How long have you not seen a truly lively suspense drama?
Since the beginning of this year, there have been many suspense dramas, but in addition to "Showdown" and "Crime Hunting Atlas", which have stopped the fans' thirst, the recent network broadcast of "Out of Court" has some surprises. Moreover, all three passing works are webcasts.
Most of the huge suspense dramas are full of expectations and quietly finished.
Nothing else, the quality is not hard enough to tell a good story that can't be addictive.
That's how the year has passed?
But there is a new drama that makes me can't help but want to believe in domestic suspense again-
"Dividing Line", premiered on Jiangsu Satellite TV tonight.
Tell you in advance, this drama, the appearance is not "tempting", but the bones are full of hard goods.
Unbelief? First out of a He Bing, acting, hard or not hard?
Another Zhang Guoqiang, acting, get by.
Double male drama, with, still lack a villain? Huo Qing, is it enough?
Look at the director, the low-key strength faction, holding in his hand, are the high-scoring suspense dramas starring the strength of the "Agent Five" and "SeaWolf Action", traffic stars? He didn't even look.
The choreographer lineup reveals a hard word from top to bottom.
Look at the story again, or hard.
To sum it up simply: a suspense drama triggered by a criminal investigation story, but the suspense drama also contains an anti-black drama.
To put it bluntly, in the past, many big battle suspense dramas had, it really did not - no top IP, no luxury card division, just a few old faces of acting skills, and even the story was original.
But there is the courage, sincerity and hardness of a group of powerful people.
Since the beginning of this year, the real domestic suspense drama is too lacking, and every time a new drama comes out, we are eagerly looking forward to it and afraid that our hopes will be disappointed.
But this time I dare say that this drama is definitely strong enough to hold back expectations.
I still don't believe it, low-key power faction, can't win the hemp?
1. Story: The criminal investigation drama leads to suspense, and the suspense drama is loaded with an anti-black drama
The first layer of the story is the criminal investigation.
The drama begins when a masked man comes to the pawn shop, draws a gun, and robs.
Didn't look at it, snatched a bag of money.
The front of the car turns, the engine roars, and it accurately avoids the oncoming traffic, like an arrow off the string, disappearing into the vast sea of people.
Clean and tidy?
But the criminal police captain in charge of this case, Yu Chao (He Bing), has excellent case handling ability, and he follows the vine to find a melon, and soon locks in the criminal suspect - his old friend, the water transporter Ma Dongsheng (Zhang Guoqiang).
"I always feel that this person is very close to us."
Criminal investigation drama, solving the case so quickly?
But the second layer of the story soon opened up — anti-corruption.
Ma Dongsheng is a laid-off worker who is mixed with the bottom of society, although his life is poor, he is a good person who is content and happy.
However, when his daughter was seriously ill, he could only take the risk and rob a black shop.
The shop owner Li Bing once hurt Ma Dongsheng's apprentice and was involved in several major cases, but because his brother-in-law was the vice mayor, the evildoer Li Bing escaped the punishment he deserved, and Ma Dongsheng committed the crime, on the one hand, for his daughter's illness, he also wanted to give a bad breath for the apprentice.
But unexpectedly, the money he stole was mixed into a bookkeeping notebook, and the notebook was involved in a corruption case and a major case of manufacturing and selling D.
The notebook is missing, and the "big fish" behind the incident has become an ant on a hot pot.
On the other hand, the criminal police captain Yu Chao also felt an invisible resistance to prevent him from finding the truth, and the high-level pressure was exerted so that the special case team could no longer find a clue and disbanded within a week.
Disband? Dissolution is impossible. There is a third layer of the story: suspense drama.
At the critical moment when the task force was about to be disbanded, an anonymous letter from Ma Dongsheng provided new clues.
He not only reminded his old friend that the water was very deep, but also voluntarily surrendered afterwards and anonymously reported the inside story of the case.
Judging from the trailer, because of this report, not only is his life in danger, but even his daughter is targeted by the villain gang.
A sniper rifle was also silently aimed at the key witnesses of the incident.
