tough guy Xiaosheng, a shot, full of explosive dark horse phases.
Tencent Video, iQiyi Network Broadcast, "Sweeping Black Storm", the national drama has caught a good card to sweep black dramas.
Look at the lineup, Berlin Film Emperor Jingchun, hard.
A new generation of tough guys Little Student Ou Hao, Just.
Ding Yongdai, the "father of Zhou" in "The World of Man", is fierce.
From "Gold Rush" to "Dressage", Lu Xiaolin, who has more and more drama in his eyes, is crazy.
Crazy, fierce, rigid, hard, set. Pack into a crime suspense drama.
Absolutely?
There are more absolutely.
Director Zhou Linhao, representative work, "The Dark One", on the brain burning, on the dark, no one is afraid. This time, he wanted to shoot a sweep of blacks.
Just ask you, can you not be moved?
Still don't think it's enough? Another original title - "Anti-Gang Action To Break through the Night", what kind of black, need to break through, how to break through? The new title is the answer – duel.
Fight with all the evil forces, with all the dark forces, with all the dark forces, with all the dark nights, with all the dark nights. All that is asked for is four words — to get rid of evil.
Can't wait for tonight. Come, start first.
1. Story: This drama has played a big game of chess
A trailer that has already given me goosebumps.
Sure enough, it was a hard dish, dark enough, fierce enough.
As soon as the trailer opens, there is a shooting. As soon as the gun was fired, a force of criminal and evil forces was triggered. After the murder, he swung out, in broad daylight, and ran amok.
The next shot, directly put people, hanging up to intimidate. As soon as the camera pans, a pair of brothers' triumphant faces.
This is not cruel, more brutal, in the next shot, the protagonist group in the dark, fishing up a car that has fallen into the water.
Fishing for a car? Obviously people.
It can be seen that this group of criminal and evil forces, on weekdays, drag racing, fighting, and throwing corpses, do all kinds of evil deeds.
Give money in the open, but secretly hurt people and kill people. Obviously, it has seriously damaged the normal local business environment, and there are eight words in the play - the typical "business to raise black, black to protect business", this criminal and evil forces, almost to the point where they can cover the sky with one hand.
But do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand? Who the hell is crazy?
Luoyuan County in the background of the story of "Showdown" is an inconspicuous small county town in the economically developed eastern Guangdong, and it is also a county town at the bottom of the public security force wrapped up by criminal forces and protective umbrellas. The creator said a word, and the scene was like the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, China.
Luoyuan County's largest local mafia-type organization, the Chen Brothers Group, is the most rampant, how crazy? Crazy enough to openly threaten the police - "Our brothers, it is not good to mess with."
But I'm sorry, as far as you guys are concerned, you really chose the wrong object of the challenge. The worse it is, the more it is to be annoyed.
The people who came to treat Chen Jinfa and Chen Jinhui's brothers soon appeared——
Under the leadership of the supervision group, Wen Luyang, an old policeman who did not act according to the routine, began to gnaw on this hard bone.
Although the strong dragon is not afraid of the head snake, it also needs the assistance of a police officer who is familiar with the local situation.
Having just been hindered by the criminal and evil forces in the pursuit of a shooting case, the evidence handed back to the police force has disappeared, and the young policeman Wu Jian, who is difficult to clear the suspicion, has entered his field of vision.
Boy, all right. There are ghosts at a glance, and the criminal and evil forces have set up a situation to prove that this thorn is enough to give them a headache.
At this time, this old and young, successfully formed a team, joined hands to face the difficulties, and began to fight the evil one by one step and find out the black hand behind the scenes.
The main line of the story is not fresh, and the audience who has watched "Sweeping The Black Storm" understands it in seconds.
A clear line: Under the supervision of the supervision group, our cadres and policemen bravely shoulder the danger in the face of the entrenchment of the criminal syndicate and evil forces.
A dark line: while investigating the truth of the case and looking for loopholes in the criminals, the two protagonists must also find out the black hand behind the scenes, that is, the person behind Chen Jinfa and Chen Jinhui's brothers.
The most important thing is how to tell this story.
The first feeling of the series is that it is real.
Compared with "Sweeping The Black Storm", it seems that the "plate" of the story is smaller and focuses on a small county town, but the more such a small county town, the more like in "Icebreaker Action", the layers of mountains and fog.
The second is high combustion. Criminal investigation expert Wen Luyang has an unconventional working method and has become a mentor and friend who "loves and kills" with Wu Jian. This combination of old and young is destined to turn the criminal and evil forces upside down.
A line in the play opens the bottom card - "It seems that some people can't sit still." ”
The third is suspense.
Many scenes in the play are in the dark night, and in the confusion of the night, there is an undercurrent of power.
