I waited for this national drama until my neck was long.
Finally looking forward to it, the screen is full of the familiar hardcore atmosphere of domestic crime suspense dramas.
The cast list makes people excited to watch, and gathers the top of the "acting circle" - "national actor" Zhang Yi.
"Criminal investigation drama villain circle" Ding Yongdai.
"Yizheng is also evil drama throwing face" Zhao Yang.
"Sven Scum の Rising Star" Yu Haoming.
Positive, mad, ruthless, evil.
Many acting schools gathered in a criminal investigation drama.
Never endlessly?
What's more, after the "Black Storm" caught fire the year before last, film and television dramas with criminal investigation crime themes sprang up like mushrooms.
But if this kind of theme wants to be broadcast on the stars, it is still not small.
What if it goes one step further and is broadcast on CCTV? Dare to think?
He, finally, came -
"Who is He".
The drama will officially land on the evening yellow file of CCTV's eight sets (9:30 o'clock) on March 14, that is, tomorrow, and will be broadcast simultaneously on Youku.
The acting school sits in town, strange cases, serial murderers, sweeping away the black and chasing the light of justice... It gave me goosebumps.
After "Crazy", CCTV period dramas "Our Day" and "Nine Bends of Love", life emotional drama "Wishful Thinking", anti-corruption drama "Wind and Clouds Send Spring Home" You sing and I appear, but to be honest, no drama can really catch the popularity of "Crazy".
I boldly predict that as soon as this drama is broadcast, it will soon become popular all over the country, and even has the potential to become the annual "drama king" after "Crazy"! By what?
Just because it's a hard dish, dark enough, ruthless enough, and boisterous enough.
What is even more rare is that this group of tough guys has come up with the taste of slow work and fine work.
1. The story scale is large, and there is no shortage of anti-black, comedy elements, or reproduce the popularity of "Crazy"
The introduction to the story is a vicious case, in 1988, the young criminal guard Guoping, in the pursuit of a serial murder case, witnessed the sacrifice of his comrades, and the murderer also managed to escape, without a trace.
In the years that followed, this incident became a lingering nightmare in Wei Guoping's heart.
Eight years have passed.
Wei Guoping has become an experienced criminal police captain, and another shocking shredded corpse case occurred in Ningjiang City, Wei Guoping accidentally found that the case was full of doubts, and many clues were related to the serial murder case 8 years ago.
There are clues to solve the case, but these clues also lead him into a thinking trap.
At this time, the intervention of the criminal group led by Nie Baohua gave the shredded corpse case a new direction, and through careful investigation, Wei Guoping, with the help of his teammates and leaders, finally cracked the shredded corpse case and caught the real culprit of the murder case eight years ago.
And the criminal group headed by Nie Baohua was completely destroyed because of this.
It is not difficult to see that this story is not simple, and combined with the information contained in the trailer, it can be speculated that the plot has three characteristics:
First, a strong enough villain.
Compared with other types of dramas, villains are more important in criminal investigation suspense dramas.
And Zhang Yi's criminal investigation drama with a big beam, the villain is more significant.
Because of Zhang Yi's role, the sense of existence is often too strong.
Only if the villain is brilliantly portrayed, can he be evenly matched with his character, otherwise it will become Zhang Yi's one-man show, there is no suspense at all, and the drama will be yellow.
On the contrary, if Gao Qiqiang, played by Zhang Songwen in "Crazy", and impressive villains such as Gao Qisheng and Li Hongwei, emerge, the drama will live.
The villain camp in "Who Is He" is definitely ruthless enough.
Look at the plot, from 1988 to 1992, the murderer killed for 4 consecutive years, the victims were all women, committed crimes on rainy nights, stepped on a little in advance, knew human anatomy, and perverted proclivities.
The criminal methods are extremely cruel, and under the cover of the rainy night, the traces of the crime are erased cleanly, even if it is known that the same murderer committed it, but no evidence and clues can be collected.
It is clear that the murderer is provoking the police.
