"Keep You Safe" was officially released, and the word-of-mouth reputation was unexpected, and it may become a hit

The small character comedy has been filmed for 10 years, and Dapeng's mastery of this type of work is obviously becoming more and more proficient. The most powerful example is "Keep You Safe", which was officially released on March 10 and starred by him.

Looking at the title and poster alone, and even the trailer, "Keep You Safe" seems to have nothing to expect, and even faintly reveals a bit of "bad film atmosphere".

But the feature film completely reversed the initial perception of netizens.

"Clumsy but sincere, silly but moving", "Comedy labels do not deceive, the core has depth to hit human nature", "Play black humor to the fullest", "More and more solid"... Such praise represents the audience's affirmation of Dapeng's satirical commercial comedy film.

The story is simple, but the theme is focused and the narrative is fluid

The core of the story of "Keep You Safe" is the phrase "spread rumors with a mouth, refute rumors and break legs".

Wei Pingan (played by Dapeng), who is a cemetery salesman, is middle-aged, has no career success, and even his wife has become an ex-wife, and from his daughter's point of view, he is also unreliable.

But it was such a person who surprised people afterwards.

In order to clarify the rumors for the late customer Han Lu (played by Song Qian), he went through twists and turns, several turnarounds, and even fell into online violence, but he never gave up, and finally restored the truth to the public.

As a director, Dapeng tells this story smoothly and naturally, with tears in his laughter.

From the time Wei Pingan received a phone call during his daughter's campus debriefing performance, to his learning that Han Lu had been rumored and was about to face a "forced eviction", to his following the source of the rumor, he "dialed" back and forth until he found the culprit.

In this process, characters with different identities appear one after another. Pet shop owners, haunted house workers, square dance aunts, retired old cadres, private business owners, company white-collar workers, and the lie maker "Mr. Perfect 421", etc., they constitute a complete "society" in the form of "labels".

Although it seems that there are a bit many characters who appear.

But Dapeng's cleverness lies in the fact that he always focuses on Wei Pingan and Han Lu, one light and one dark, throughout, while ensuring that the story is not scattered, but also accumulates emotions step by step, and finally reaches a state of "big explosion".

Moved or sad, or gratified, because with the previous foreshadowing, all emotions have become natural.

There are enough jokes and are not embarrassing, and Li Xueqin's performance is amazing

The best comedies often have a sad core.

"Keep You Safe" for the presentation of the "sad core" is in place and profound. And the comedy coat that Dapeng put on for this story is also the level of precision production.

After the "tragedy and joy" are united, the whole story is like what netizens said, like a "hellish joke written to reality", that is, dark and absurd, especially the motives of the final rumor-mongers, which stretches the satirical effect to the extreme.

In terms of comedy alone, the most hilarious atmosphere in the film must be the haunted house part.

Wei Pingan traces the source of the rumor, but discovers that one of the links comes from his sister Wei Ruyi (Li Xueqin), so he angrily goes to the haunted house where she works to find someone.

This scene combines horror and funny elements.

Because he is familiar with the staff and knows the venue settings well, Wei Pingan, who has an inexplicable "superior style" throughout the process, forms a sharp and interesting contrast with a few players who are frightened.

Li Xueqin, who is well known to netizens for her talk show, also showed her performance on the big screen with a very "natural" performance. Her performance is relaxed and delicate, without the jerkyness and rigidity of the "newcomer" at all.

If the scene in the haunted house took the "pompous and funny" route, then the "showdown" between Wei Pingan and Boss Jin is a style of "needle reality".

Plots such as queuing up with numbers, microphone communication, and unilateral "hegemony" ending the conversation should make most people understand that it is easy to get to the essence of the terrier.

The props are big and the details are really cared for

The details are thoughtful, which is another highlight of "Keep You Safe".

From Wei Pingan's styling, to important props, and the setting of character names, there is a deep meaning.

From the appearance to the end, Wei Pingan always wore a green hair, and a green hat in the middle. Coupled with his title for his ex-wife and current husband, the reason for the divorce of the two is not as simple as he said in the film.

In addition, if combined with the statue of Guan Gong in his car, going to jail for his brother, and being sprayed with a big red face by the pet shop owner, Green Mao seems to have another metaphor for his character - a good man in the green forest, seeing the road unevenly, and acting chivalrously.

The pet shop owner played by Yin Zheng, the color spray in his hand, the little white rabbit in the store, and his phrase "apologize to the little white rabbit" are all highlighting his identity.

When Wei Pingan went to see his daughter's performance, he bought a bouquet of Hello Kitty. After failing to deliver it to his daughter, he placed the bouquet in front of Han Lu's tombstone. Later, when Han Lu's tomb was moved, the bouquet fell to the grass, and the Hello Kitty on it was trampled heavily underfoot.

And this cartoon cat from Japan, known as the "mouthless cat" on the Internet - Han Lu has passed away, and she has been unable to respond to or clarify those smears and rumors.

Related to Han Lu, there is also the white horse that appears twice in the film.

In ancient Chinese culture, the white horse symbolized divine purity. The significance of using it as Han Lu's incarnation is self-evident.

There is also the rumor-maker "Mr. Perfect 421".

The three numbers "421" themselves refer to a celebrity gossip black material circulating on the Internet. When it becomes the name of the rumor-monger in the film, it can be seen as synonymous with rumors.

The setting and use of these details and props play a finishing role in character shaping and plot advancement.

A good movie, in addition to entertainment, must also have a "sting of reality".

Dapeng once admitted in an interview that the reason why he wanted to shoot "Keep You Safe" was because he was touched by the incident of "girls taking express delivery and spreading rumors", and he believes that as a cultural creator, he has the responsibility to focus on social issues.

In the Internet age, chaos is frequent.

Taking a courier will be rumored, dyeing pink hair will be rumored, and taking a photo with your family will be rumored. "Keyboard warriors" hide behind the network, with a casual made up sentence, or venting when they are in a bad mood, it is possible to ruin a person's life with the malice after emanating.

And each of us may become a victim of "keyboard man".

Han Lu in the movie was returned innocent because of Wei Pingan's efforts. So, what about in reality?

Hopefully, there will be more goodwill in this world.

Even if you can't do Wei Pingan, don't do "421".