Someone is looking for evidence, and someone is clearing it.
Who is the ghost? Who are the people?
Stop and let the bullets fly for a while.
The water in Luoyuan County is too deep. Who is behind it?
This pool of turbid water, how to stir up turbidity and clear?
How will this pair of arrogant brothers finally be punished?
A stone was thrown down, stirring up the sediment at the bottom of the river, stirring up the clarity of the surface.
To change this backwater, we will inevitably face the impact of multiple rivers.
In the darkness of the night, a thick mist shrouded the two male protagonists. How to blow away the fog and find the truth? Breaking through the night, of course.
2. Actor: Six major strengths, the acting skills are harder than one, which is also too eye-catching
Many viewers know that anti-black dramas need acting schools and good acting skills.
In last year's "Sweeping Black Storm", in addition to Sun Honglei, Liu Yijun, Wang Zhifei, Wu Xiaoliang, Wu Yue, and even Sun Hao's acting skills lit up one by one. If "Duel" wants to succeed, it must ask a group of acting schools to "fierce roles" and perform a group of fierce roles.
Director casting, some ideas.
In "Breakout", both played the villain, and Ding Yongdai and Wang Jingchun, who fought to the death in the play, were a group of harmony on the surface last time, but actually hid the machine front.
This time direct collective change, put on the police uniform, join hands to fight against the black, plus a group of acting schools, a new generation of tough guys, is it enough to see?
I'm most bullish on having six actors.
First, Ou Hao.
In 2013, he participated in the debut of "Happy Male Voice", and the first film to make a name for himself was "Left Ear", but he had already transformed into a tough guy with "Eight Hundred" and other films.
In the last "Black and White Forbidden Zone", he has passed an undercover addiction that goes deep into the drug dealer's interior, multiple action scenes, and fights "fist to flesh".
This time playing the thorn-headed police officer in the eyes of this evil force, a scene in the trailer, a sentence of "backwards", the aura is fully open, and the image, temperament and role fit very well.
There is righteousness, but how to shape the local growth environment behind the role and the sense of contradiction brought about by the growth of the role, in short, how to avoid the role is too thin, showing the necessary arc of the character, is more worth looking forward to.
With the strength of the party drama, it is easiest to improve the acting skills. I hope Ou Hao has a good grasp of it this time.
Second, Wang Jingchun.
Many viewers' impression of this old drama bone comes from the old police officer Chen Guansheng in "The Hidden Corner", who is honest and kind, and finally went offline to become the intention of many viewers.
But what many people don't know is that this low-key faction of strength has long won the Best Actor Award at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie "Police Diary", and has also won many gold awards such as Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Actor of the Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Films.
In recent years, he has frequently appeared in national dramas, acting too much, but not addictive. In "Breakout", he incarnated as the old Lai Qian Rongcheng, the insatiable face was angry and funny, plus "The Hidden Corner", every time he played three points, each time it was a supporting role.
The drama is addictive, the drama is not enough to be enjoyable.
This time, the drama is enough.
Even in the trailer, it can be seen that the role of Wen Luyang is not an old policeman who takes the usual road, professional and strong, has a humorous personality, and is not in a hurry in the face of the provocation of the criminal and evil forces, and still has a smile on his face.
The personality of this character is not piled up in front of the audience in one breath, but peeled off layer by layer.
It is completely predictable that this old drama bone and Ou Hao will stimulate a strong sense of CP, sweep the black CP, and enjoy it?
Next, look at the villain camp trio. The actor is also a top powerhouse.
The first, Zhao Yang.
Looking at the shape in the play, you don't know 80% of it, so let me remind you - "The Silent Truth", "Pingkang White Snow".
Zhao Yang's performance belongs to the type that is more and more flavorful, extremely good at inner drama, one look, with multiple levels of the role. Moreover, extremely fickle face.
Zhu Wei in "The Silent Truth" makes people move, Chen Lie in "The Forerunner" makes people sigh more, and Yu Shanqing in "Great Rivers and Great Rivers" makes people respond more.
Whether it is a decent person or a villain, he is at his fingertips and plays what it looks like.
Anti-black drama, the villain is too weak, but it is not strong. This time this villain, low-key and deep, for the sake of misdeeds, as soon as he performed, this dramatic tension came out.
The second, Xing Hanqing.
Not cooked? Captain Liao, who looks a lot like a bad guy in "Aiming" and is actually a gentle and tough guy, remember?
The poisonous harrier in "The Wolf Hunter", have an impression?
I have to say that this is a natural villain actor, the appearance is with a fierce breath, with the service of the Road, it is easy to bring out a huge killing gas.
