There is a keyword in the field of Chinese dramas in 2023, called more blossoms.
Since the beginning of the year, domestic dramas have frequently exploded, and the themes have come from all sides.
First of all, the anti-black drama opened the year with a big score, and "Crazy" brought phenomenal popularity, which still immerses countless netizens in the Jinghai universe.
Next, the suspense drama is in the limelight. The criminal investigation drama "Who Is He" starring Zhang Yi has recently led a wave of people looking for murderers.
The thrilling and suspenseful style of the work made countless netizens shout that they did not dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.
Romantic dramas and sci-fi dramas also have their own breakthroughs. "Go to a Windy Place" starring Liu Yifei recalls the long-lost healing love. The drama version of "The Three-Body Problem" jointly teamed up by Zhang Luyi and Yu Hewei takes us to feel the progress of Chinese science fiction. Correspondingly, the scores of both works have also reached the good film line of 8 points.
But when the drama blooms more, there is a theme that is a little embarrassing. It's a spy war drama.
The first appearance of this year's spy war drama not only did not add points, but greatly deducted points.
The spy war work "Butterfly Shadow" starring Wei Daxun recently started broadcasting after a backlog of 8 years.
This work under the banner of "the first spy war drama in the opening year" has somewhat ruined the reputation of spy war dramas. The play is not only full of various anti-logic action scenes and five-haired special effects, but also the plot is bloody routines.
The four-woman action scene that attracted countless people to complain about it, and even brought the work to the style of "Thunderbolt Girl".
Could it be that this year's spy war drama is so overturned?
It doesn't matter, Jin Dong will make a move.
A few days ago, the spy war drama "Infernal" starring Jin Dong and starring Wang Zhiwen and Zhang Zhijian was launched. The cast team that gathers old drama bones and powerful people is already exciting.
Coupled with the help of powerful actors such as Hou Yong, Hai Yitian, and Zhao Ziqi, the acting content of the entire work has been raised.
Judging from the market response, the audience made the most natural choice. The drama, which started on April 2, has now occupied the first place on national satellite TV for 6 consecutive days, and its performance is quite good.
In the comment area, netizens even left praise such as "full of movie texture" and "watching 10 episodes in a row".
It seems that "Infernal" is slowly regaining the face lost by spy war dramas in the opening year.
Without further ado, let's take a general look at the main plot of "Infernal".
The story tells the story of a spy war that takes place on the beach in 1944.
At this time, the background was in the late stage of the Anti-Japanese War, and Japan's various fronts were losing their families.
On the eve of dawn in Shanghai, the Wang puppet government secret service organization No. 76, which is a lackey of the Japanese army, is still collecting intelligence to create bloody cases.
Underground spy fighters, including the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, also regarded the elimination of No. 76 as a goal.
The male protagonist Lu Feng (played by Jin Dong) is an undercover agent inserted into No. 76 by the Kuomintang military commander.
On the surface, the Japanese background of the land wind is deep. He is not only a returnee who studied in Japan, but also the apprentice of Japanese agent Chio Matsushita.
But in fact, Lu Feng grew up in an orphanage since he was a child. Trained by Agent Flash (played by Zhang Zhijian) for many years, he is a patriotic spy and war worker.
Under the cover of the double agent Chio Matsushita, Lu Feng successfully broke into the interior of No. 76 and became a member of its core organization "Special Secret Group".
But in the face of Shen Xiao (played by Qi Dao), the leader of the secret group who is suspicious by nature, he never dares to relax his vigilance and engage in various battles with him.
For Lu Feng, this big drama of dancing on the tip of the knife has just begun...
After watching the first 10 episodes in one breath, Bluestone has a preliminary view of the texture of "Infernal".
In my opinion, he has the following highlights worth mentioning.
First, good-looking, 800 heart eyes per capita, characters online brain power
After watching the 10 episodes of "Infernal", Qingshi's most intuitive experience is two words: brain burning!
In this Shanghai beach spy war, the strategies of the positive and negative sides have come and gone, and the intelligence content is very sufficient.
There are big scenes of intellectual attack and defense here; For example, the fiat template battle in the first five episodes.
The defecting military agent Han Tian (played by Jing Gangshan) fled with the legal tender template. Due to the potential impact of the template on Shanghai's economy, Han Tian was also frantically sought out by many forces.
In the battle, the No. 76 special secret group won first. Team leader Shen Xiao found Han Tian first, and even took advantage of this to find two undercover agents of the military commander and successfully obtained the template.
Among these two undercover agents, including the male protagonist's introducer, Chio Takeshita, a double-faced spy who works for the military command.