Whoever he is, it's certainly hard to deal with.
Second, a suspenseful plot with great tension.
The routine of the plot is a taboo for suspense dramas. If you can't attract the audience at the beginning, the audience will definitely not be able to sit still.
And the plot of "Who Is He" is full of suspense.
The mysterious killer killed several young women in a row for 4 years and then disappeared.
From the "88 serial murder case" to the "medical school corpse case" 8 years later, is it the former murderer who did evil again, or is there a copycat?
Wei Guoping persisted in hunting down the murderer in the midst of eight years of obstacles, and when the old case surfaced again, and "he" who controlled the hand of fate had taken advantage of the night, how did he find "him"?
There is a scene in the trailer where Wei Guoping is listening to the recording of the murder case that year, and the video tape just saw the sudden power cut off at the key place, and then it was as if someone had come to his residence, and the whole scene was creepy to think about.
Zhang Yi's line of "I think he's back" filled the weird atmosphere even more.
It can be seen that the whole drama not only has an unsolved case, but also a case within a case, and the degree of brain burning is very high. The murderers committed meticulous and extremely cruel crimes, and the victims were almost always imprisoned and tortured first, and then brutally violated and shredded bodies. The presentation of large-scale shots, the performance of actors entering the play, and the weird background sound in the trailer directly make people's hair stand upside down.
Third, the integration of anti-black drama and comedy elements.
If you just use 24 episodes to find the real murderer, it will inevitably be boring.
Don't worry, the screenwriter "added material" to the plot to intensify.
One of the main elements of the story is to sweep away the black.
The male protagonist encountered a criminal group led by Nie Baohua (played by Zhao Yang) in the investigation of the case, and repeatedly intervened in handling the case, and Wei Guoping, as the captain of the criminal police, not only had to arrest the murderer 8 years ago, but also defeated the criminal group headed by Nie Baohua.
The two lines go hand in hand, and the two story lines influence each other, which also gives the series an extra element of anti-gang and evil.
And the other big element is comedy - "Captain, how do you know that they didn't throw corpses nearby?" "Can you do me a favor?" "What's going on?" "Keep your mouth shut."
"Do you know why our three teams are not welcomed?" "Because of your criminal police captain!"
I originally thought that this was a suspense drama with a tense atmosphere, but I didn't expect to meet a group of living treasures, and the third brigade where Wei Guoping was a police comedy troupe, saying crosstalk online every day.
So the whole style becomes: "Crazy" + "White Night Chase" + "Police Honor", criminal investigation suspense elements, the scale is large enough, it's quite funny, the dishes are all together, whether "Who Is He" can be successful, whether it can reproduce the glory of "Crazy" at that time, see the play.
2. The lineup is strong, and 10 powerful actors are seated
The first thing that determines the failure of the drama is the choreographer.
I have to mention that it is the producer of this show, Ding Hei.
As early as 2003, the crime drama "Jade Guanyin" directed by Ding Hei was a great success, and Sun Li was born.
The subsequent costume drama "The Vertical and Horizontal of the Great Qin Empire" and the period drama "The Blooming Moon That Year" were successful.
Last year, he directed "Police Honor" and scored 8.5 points on Douban.
And the director of this play, Bao Chengzhi, is the co-director of "Police Honor".
The creator's rich experience in crime suspense and police dramas undoubtedly underpins the series, but how brilliant the drama can be, depends on the actors.
"Who Is He" starring Zhang Yi, important supporting roles are Chen Yustront, Ding Yongdai, Yu Haoming, Zhao Yang, Liu Guanlin, Qi Kui, etc., the protagonist plus supporting roles, at least 10 powerful people sit.
Not blowing or black, the depth and thickness of this lineup are comparable to the opening year's "Crazy" and last year's "Punishment". If you don't believe it, look at it one by one.
The first one, Zhang Yi (as Wei Guoping)
It is said that Zhang Yi is a model worker in internal entertainment, which is true, but what is even more rare is that no matter how popular he is, Zhang Yi is immersed in filming.
