What TV series is the pinnacle of spy dramas?
I think most people should think the same as me, definitely to mention Sun Honglei, Yao Chen starred in the "Latent", indeed so many years have passed, although spy dramas can still produce a hit from time to time.
But what can really reach the height of "Latent", and can really be unforgettable like Sun Honglei and Yao Chen, is really not yet.
Twelve years later, another spy war novel by the original author of the "Latent" novel, Long Yi, was adapted into a TV series and broadcast online, that is, the spy war drama "The Forerunner" starring Zhang Luyi and Nie Yuan.
After watching 12 episodes of "The Forerunner" in one breath, I think the quality of this TV series can be comparable to "Latent", so I will talk to you about this drama in this article!
1, the character has the taste of "infernal affairs"!
In this "Forerunner", there are mainly two protagonists, one is Zhang Luyi as Ma Tianmu, a comprador of a foreign firm, and the other is Tang Xianping, the police chief played by Nie Yuan.
These two people used to be comrades in arms who could block bullets for each other on the battlefield, but many years later, things were not human, Ma Tianming became the secret staff of our organization, and Tang Xianping was still foolishly loyal to kill our people and then quickly.
Once a brother, this time became an enemy.
Comrades who once could give their backs to each other are now opponents who want to get rid of them quickly.
In fact, from the very beginning, this "Forerunner" has established the role conflict between the two male protagonists, and in the words of the Hong Kong film, these two people have a feeling of "duel between the two males".
The most emblematic of this sense of conflict of "two male duels" is mainly in several details.
One is the scene where Ma Tianmu designed to save Chen Lie.
On the surface, Ma Tianmu was a man who designed the police station and the patrol room.
In particular, in order to send Chen Lie away, the people who patrolled the house in the end forced Ma Tianmu to do a guarantee and sent him money, and indeed they could see the shrewdness of Ma Tianmu's character.
But the real excitement of this drama is that Nie Yuan, the villain, is not stupid.
He can find out through Chen Lie's cuttlefish, crucian carp loophole that he is undercover, and he can always grasp the core of the problem at the most critical moment every time.
It can be said that this drama does present a wonderful "two-male duel" to the audience, the male protagonist has intelligence, design, and the villain can always bite.
As a spy drama, being able to make a tight step in the rhythm is indeed attractive enough.
What's more, Nie Yuan's aura is actually stronger than Zhang Luyi's, and how many times Zhang Luyi's role has almost revealed the stuffing, which makes the audience raise their worries to their throats.
2, the script logic is strong enough, one link after another!
If other TV series are fighting for how many celebrities there are, they are fighting the number of old drama bones.
Then this drama will definitely disappoint many people, because the focus of this drama is definitely not how famous the actors are and how the traffic is.
Because the focus and core of this drama is still above the quality of the script.
After watching 12 episodes of "The Forerunner" in one sitting, I think the quality of the script of this TV series is simply perfect, because the screenwriter can connect all the small details.
For example, escorting Little Girl Zero and Chen Lie out of Shanghai can see the brilliance of this play.
Here Ma Tianmu received a letter that he was going to go out with the people of the Green Gang to transport ten boxes of opium.
Over there, he had already begun to plan to take advantage of this opportunity to send people out.
But how brilliant is Ma Tianmu's plan?
On the surface, his plan Tang Xianping saw through at a glance, taking the opportunity of transporting opium, attracting Tang Xianping to the warehouse, and after completing a tiger transfer away from the mountain, he quickly sent Chen Lie and the little girl out.
However, the actual situation was that Ma Tianmu had predicted Tang Xianping's every step in advance.
He could guess that Tang Xianping would come and arrest him, that he would definitely find the dark eye in his box, and even that Tang Xianping would finally investigate the anonymous phone.
But every step, Ma Tianmu laid a foreshadowing for him.
For example, the dark grid in the box is hidden in bronze, on the grounds that the lady boss feels that this thing is obscure and wants him to take it out;
Another example is the anonymous phone call, and finally Tang Xianping checked, it was actually the daughter of the boss of the patrol room who made a call, because someone deliberately leaked to them the fact that opium was smuggled here.
After such a circle of investigation, the little girl Zero not only sent it out, but also washed away the suspicion of Ma Tianmu.
It is indeed logical and impeccable.
Of course, there is also a scene that impresses me, that is, after Tang Xianping joined the Revival Society, he also wanted to develop Ma Tianmu.
And Ma Tianmu's cynicism in the face of Tang Xianping's usual behavior, the self-abandonment he showed, and the change of attitude after hearing about Tang Xianping's ambitions and ideals.
It can really make people into the drama in an instant.
After all, every psychological transformation of the characters has traces to follow, which is indeed the typical of a perfect script.
3, the scale is hardcore enough!
As a spy drama, but also the author of "Latent", this "ForwardEr" is hardcore enough in terms of the scale and depth of the spy war.
For example, the character of Pei Ruhai has its real prototype in history.
In this "Forerunner", he is also a fierce character, and he basically uprooted the Shanghai underground organization alone.
The best thing was that when Pei Ruhai pursued and killed Chen Lie, Chen Lie only said that he was in the heart, and he ran over and quickly shot Chen Lie's life, which was indeed true enough.
In addition to Pei Ruhai, a traitor, there is another key figure in this drama that has not been shot, that is, Mrs. Yangxing, played by Han Xue.
At the beginning, when this role appeared, everyone was still wondering how Han Xue took a vase character this time, but with the development of these plots.
We will find that Han Xue is definitely not a simple person, at least she is close to inspector Fan Yiting, and has become his second wife.
You can see her means.
And her approach to Fan Yiting is not only to find a patron, but to get the "confession" information from Fan Yiting, and her identity will be slowly exposed, because she is actually a Japanese spy.
Of course, this is not the end, as a hardcore spy drama.
This "Forerunner" has begun the chapter of the Revival Society, and then there will be Wang Pseudo people, Qinggang people, Japanese spies, and even French people will gather on the mixed Shanghai Beach.
And the most second may be the male protagonist Ma Tianmu, on the surface he is a comprador who runs errands for the French, while his female boss is a Japanese spy, dig deeper, and will find that he is actually a member of the Revival Society.
But underneath so many identities, he was a strong-willed, loyal revolutionary fighter.
In fact, after I said this, the basic plot framework of this drama and the rhythm of the story are very clear.
I don't know if anyone is chasing this drama like me, welcome to leave a message to tell me!