Many viewers who come to Jin Dong to see this spy war drama may feel that the director and actor's strange way has stolen too much of Jin Dong's limelight in this drama...
Text | Zhao two knives
Recently, there are two spy war dramas broadcast at the same time that have been compared by many people, these two dramas are "Infernal" and "Thin Ice", some analysts say that the story of "Infernal" is better, and some voices say that "Thin Ice" is more emotional - however, from the diversity of character relationships and the complexity of the story, as well as the popularity after its release, the spy war drama "Infernal" starring Jin Dong is undoubtedly more popular, louder and more controversial.
So, what kind of spy war movie is "Infernal"? Is it a masterpiece or a bad movie? Why is it that while the popularity is quite high, there are many criticisms. As this drama is about to usher in the finale, let's talk about this "Infernal".
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"Infernal" directed by Qi Dao, written by Qi Dao and Lu Gang, starring Jin Dong, Wang Likun, Zhang Zhijian, Wang Zhiwen special starring, Wang Ziquan, Shi Wenzhong, Cao Lei, Qi Chen, Li Yuan starring, tells the patriotic spy war story represented by Lu Feng in a complex crisis on the eve of Japan's surrender in 1944, fighting wits and courage with hostile forces, and pursuing faith in this game of life and death.
"Infernal" will be launched on March 30, simulcast on the network, and at 9 p.m. on April 19, members can already watch the 36th episode, which is about to usher in the finale.
At the beginning of "Infernal", the blazing "Who Is He" has not yet ended; Soon after the broadcast, it encountered the same theme of "Thin Ice" and the popular "Long Moon Ember Ming" on the whole network, but in the battle for ratings, the performance of "Infernal" is also good: the popularity of this drama has been quite high since the beginning of broadcasting, and the data shows that the show has been the first in the ratings of satellite TV for nearly half a month at the same time, and the ratings have exceeded 1; According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, the show also firmly stands in the top 2 popularity of the whole network; Judging from the popularity of Maoyan's entire network, the ranking of "Infernal" has ups and downs, but it has also jumped from the top 8 to the top 3 - this result is already quite excellent.
The fire of "Infernal" is actually expected.
First of all, this is another heavyweight spy war drama by Jin Dong after "The Pretender".
"The Pretender" is Jin Dong's stepping stone to open the mass market, but also Jin Dong's masterpiece, since "The Pretender", Jin Dong has become a very popular middle-generation actor, but then its starring works are indeed mixed, this return to the spy war drama track, naturally will make many audiences look forward to it.
Secondly, the acting skills are all online.
The performance of the two actors in "Infernal" can be said to be "fengsheng", Wang Zhiwen and Zhang Zhijian, the two senior actors, performed very well, relatively speaking, Zhang Zhijian's appearance time was earlier, the identity of the flash official was more complicated, and there were more scenes; Wang Zhiwen was more hidden in the rear in the early stage, but every appearance was full of tension - the drama of these two bones was indeed enjoyable. In addition, the performances of many actors such as Ni Ni, Wang Ziquan, Shi Wenzhong, Cao Lei, Qi Chen, Li Yuan and other actors are in place, ensuring the watchability of this drama.
Again, about character relationships and plot.
The relationship between the characters of spy war dramas has always been quite complicated, and there will be double-sided or even three-sided spies, but every character with a scene in the drama "Infernal", the relationship between the characters is not simple, it will involve the identity of the Wang puppet regime, the Japanese invaders, the National Government, Yan'an, etc. - those who like this drama will follow these settings to watch it very enjoyably, and those who don't like this drama will be confused to watch it, where is this?
Flash official, Shen Xiao, flower to rain... Whether the identities of these characters are good or bad when they appear, they will change in the progress of the plot, and will be "reversed" at the finale, which can be said to leave the suspense to the end, and also make some audiences can't stop wanting this drama.
The relationship between the characters is complex and the plot is reversed, which also makes the discussion of this drama very high, and it can be seen on the network that the number of discussions exceeds 100,000+, which is far higher than many popular dramas in the same period.
Although the advantages of this drama are outstanding, it has also ushered in a lot of criticism after it was broadcast, which affected the reputation of this drama. So, what are the reasons that affected the positive reviews of this show?
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Why didn't the popularity of this show reproduce the style of "The Pretender"? And the reputation of this drama does not seem to be as good as expected? In fact, it is also reasonable, reading entertainment here summarizes the evaluation of this drama on the Internet, trying to restore the truth of the poor reputation of this drama.
First of all, the show is indeed too complicated. The relationship between the characters in the play "Infernal" is too complicated, just like playing a high-end "werewolf killing", each character's identity card may be reversed, which will indeed dissuade some audiences.
Secondly, the director of this drama added too many scenes to himself.