This time, he and Zhao Yang joined forces to play a pair of brothers, one introverted and one crazy, one evil charm and one crazy. This villain combination, a bit of a headache.
But there is a third place, which is more difficult to deal with.
Lv Xiaolin.
The strength faction with a cold temperament, playing from the forensic doctor Gao Yanan in "White Night Pursuit" makes people shine.
This capable and refreshing shape, unpretentious performance, and high-IQ style of throwing hands and feet are simply not too suitable for suspense dramas.
Sure enough, in Bai Yu's "Silent Truth", she is the card behind the truth.
In "Gold Rush", she is the female boss of the gold field between the male protagonist and the villain.
There is no need to say about acting, but there are also a little regrets, either with a big belly, or in the gold field.
But in fact, Lu Xiaolin is also a very beautiful actress.
Finally, this time, the female villain looks, cool, sassy, even, exuding a charm.
This glowing female character in the dark night is likely to be the most difficult fierce role for the two male protagonists to deal with.
Notice, what I'm saying is – possibly.
Because there is a sixth actor, I am not sure, it is evil.
A heavyweight name - Ding Yongdai.
I don't remember how many tears I shed watching "The World of Man" for the role of Zhou Zhigang.
So many people have forgotten that he has played so many profound and complex villains, Emperor Liang in "Langyabang", Huang Youfa, the behind-the-scenes villain in "Trident", and Fu Dong, who reads the Buddhist scriptures and does all the bad things in "Breakout".
Ding Yongdai is the kind of top old drama bone that makes people feel how touched they are when they play decent, and how creepy people are when they play villains.
This time, his role seems to be a righteous police chief, but what I am not sure about is that there is a huge protective umbrella behind the local evil forces, and if it is really him, the audience will have to sweat for the anti-black CP of the old and young.
In short, each of them is a powerful faction, each with its own identity, and behind the identity is their own purpose, planning, and careful thinking. These people are playing, you say, how bad can the drama be.
3. Theme King Explosion: The next "Sweeping Storm"? Why not
Anti-black drama, often also suspense drama, a black and white labyrinth, a circle.
When you get close to the center of the circle and think you have a glimpse of the truth. Lost, just begun...
But the national drama brain-burning suspense set, not modestly said, is indeed Guo Jingfei starring in the "Dark" "play the rest".
And this suspenseful clue is interlocking, the logic is online, and it is impossible to stop watching, and the rare domestic suspense drama masterpiece is from the hand of Zhou Linhao, the director of "The Dark one".
No wonder, as soon as the trailer scene came out, the "cat and mouse chase" in the darkness, the non-stop lens crossing, and the strong sense of imagery, have made me feel a "Dark" style.
Although there is no Guo Jingfei this time, it is difficult not to be addicted to this group of acting schools and this drama.
Will it explode? There is indeed a chance.
At present, the works on the theme of sweeping away criminal syndicates and eliminating evil in the national drama market are originally explosive types.
Zhang Songwen Jiang Wu starred in "The Decisive Battle against The Blacks", a box office dark horse.
Sun Honglei starred in "Sweeping Black Storm", the annual king bombing.
Regardless of the big screen or the small screen, the audience's love for this type is just what the market needs.
When "Sweeping The Black Storm" was broadcast, it was first broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV and Beijing Satellite TV, and the ratings were leading all the way, and then it was broadcast on the CCTV TV drama channel, and it exploded again. In terms of network broadcasting, it easily exceeded 5.5 billion plays, which can be called last year's Wang Bomb episode.
Although "Showdown" does not have the advantage of being broadcast on the star, it has a type of story template and actor configuration, as long as the reputation is excellent, even if it is only online broadcasting, it is still possible to quickly harvest the audience.
In particular, with the finale of "The Wind Rises longxi", "The Gate of Rebirth" is also coming to an end. For example, in the suspense drama market, only the dark horse of "Showdown" remains.
Whether it is CCTV's set of "New Home Covenant" or Beijing Satellite TV's "Canal Flow", these leading-rated dramas are not yet blockbusters.
This also means that as long as the quality of "Showdown" is excellent, there is almost no obstacle to becoming a blockbuster.
The audience loves to watch the sweeping drama, what do they love?
It's suspense, it's brain-burning, it's hard-hitting acting.
But the core of the anti-black drama is actually very simple - fairness and justice.
The evil forces thought that they could cover the sky with one hand, but the righteous forces never said, "My life is up to me."
Episodes are like a mirror. Shine into the world and pick out those greedy that are not easy to look at;
More, it reflects the universal conscience and justice around us.
Just like the line of Ou Hao in the play, "chase" or "block"? "I'm here to solve the case."
How to solve the case? How to sweep "sweep black"? Just look at how they "duel" tonight.