And Yu Chao also smelled a strange taste from it: What role did the big hand behind all this play?
On the surface, Tan Jiping, the deputy director of the controlled Public Security Bureau played by Huo Qing, is the "umbrella" behind the scenes, but is there any other umbrella?
Can an old horse that has suffered retaliation get out of danger?
Around the main line of the notebook, how do all parties maneuver?
Structurally, this is another "double male protagonist" setting, He Bing played by the criminal police captain Zaiming, Zhang Guoqiang played by the perpetrator and anonymous report of the reporter in the dark, in addition to the bond between the two, there is also the villain played by Huo Qing, the key figure between the two.
Two threads advance at the same time, giving the viewer a sense of puzzle-like immersion.
The whole web of stories is more and more densely woven. Until the last moment, it is difficult to approach the truth.
From the trailer, it is not difficult to see the recipe that a good suspense drama should have - relying on foreshadowing and details to advance the narrative.
This is a standard case within a case, And Ma Dongsheng's robbery case is just a lead-in. After chiseling the watermelon, what exactly is in the watermelon is the key.
The fast pace, the surprising reversal, the excavation of the case within the case.
Coupled with the passionate drama of the two male protagonists joining forces against the power of the villain.
There are routines, but they are still enough to make people feel good enough to fly.
2. Actor: No top stream, no gorgeous cast, 4 major strengths, acting skills are enough
The story is hard enough, and the actors are hard enough.
Of course, some viewers will question that the acting school cannot guarantee that there will be a good drama.
It is true that good actors can't save a bad drama, but good actors can present the charm of a good story to the greatest extent, and their superb acting skills are themselves the highlights of the series.
Especially a group of good actors together, once they get on the scene and feel up, the quality of the episode is very difficult.
Moreover, the director of this play has repeatedly emphasized that "Dividing Line" is not a melodrama that relies entirely on the case, but focuses the narrative on the core element of "people".
In other words, the characters are the core elements of this play.
This is easier to do, because all the hardest actors come. If they don't do heat and traffic, they will shape characters.
First, He Bing.
National first-class actor, acting strength needless to say.
On the drama stage, he won the 16th Drama Plum Blossom Award, and won the second plum blossom award in 2004.
In terms of film and television dramas, there are 9.3-point costume suspense drama masterpieces such as "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer" in the distance, and when we brush it, we remember the plot of thousands of twists and turns. When you brush it twice, you can find a steady stream of surprises in the details.
More recently, there are also period dramas such as "Love Full Courtyard", and the excellent acting skills of the starring actors make the human touch in the play like a warm sun in winter, warming people's hearts.
In short, It is very normal for He Bing to act well, and it is new to act well. But this probability is too low, especially the hard drama of suspense criminal investigation drama, which can be said to be infinitely close to zero.
Very few dramas, trailers, can already see the outstanding acting skills of the lead actors, but this drama, He Bing's sense of pressure is too much.
I remembered the look in He Bing's trailer.
When investigating the case, his eyes were like eagles, and it was no wonder that the villains mentioned him.
In the face of Lao Ma, an old friend who committed the crime, his eyes narrowed, with a hint of tenderness, the law is not merciful, but people have feelings.
In the face of the villain's use of the resources in his hands, and even let people top the bag, his eyes are like iron, like a hard nail, and he does not move.
I put the words here, even if I just appreciate He Bing's acting skills, this drama is also enjoyable.
But don't forget. Good actor, but more than one.
Second place, Zhang Guoqiang.
For this acting school, my biggest feeling is that it is a pity.
When he was young, he successfully went out of the circle with two dramas, "Soldier Assault" and "My Regiment Leader My Regiment".
In particular, the dragon played in "My Regiment Leader My Regiment" is completely a combination of human drama, and a gunshot of the dragon article at the end makes the fans of the drama unforgettable.
But in recent years, this good actor has not received too many good roles, only one "Town Police" can still come up with a hand, and Duan Yihong's "Double Detective" that has cooperated again has limited roles.