After threatening his family, Shen Xiao once forced Takeshita and other undercover agents to rebel against the water and obtain information that the military commander would take action in the government building.
Thinking that he had everything under control, he also arranged most of his people to the government building, ready to catch turtles in an urn.
But No. 76, which seemed to win steadily, overturned.
Shen Xiao's opponent, the military commander agent Flash Officer (Zhang Zhijian), has long prejudged his prejudgment.
No. 76 waited for a long time, but the military commander did not appear in the government building.
At the same time, they took advantage of the weak guards of Headquarters No. 76 and directly attacked the opposing base to "steal the tower"...
It turned out that Chio Takeshita's fraudulent surrender was already in the military system's plan, and he pretended to defect only to convey the wrong message to Shen Xiao.
Under the tragic implementation of the "death plan", military agents finally entered the No. 76 headquarters to destroy documents.
After everyone on the 76th returned to their senses and quickly "returned to the city", they could not stop the loss of some information.
In this intellectual offensive and defense, the military commander's move is indeed good.
There are also caution machines in small scenes; For example, the male protagonist Lu Feng and the female protagonist Hua Xiangyu (played by Wang Likun) test each other; Although the two are on the same front, due to the high secrecy of Lu Feng's undercover agent, Hua Xiangyu, who is also undercover on the Japanese side, does not know his identity.
So, faced with the land wind trying to get close to herself, Hua Xiangyu decided to play a trick.
When inviting them to steak, she deliberately took a bite and then served her portion.
Seeing the other party operate like this, the male protagonist Lu Feng subconsciously dispelled his worries and ate it with the trend.
But as soon as he moved his mouth, he was on the way.
It turned out that except for the bite of meat that the heroine ate, the rest of the meat was drugged.
Good guy, it's another witty operation of "I predict your prediction".
The above two plots are only part of the epitome of the resourceful confrontation of this play.
Throughout the first 10 episodes, the mental offensive and defensive switching of both sides is fast, and there are various operations.
Frankly speaking, without a high IQ, the characters will not live more than 3 episodes in this show.
Second, the character N heavy identity reversal, full of suspense
In addition to the brain-burning painting style, the suspense style of "Infernal" is also very pulled. This is reflected through the N-fold identity reversal of multiple characters.
The most confusing thing is the identity of the male protagonist master. On the bright side, Shem Guan is a mentor who has cultivated the male protagonist for many years, and the feelings between the two sides are deep, and they have a posture of loving teachers and apprentices.
But the follow-up operation of the flash official makes people question its attributes.
After the male protagonist reluctantly exposed his identity for assassinating the Japanese envoy, the flash official directly refused to ask for help on the phone, and even cut off the phone.
Not only that, he even arranged for his men to "clean" Lu Feng, almost not giving the other party a way to live.
Whether this is a "strict master" who kills decisively, or a bad person with a black belly inside, it is really impossible to guess.
Another character that cannot be guessed is the female Communist Party agent "Tsing Yi".
In the play, the faceless character has been interspersed with beach spy battles. In the intellectual offensive and defense of the military commander and No. 76, Tsing Yi can extract information from both sides without exposing himself, which shows that this is a hidden high-IQ character.
As the plot deepens, the speculation about the "Tsing Yi" candidates focuses on the three active female characters.
The first one, the heroine flowers to the rain; The character's current identity is a military agent, and she who successfully went undercover into the Wang pseudo-camp has "connections" in both camps, and the character has the possibility of being undercover on both sides.
But considering that although Hua Xiangyu is wise and calculating, she has been affectionate with "undercover comrade-in-arms" Lu Feng for a long time, and there are some emotional situations.
This gesture of son-daughter love does not seem to match the highly meticulous Qing Yi.
the second place, the core blue ice of the 76th special secret group; As the second-in-command of the special secret group, Lan Bing has the opportunity to get close to the core secret.
During the male protagonist Lu Feng's undercover secret group, Lan Bing also had the experience of helping him solve the siege, which made the character have a certain personality reversal.
But considering that the character's usual means are ruthless, and her appearance is a "murderous female devil", it is really difficult to say whether she is a good person.
the third, Betty, a member of the 76th secret group; The character does not have many scenes at present, but it is a role that clearly complements the male protagonist.
After the male protagonist Lu Feng exposed his risk and pretended to call to transmit information, it was Betty who helped.
She was in charge of investigating the information and lied to the team leader that it was another member who called.
Before the interrogation, she even took advantage of the other party's panic to kill and confirm the black pot of this scapegoat with one shot.
This operation almost allows us to be sure that the character is from the square camp.
