I have to say that this year's domestic dramas are really very competitive. This is not "Crazy" has just ended, and many fans are still unfinished.
In just one month, Zhang Yi returned to the screen with word-of-mouth power. Moreover, this play is more ruthless, fiercer and makes the audience unable to extricate themselves -
"Who is He"
Don't look at the name of the play is unpretentious, but the team of the play is not bad at all.
Director Bao Chengzhi and producer Ding Hei filmed the hit drama "Police Honor" last year, and the latter directed the Douban 9.3 divine drama "The Vertical and Horizontal of the Great Qin Empire".
The starring Zhang Yi is familiar to everyone, and the veritable first-line acting school once again wears a police uniform to challenge the role of a criminal police who is entangled in demons.
In addition, there are powerful actors such as Chen Yustront, Ding Yongdai, Zhao Yang and other powerful actors joining, and the crew is not lost to any peers.
High-level directors and producers and a number of powerful actors to ensure quality, "Who Is He" dominated the hot search list when it premiered.
While solving the play, the audience discussed the most about the plot of the play that is closely related to reality - who is he?
In 1988, there were many murders in Ningjiang City,
A crazy demon who specializes in raping and killing people on rainy nights makes the whole city panic.
On another dark night with heavy rain, Wei Guoping and Chen Shanhe, who were patrolling the security section, unsurprisingly encountered the murderer who was committing the crime.
The victim Nie Xiaoyu was rescued, but Chen Shanhe was killed and died in the chase.
Although he was awarded third-class merit afterwards, this incident was a lingering shadow in Wei Guoping's heart.
He was full of guilt for his brother and unspeakable anger at the murderer.
With this evil breath, Wei Guoping was looking for new clues every day, and he couldn't sleep at night rummaging through the archives in the archives. Eight years later, 88 cases have still not been solved, and the serial killer who turned off the fire and stopped disappeared into the heavy rain of Ningjiang.
But the occurrence of a vicious homicide made Wei Guoping feel that he was back.
Early in the morning, while sweeping the garbage can, the sanitation worker found a cauldron containing minced meat, which he thought might have been a good thing that had been thrown away by mistake. But when I took it home and opened it, a finger appeared in the bag.
The medical examiner determined that the bag of minced meat was indeed human tissue and cooked at high temperatures, and the modus operandi was extremely cruel.
During the discovery of the corpses, Wei Guoping noticed that the deceased had had his throat cut, which reminded him of the 88 case.
The identity of the victim also surfaced in the investigation, following the deceased's life network, one suspect after another entered the police's field of vision.
Butcher, doctor, chef and lover of underground music who was not understood back then. But who is he? The mysterious facts of the case are still not clear.
As the hottest drama in March, the start of "Who Is He" is very amazing. This amazing is indispensable to the concerted efforts of the entire crew.
The garbage dump search bridge in the play is a garbage mountain made from dozens of truckloads of garbage bought by the crew, and the actors contributed the most realistic search plot in sleet weather. The script of the entire drama is also based on years of criminal investigation experience in interviewing front-line police officers, and it has been polished for many years before finally becoming a drama.
In terms of actors, Zhang Yi from He Li, An Xin to Wei Guoping, the opening role of three consecutive jumps to play who is like whom, and the lonely and stubborn Wei Guoping with trauma is performed.
Wei Guoping is a complex and simple character, he is complex in self-denial under deep pain, self-isolation under a sense of guilt and unwillingness to show emotions. Simple and simple because he just couldn't get by with himself, carrying the pain of that rainy night alone.
And the director said in an interview that Zhang Yi was the only candidate for the role, and he also played the role perfectly.
In addition, Zhang Yi directed a lot of scenes this time, and it can be expected that there will be a big drama comparable to the retreat of the police cordon in the later stage.
Secondly, there is a rare hardcore and thriller in similar dramas, and several straightforward crime scenes quickly set up a brutal image of the murderer.
The sharp soundtrack raises the audience's heart to the throat, especially when the clue version jumps face, the feeling is comparable to a horror movie, and the immersion is full of blood pressure soaring. The various details of the 96 shredded corpse case made the audience feel even creepy.
But as the director said, hard scale is not the only highlight of the show, what really makes "Who Is He" shine is the reality root on which it is based.
The 88-year serial murder case corresponds to the murderer Gao Chengyong, who killed 11 people from 1988 to 2002 and was arrested in 2016. The 88 cases in the play largely draw on the details of the case and the cracking process. For example, the terrifying scene in the play where the woman who escaped by chance ran home, and the killer was still outside the window, is the personal experience of the survivors of Gao Chengyong's case in reality.
In reality, Gao Chengyong was executed in 2019, bringing an end to this serial murder case.
The murderer of the 88 cases that Wei Guoping was painstakingly pursuing in the play was brought to justice in reality, but the truth of the 96 cases is still unknown.
The 96 case is based on the Nanda shredded corpse case that the police are still pursuing, and the process and handling of the corpse discovery in the play is almost the same as the reality of the case.
The subsequent plot development of the series incorporates various speculations about the case over the decades.
From doctors, butchers, cooks to underground music lovers, four suspects appear in the play, and the realistic unsolved case and the suspense in the play make the audience can't help but ask:
Who is he? How should the screenwriter close the 96 case?
This question is estimated to follow the audience to the end.
Although two major cases in the history of the mainland have been involved, the main creator has not stopped excavating at the practical level.
When many viewers were chasing the drama, they were quite critical of Wu Ke, played by Shi Liang and working against Wei Guoping. But from a practical point of view, what he represents is a moral reflection on unjust, false and wrong cases such as the Huugjil pattern. The inference of guilt should not appear in the modern criminal investigation process, and the absurd statement that it is obvious at a glance that he is the murderer should be eliminated.
Due to the editing of this scene in the episode, Wei Guoping's emotions are a little interrupted, but when you look at it together, you can understand the crew's thinking on the word justice.
Based on reality and reflecting on reality, through the pursuit of murder cases, the play shows the evolution of modern criminal investigation methods and the dedication, persistence and responsibility of the older generation of public security officers.
The more surprising in the play is Gu Kaiyan, played by Xu Fangyi, who speaks up for women with integrity and forces criminals to a dead end through interrogation.
In contrast, Nie Xiaoyu's drama has the sour smell of love, but there is also the design of the main creator in it.
Contrary to Wei Guoping, Nie Xiaoyu, who looks optimistic and positive, puts trauma in his heart, and old-fashioned love is the mutual comfort of the two souls that rainy night.
In short, having to watch the drama in March is definitely "Who Is He".
The play will officially end on April 4, and the break in the middle is a bit difficult.