Fortunately, in this "Dividing Line", Zhang Guoqiang finally played a weighty role, the misguided Ma Dongsheng, who is essentially a good person, robbed a more risky black shop, and was searched by the police and the underworld at the same time, he planned to surrender himself from the beginning, because what he wanted was not money, but to save his daughter's life.
Such a role, there are contradictions, entanglements, humanity, not easy to play, there is difficulty, that is right.
Zhang Guoqiang has been too short of such a difficult role in recent years.
Third place, Huo Qing.
Another high-profile suspense drama he participated in is on the air, that is, "Out of court" with Luo Jin.
He plays the villain boss Kuang Beiping, who is online late and has few scenes, but has a strong sense of existence.
All the audience can think of the face that does not smile, and the way he stands there, it makes people's scalps tingle.
Huo Qing, the actor is also interesting, born in The class, went to the sea to do business for many years, returned to acting in middle age, the first famous role, the old good man Lu Su of the new "Three Kingdoms".
I didn't expect to play a bad guy, and the whole acting couldn't stop. Because it's so exciting.
From the Kuomintang local war station chief in "Aiming" to Pei Ruhai in "The Forerunner", each villain is impressive, and each villain is extremely difficult to deal with, it can be said that as long as he appears, the tension of the suspense drama villain is not lacking.
This time, the "umbrella" he played will not only cause headaches for the two male protagonists, but also a complex role, pay attention to one of his lines in the trailer: My old Tan is not a twin, and will not lose the face of the police.
Found no, this villain, is not simple.
Fourth place, Liang Rim.
Fans of "White Night Pursuit" should be able to recognize at a glance that this is the actress who played the trainee police officer Zhou Shutong.
Although her acting skills were slightly immature in the comparison of a group of acting schools at that time, after watching the suspension acting skills in many domestic suspense dramas, we found that it was wrong to blame Liang Yuan.
This time she plays not a cop, but a key witness behind the scenes.
To say that the regret is that as soon as I see her, there must be an audience that asks again: What about the "White Night Pursuit 2" that is good?
3, suspense: low-key strength faction, can not make a hit? I really don't believe it
In general, this drama perfectly integrates the various elements of domestic criminal investigation, suspense and anti-black drama, and develops its own temperament.
In terms of audiovisual language, the filters and service problems of domestic suspense dramas in the past are basically absent.
The picture is refreshing, there is no mysterious filter, and the character flaws are clearly visible.
Occasionally, there are also a few surprising stylized shots, interlaced with light and shadow, very distinctive.
Bi Hebing and Zhang Guoqiang's opponent in the early morning rain: "Old horse, what time do you get up?" Or seven? "That's right." "On 411, you could get up early."
A scene, suspense, atmosphere, artistic conception, acting skills are all out.
There are powerful escorts, there are tough themes, the trailer sees that the quality is bottom, and the popularity of the series should not be low.
But what worries me is Jiangsu Satellite TV.
In the past two years, Jiangsu Satellite TV has gradually fallen to the tail in the five David TV, and the episodes broadcast by Jiangsu Satellite TV this year have been repeatedly flat, and even Guo Jingfei's "Leverage" has not supported the market.
However, the premise is that the quality of "Leverage" is not satisfactory.
So what about some of the best quality ones? Can I flip the plate?
One last word.
We all know that the trend of domestic crime suspense themes is almost fixed.
Good guys want to win, but they can't go out of line; The bad guys have to catch it, but not too hard.
But He Bing introduced "Dividing Line" and said: "This drama actually has three points that impress me the most, the first is that this drama affirms the rigor of the law, and the law is the bottom line that cannot be crossed, the second is that the logical closed loop of the detection process of this drama is quite strict and rigorous, and the third is what I value most, the law is strict and cold, law enforcement can have a temperature, and it is necessary to look at specific cases. ”
What do you mean?
The line in the dividing line, in addition to the law, should also have the human heart, good and evil.
That's the aftertaste of the episode.
And domestic suspense dramas, the aftertaste is bound to win or lose.