But whether she is the mysterious Tsing Yi, everything is still doubtful.
The third character identity speculation in "Infernal" lies in Wang Zhiwen's character attributes.
He did not appear until the end of episode 7, but the role of the old drama bone Wang Zhiwen Muxihe still caused heated discussions.
On the surface, Muxihe was the deputy director of the military command, and the anti-Japanese stance belonged to the orthogonal camp.
But judging from the character's witty conversation and his smooth meeting with Wang Pseudo, there is a lot of villain possibilities in the character.
After the first 10 episodes, the identities of most of the main characters are still in doubt, and the plot leaves unlimited reversal possibilities.
Third, the blade was happy, and 7 people were directly offline in 8 episodes
Another outstanding feature of "Infernal" must also be mentioned, that is, the rare "box lunch" speed of Chinese dramas in recent years.
In the first 8 episodes alone, there are 7 characters with names and surnames.
Some characters are lightning off the line in a faction confrontation.
At the beginning of the plot, a patriot played by Kaichi infiltrates a Japanese cruise ship to steal information, but is accidentally discovered.
Outnumbered, the character chose to commit suicide directly, at this time, only 6 minutes had passed since the beginning of the first episode.
Hai Day, who only appeared for 6 minutes, was ridiculed by the crew as "Hi Day".
And Han Tian, a defecting agent played by Jing Gangshan, appeared in the third episode and went offline early.
Not long after the defection process, the character was directly killed by a sniper shot...
The double-faced spy Matsushita Chio played by the old drama bone Qian Bo did not last long.
Shortly after pretending to land on the 76th, the character committed suicide by poisoning in order to carry out the death plan, and the progress of the series has not yet reached 4 episodes.
Some people don't even know who killed them...
The undercover fire crane, who was lucky enough to escape from the death plan, was received by name by the military commander because he had key information.
But on the way back, he was shot in the head by a mysterious killer, and the person disappeared in an instant.
And Liu Ze, a military command agent who appeared quite well in the first few episodes, was also taken away by the killer by the killer under the escort of the fire crane...
Some characters, the way to die is still full of joy... For example, Lu Baolei, a member of No. 76 who was innocently implicated.
In a catch of internal ghosts, team leader Shen Xiao tentatively stood behind Lu Baolei with a gun,
Although he is not an inner ghost, Lu Baolei can't hold his breath at the moment, afraid that he will be suspected and kidnap the other party with his backhand...
And he, because of this bizarre operation, died innocently and tragically...
The last off-line character died a heroic death;
In the play, actress Zhao Ziqi plays Yu Rongqiu, a female Communist Party member.
Betrayed by traitors, the character was captured by secret services and tortured in various ways.
After gritting his teeth and bearing the torture, with a grudge against the traitor, the character committed suicide by wiping his neck tragically.
From his appearance to his official launch, Zhao Ziqi even appeared in less than 5 minutes.
With 7 people offline in the first 8 episodes, the fast pace of "Infernal" can be described as staggering.
Fourth, the acting show is on, and these four actors are very "stealing the show"
Enough to talk about the plot, let me talk about acting.
Because the male protagonist Jin Dong has less tension in the early stage and Wang Zhiwen's role also appears, in the first ten episodes, it is the supporting role that shines.
In the first 10 episodes, there were 4 supporting actors who played the "scene grabbing" operation.
the first one, Zhang Zhijian; This old actor of the Chinese drama plays the role of a military commander agent flash officer in the play.
Throughout the play, the character highlights a good and evil that is difficult to distinguish.
In the early plot, Shem Guan is close to the male protagonist Lu Feng, who is his apprentice.
Judging from his simple dress and kind smile, this seemed to be a kind teacher.
But in the subsequent plot, the character is faintly reversed due to the abandonment of the apprentice.
At this time, the old drama bone also smiled slightly, but the painting style of the city house made people feel unconscious.
The mode of good and evil switches freely, and Zhang Zhijian has indeed done it.
the second place, Qian Bo; Although this veteran actor only makes a cameo, his performance is quite outstanding.
In the play, he plays Chio Matsushita, a double-sided agent.
When the character is threatened by the enemy holding his family, Qian Bo's performance is quite touching.
He first tearfully kissed the family image on the photo, his eyes full of affection.
Under the residual tears in his eyes, he quickly adjusted his state and firmly determined his heart to die.
Under the fearless style of painting, he ate the poison-stained photo little by little, and this tearful gesture of saying goodbye to his family was touching.
third place, odd road; He is also the director of this play, playing Shen Xiao, the leader of the No. 76 secret group, which is the biggest villain at present.