In addition to controversy, in some Hong Kong and Taiwan versions and overseas versions, Zhang Yi has been placed in a less important position.
In the internal entertainment where the male and female protagonists of the traffic drama have to fight for the head, Zhang Yi definitely has a reason and is more qualified to discuss it, but he didn't have it at all, burying his head in filming.
This also makes Zhang Yi in this drama more worth looking forward to.
Although he has played many police officers, look closely, from "Rebirth", "The Gate of Rebirth" to "Crazy", Zhang Yi's roles are different.
In the 2016 anti-gang drama "National Action", he also played a policeman and a deputy director of a prefecture-level city, but he was just a villain.
With Zhang Yi's strength and personality, he will never play repeated roles and stories, even if the audience agrees, he himself will not agree.
Therefore, the role of Wei Guoping is definitely not the same.
This character can be understood as An Xin from a parallel universe that has not been bullied. What if An Xin didn't meet Brother Qiang, but instead met three teams of living treasures, and the seemingly stern leader played by Ding Yongdai actually spoiled him? Probably An Weiguo is like this.
For an actor of Zhang Yi's level, he no longer needs to prove anything. But for this real actor who is at the peak of his career, how Zhang Yi surpasses Zhang Yi is the most difficult.
Repeatedly playing the role of a police officer is not a problem, because the charm of the character is not in the identity, but in the flesh and blood.
Whether Wei Guoping can surpass An Xin depends on what Zhang Yi performs.
The second place, Ding Yongdai (as Gu Weidong)
Ding Yongdai doesn't need too much introduction, over the years, from Emperor Liang in "Langya List", Fu Changming in "Breakout", Marshal Peng Dehuai in "Across the Yalu River" to his old father Zhou Zhigang in "The World", etc., regardless of the role of good and evil, he can hand over satisfactory answers.
Like Zhang Yi, he is also a professional in the national drama police in recent years, and in "Punishment", Ding Yongdai plays Director Liao. In "Showdown", he plays a complex villain public security chief.
But many old audiences should remember that in the early years, he participated in "Criminal Investigation No. 1 Case", and the bandit Bai Baoshan played was definitely the ceiling of the villain of the national drama.
It is a pity that Gu Weidong, who is the male number two in this play, does not seem to be Zhang Yi's biggest opponent in this play.
"Bai Baoshan" VS "An Xin" can't see it, but it's funny to watch him reprimand Wei Guoping "You are policemen, not police dogs".
The third place, Zhao Yang (as Nie Baohua)
Zhao Yang is a magical actor, in "The Silent Truth", he played "Pingkang Baixue", which made people move to tears, but in "Police Honor", playing the same policeman, he became the impulsive and vain Cao Jianjun.
This early "Gongsun Ce" person gradually got better in acting skills after middle age, the interpretation of characters is extremely delicate, and the role of good and evil is controlled freely, in the sweeping drama "Showdown", Zhao Yang wore glasses, and played Chen Jinfa, a Sven scum, into three points, this time playing similar roles, it can be said that he is familiar with it.
Looking at the plot, there are definitely a lot of rivalry scenes between him and Zhang Yi, just see how many sparks the two acting schools make.
The fourth place, Yu Haoming (as Zhao Shijie)
Without that unexpected accident, Yu Haoming might not have become a powerful actor.
Actors need life experience, and in recent years, he has put his life experience into the play, from "The Blooming Moon That Year" to "Daming Fenghua", he has surprised the audience again and again with his strength and successfully completed the transformation.
This time his role is the villain he is good at, a look, a line, looks a little sleek and a little crazy, I am looking forward to it too much.
The fifth, Liu Guanlin (as Wang Defa)
Liu Guanlin appeared in a suspense drama, and the biggest consequence was that he couldn't guess that his role was evil.
Before "Police Honor", the audience will take it for granted that this is the director looking for "King Gigi" to enliven the atmosphere in the play.