The director of this drama, Qi Dao, is also an actor, and he played a heavy role in Shen Xiao in this drama, and he was the heaviest role in the first 10 episodes; Just when everyone thought that the person in charge of No. 76, Shen Xiao, might be going offline after entering the middle of the series, he even had a hidden identity - some netizens believed that the director was desperately adding drama to himself.
The growth and complexity of Shen Xiao's character in "Infernal" is a bit similar to Sun Honglei in "Lurking", which is very layered and complex, but many viewers are rushing to Jin Dong to see "Infernal", and Shen Xiao's character to some extent makes the integrity of the protagonist of "Lu Feng" played by Jin Dong somewhat lacking.
"Lu Feng" In this drama, the characters are very flat/lack of change, more still follow the flow, lack of layering. Although this drama is a group portrait, the main and secondary are not clear, which affects the audience's perception.
Again, the details are not good enough.
Take the first episode as an example, when Hua Xiangyu (Wang Likun) was about to be interrogated by the Japanese side, the bridge at the end of Lu Feng (Jin Dong) pretending to be a male companion was very collapsed - since he pretended, he had to do enough to do the play, neither living in the same house nor getting off the boat at the same time, which obviously caused many netizens to complain.
There are many similar plots in the episodes, so the plot does not stand up to scrutiny, and many details are relatively sloppy.
Some viewers also mentioned that Jin Dong's performance in this drama is not new, reading entertainment jun's personal opinion believes that this is not Jin Dong's personal fault, and the volume of the whole drama is too large, the behind-the-scenes team is too pursuing "show-off" and the complexity of the plot, and the director himself adds drama to himself, which affects Jin Dong's play in this drama; At the same time, it added a lot of emotional drama to Jin Dong, which also affected the rhythm of the entire drama.
In summary, "Infernal" is such a spy war drama with outstanding advantages and conspicuous shortcomings, but the popularity is okay and the discussion is good, unlike many netizens who say that it is a "bad movie drama", but it is still quite far from the peak spy war drama.
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Every actor who thinks he has strength probably has the ambition to act in spy war dramas.
The male actors recognized by the audience will probably have a spy war drama with a good reputation as a masterpiece. For example, Sun Honglei, although the performance of "Conquest" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it still completely opened the golden period of his actor career with a "Lurking"; For example, Zhang Jiayi's "Cliff", Wu Xiubo's "Before Dawn", Liu Yunlong's "Kite", etc., spy war dramas are the key nodes for them to successfully advance to the front line or change their acting careers.
Even before becoming a bad artist, Li Yifeng, who sat on the head traffic, also chose "Sparrow" to try to transform; Zhu Yilong's previous starring in "Rebel", although there is a slight gap compared with the spy war masterpieces of his predecessors, it is also enough to be used as a masterpiece of his series.
However, it must also be seen that spy war dramas, as a major genre of dramas, also face many challenges. After all, the performance of "Lurking", "Cliff", "Before Dawn" and "The Pretender" is too shining, and it is indeed difficult for latecomers to surpass - taking "Infernal" as an example, the cast is actually quite strong and the story is complex enough, but the series is too showy, which actually affects the reputation of the show.
If the drama producer can be more restrained, shorten the length of the episode to about 20 episodes, highlight the growth and changes of Jin Dong as the starring actor while showing the group portrait, and reduce the emotional drama, perhaps "Infernal" can go to a higher level. It's just that all this is hypothetical, "Infernal" has ended, and only the newcomers are expected to prevail.
As the male number one of "Infernal", Jin Dong is actually stuck in a bottleneck for a long time on his acting road.
After "The Pretender", Jin Dong entered the first line and starred in quite a few dramas, with very good ratings, which can be said to be the most capable of carrying the ratings among the male actors of the middle generation. And Jin Dong's image and temperament are also good, and he has also become a frequent guest of elite roles, and has successively starred in urban dramas such as "Ode to Joy", "Surgery", "My First Half of Life", "Mr. Love", "Elite Lawyer" and so on, no matter what the profession is, the temperament of the domineering president is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Although his old cadres and culture-loving characters once overturned, his appeal in the drama market has not weakened, but the similarity of his characters has indeed affected his reputation as an "acting school".
Before the start of "Infernal" was considered by many audiences to be possible to become Jin Dong's transformation work, at present, although Jin Dong's Lu Feng has suffered many twists and turns, but his temperament is still "elite", coupled with the lack of opportunities for him to show his acting skills in the series, the lack of changes in the characters also makes Lu Feng not become Jin Dong's new "Ming Lou".
Jin Dong needs to change, but where to go, this not only requires his own efforts, but also needs the blessing of a good script and a good production team, perhaps to allow Jin Dong to come out of the increasingly solidified screen image.
Note: This article does not interpret too much about the character relationship and plot of "Infernal", and interested friends can search and browse the research on the Internet.