And the actor also plays the ruthlessness and high conceit of the character who has been immersed in the spy sea for many years.
When the intelligence information is leaked, even if there is no evidence to accuse the male protagonist, he can still directly tie the other party to severe punishment with his intuition.
This gesture of preferring to kill by mistake does not let go, with the expression of the actor, showing the ruthlessness of the character.
And in the follow-up plot, in order to catch the military commander agent Flash Officer, he did everything he could.
He would even prefer to fake his death and turn himself into a ghost hiding in the shadows in search of opportunities.
The cruelty of the characters is indeed unforgettable.
Fourth place, Shu Ni; A rising actress of Chinese dramas in recent years, she once served as one of the heroines in Feng Xiaogang's work "North and South".
In this play, she plays Lan Bing, a core member of No. 76.
Throughout the play, the characters always show a cold and sassy temperament.
Ginni, who changed into a short hair style, also performed the capable and sassy role of the role.
In the plot setting, the character of Si Ni was rescued by the male protagonist Lu Feng, and he faintly felt feelings for the male protagonist.
In the face of the heroine Hua Xiangyu, the character's vinegar intention triggered by female intuition is even more obvious.
Such a character also makes people associate it with Wang Manchun, a female agent who also likes the male protagonist in "The Pretender".
But compared with Wang Manchun, who is accommodating for love, the female spy of the Ni version is more grim, and the painting style is also eye-catching.
Fifth, the 3 successful modes of spy war dramas, "Infernal" found
In Qingshi's view, the fire of "Infernal" also lies in inheriting the 3 successful modes of domestic spy war dramas.
First of all, the premise - not ugly, degrading the villain; Excellent spy works have a common point, the screenwriter will not deliberately ugly the characters because of the negative image of the villain.
The classic Chinese drama "Lurking" is a clear example.
While portraying the spy war CPs of Yu Zecheng and Cuiping, the screenwriter did not forget to portray Li Ya, the sleek villain Lu Qiaoshan and others.
Even the villain Wu Station Chief has caused heated discussions for many years with the line "Emei Peak is alone".
In "Infernal", it is a similar operation.
The ruthless leader of the secret group, Shen Xiao, and his subordinates, most of the characters did not reduce their wisdom.
On the contrary, their eyes are full of scheming, and they always focus on the image of a high-IQ ruthless person.
The opponent's ability is online, which also makes people look forward to a wonderful fight between good and evil.
Then there is the chassis item - a lineup that can carry expectations.
Whether a spy war drama can be played or not, sometimes you can know by looking at the lineup.
In "Dark Calculation", Liu Yunlong, the king of spy warfare, alone brings up the spy war flavor of the entire work.
And the supporting cast is also quite outstanding, whether it is Wang Baoqiang's blind A Bing or Chen Shu's Huang Yiyi, they have aroused heated discussions with a tragic painting style.
The huddle and team of the acting school also contributed to the emergence of this masterpiece.
Judging from the lineup of "Infernal", the acting content this time is very high with the naked eye.
Among the main actors, Jin Dong is paired with Wang Zhiwen and Zhang Zhijian, two old drama bones, and the cooperation between the two powerful factions across the ages is exciting.
Then, the appearance of powerful actresses such as Wang Likun and Si Ni also brightened the work with her appearance.
Next, the cameos of familiar faces such as Hou Yong, Jing Gangshan, Zhao Ziqi and other film and television familiar faces further improved the acting content.
The plus is the brilliant level of resourcefulness; A good spy war drama, the wonderful core wisdom attack and defense is the key point.
In the spy war movie "Wind", the main spy war werewolf in the secret room is killed, and 5 people have different eyes.
At the end of the film, the character reversal of the general played by Zhang Hanyu makes the plot intelligence level reach another level, and also makes many details make people turn back to savor.
Judging from the first 10 episodes of "Infernal", the work is also full of the resourcefulness of the play under logical circumstances.
From the "Death Plan" to the villain Shen Xiao's fake post-death routine opponent, the work exudes a brain-burning temperament.
In general, under the reasonable lineup and the improvement of the quality of the play, "Infernal", which inherits the three excellent traditions of domestic spy war dramas, is indeed very horizontal, and it has a tendency to become the ceiling of spy war dramas in 2023.
Under the circumstance that the old drama bone Wang Zhiwen has not yet made efforts to start, this drama has won the first place in the ratings of 6 days satellite TV in a row, which is undoubtedly more gratifying.
I have to say that the popularity of Jin Dong's "Infernal" once again proves one thing:
Chinese spy war drama, can still fight!
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