But in "Police Honor", he played the serial murderer of the last case, and also shot Cao Jianjun, played by Zhao Yang, several times.
Looking at the official announcement, the definition of his role is sincere, so this time is really a positive role?
But I want to keep an eye on it and believe it after reading it.
Sixth place, Fan Lei (Liu Shunkui)
Another old acquaintance of Zhang Yi, when Zhang Yi was not popular, the two collaborated on "Soldier Assault" and "My Regiment Commander My Regiment".
Fan Lei, who has good acting skills, has been a little silent in recent years, and in this drama he plays the awe-inspiring Liu Shunkui, who seems to be Zhang Yi's deputy, hoping that this old actor can have a surprise.
Seventh place, Chen Yustrontium (as Nie Xiaoyu)
Many people are a little unfamiliar with this new actor born in 96, but they should have an impression of the braces girl in the drama version of "Detective Chinatown".
Chen Yustrontium in this little flower is not very popular but extremely malleable, with a thin face, pure or cold, wearing braces can play a top killer, can also be the tsundere school flower Zheng Youen in the campus movie "Flash Girl".
She collaborated with Zhang Yi in the movie "Knife Tip", this time playing Nie Xiaoyu, who dares to love and hate and is as jealous as hatred, is the sister of Zhao Yang's character, and is grateful and adoring to understanding, cherishing, and loving Wei Guoping who saved herself.
The plot introduction says that she can do things that righteously destroy her relatives, and it seems that she will be a key player in dismantling the criminal organization.
At that time, Zhao Jinmai rose to prominence in the crime drama led by Zhang Yi, but it was the first time that such a young actress and Zhang Yi acted in an emotional drama to watch Chen Yushen.
In addition to the above seven, there are many powerful actors such as Qi, Shi Liang and Qi Xi joining, not to mention anything else, the acting skills are enough.
3. Whether the criminal investigation suspense drama can break the game depends on Zhang Yi
Stepping away from the episode itself, let's talk about the last advantage of Who Is He.
Quite simply, it has to do with the air vent.
I have to say that "Who Is He" launched at this time is undoubtedly the east wind of criminal investigation crime drama + Zhang Yi.
Audiences who have not watched "Crazy" can treat this drama as Anxin's special chapter in the parallel universe.
From the current environment, the current audience and criminal investigation suspense dramas are also in the honeymoon period.
To put it simply, the audience really didn't get tired of watching it.
But on the other hand, in the past two years, there have been many domestic criminal investigation suspense dramas, but there are not many word-of-mouth hits.
At that time, Pan Yueming's "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" and Liao Fan and Bai Yu's "The Silent Truth" raised the ceiling of this genre too high, and it was difficult for latecomers to break through.
But in the face of this east wind that has risen, as long as the main creator gives enough sincerity, the possibility of hitting a blockbuster is not low.
In general, criminal investigation suspense dramas should be out of the circle, in addition to the actors' acting skills, the key is that the plot rhythm is neat, no water injection, the logic is smooth enough to burn the brain, and the rest is left to the actors to play.
"Who Is He" is 24 episodes long, which can be said to be just right, neither procrastinating, nor too short, and the drama ends without watching it.
With the type advantage, audience expectations, CCTV eight sets of this high-rating platform, plus Zhang Yi, it can be said that the starting line of the drama is much higher than that of ordinary dramas, as long as the story is powerful, Zhang Yi Ding Yongdai Zhao Yang tricks up, may soon be popular throughout the country.
But also because of Zhang Yi, my expectations will be higher.
At the peak of domestic criminal investigation suspense dramas, those most classic Chinese dramas are certainly cloaked in curiosity. But what about after the Curiosity?
The key to moving people's hearts is that it always focuses on "people".
"Finding Who He Is" is not a show. It's more like a mirror.
Illuminate the human situation and bring out the desire, greed and madness that we dare not look directly at in human nature.
But it also reflects the unremitting conscience and justice hidden around us.
Trust Zhang Yi.