The premiere of "Lurkers" is approaching, and there is finally a decent spy war drama

Which type of Chinese drama makes the audience miss the most?

Definitely a spy war drama.

Why?

There are many audiences, few good dramas.

A "Kite", read by the audience until now, everyone knows that Liu Yunlong's spy war drama is good, but the new drama of the king of spy war dramas is far away.

What spiritual food do spy war fans rely on to survive?

Expect this year's 4 spy war dramas to quench your thirst?

I'm afraid it's not enough.

A spy war drama "Butterfly Shadow" at the beginning of the year, the painting style is directly to the road of "Thunderbolt Girl".

Followed by a "Infernal" and a "Thin Ice", the lineup is really strong, and the story makes spy fans really dissatisfied.

Liu Yunlong has been stealthy for 4 years, and there is no spy war drama that can be fought?

Nor is it "total annihilation".

For example, the double-hit "Rebel", the urban spy war drama "Opponent", the costume spy war "Fengqi Longxi", etc., but the earliest was also last year's work.

Why, in 2023, which is known as the big year of spy war dramas, there is not even a work that can be obtained?

It's time for CCTV to strike.

Although there have been big dramas such as Zhang Songwen's "Lonely Boat" and Wang Zhiwen Nie Yuan's "Night and Dawn" ready to be released, as long as they are not fixed, they are rich on paper, and no one can say when these big dramas will be broadcast.

But, this big drama is really coming——

Some bloggers broke the news that the 37-episode spy war drama "Lurker" will succeed "Zeng Boy" on CCTV's eight sets of prime time from July 27. Tencent Video Network Exclusive Broadcast.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the spy war drama I want to chase the most after Liu Yunlong's "Kite".

Can it explode? What I am more concerned about is whether this drama can re-make the confidence of domestic spy war dramas.

1. Story: Classic spy war story, focusing on a stable word

Looking at the synopsis of "Lurkers", I will think of two classic spy war dramas, one is "Lurking" and the other is "Cliff".

The background of the story takes place in the isolated island period of Shanghai in 1941.

This is also the most classic background of the national drama spy war, because during this period, No. 76, the military commander and our agents, just in the story, staged a spy war "cuckoo killing".

Fang Jiashu, a Communist Party member played by Huang Xiaoming, lurks at No. 76 of the Wang Puppet Agent Headquarters.

But his hidden identity has two:

The first is the military command's special agent.

Su Yalu, a beautiful agent of the military system played by Wan Qian, and the leader of the military operation team "Silver Fox" jointly monitor Fang Jiashu's every move.

The other is the most real identity, our agent, "cuckoo".

Li Lixing, the director of the station chief of No. 76, and Ye Xingcheng, the head of the intelligence department, constantly tested Fang Jiashu, and in the face of pervasive danger, Fang Jiashu was walking on thin ice.

It just so happened that at this time, Tao Yuling, his childhood bride and also an underground worker of our party, broke into his life with two children.

In order to cover Fang Jiashu, they began to pretend to be a family.

Obviously, this is exactly the "Lurking" + "Cliff" mode of the classic of domestic spy warfare.

Fang Jiashu is equivalent to Yu Zecheng + Zhou Yi.

And Tao Yuling's character combines Cuiping and Gu Qiuyan.

In the end, this "cuckoo" lurking inside the enemy persisted to the end, skillfully transmitting a lot of intelligence to our side, and made great contributions to the final victory of the War of Resistance.

I know that some viewers are worried that the story is too old, but the plot of spy war dramas is actually inseparable, and the classic mode can be accepted by the audience, which has its own reason.

The point is not to use the classic story template, but to use the classic spy battle mode of "Dark Calculation" created by Liu Yunlong to tell a good story like "Kite".

2. Highlights: spy war + action + suspense burns the brain, and the taste of spy war dramas comes up

The biggest advantage of the classic spy war mode is that the main creator does not need to play virtual, and the audience knows each other's roots, and directly goes to the core of the spy war drama.

What spy fans want is the classic three flavors:

First, classic spy war stories, classic spy war refreshing.

The coolness of spy warfare in "Lurkers" lies in the collection of elements of classic spy war dramas.

The undercover story that the audience loves to watch, the classic fake couple mode, the thrilling battle of wits bridges, and the characters with different intentions, multiple games of positive and negative sides. There is no shortage of them.

Looking at the materials, the atmosphere, soundtrack, lens language and costume required for spy war dramas are all online.

There is no excessive emphasis on cooler filters like "Infernal", but more emphasis on the reality and texture needed for spy war dramas.

This tastes right.

The second layer of coolness is the most intuitive picture impact, that is, the action scenes in spy war dramas.

In the trailer, the proportion of action scenes is not low.

There are ambushes and shootouts during capture, and people watching are terrified.

There were a series of explosions, and the adrenaline of the audience was also raised.

Of course, there is also the action scene facing Gang, watching Wan Qian the guy suddenly in the play, you can feel the fierce confrontation between the positive and negative sides.

The third layer of refreshment, in the classic suspense and brain-burning atmosphere of spy war dramas.

The biggest plus of spy war dramas is always the brilliant level of resourcefulness; A good spy war drama, wonderful intelligent attack and defense is the biggest cool point.

In "Lurking", the husband and wife work together to break down one obstacle after another, and in "Cliff", Zhou Yi walks on the edge of the razor again and again, and the main hit is a 36 plan.

And in "Lurker", accompanied by Wu Xiaoliang's sentence "No matter who is the cuckoo, I will be the first to kill him" and Wan Qian's sentence "If you are, I will kill you with my own hands", the audience was dragged into the spy war storm.

3, the main creator: Gao Han + Yu Fei, this can be regarded as the top match of domestic spy war dramas

The screenwriter and director of "Lurkers" are not general.

screenwriter Yu Fei, representative works include the "Six Groups of Serious Cases" series, "The Eternal Airwaves", etc., and the "Circuit Inspection Group" starring Yu Hewei in 2020 is also his work.

Although he does not have many spy war drama works, war themes and era themes are his best plays, such as "Crossing the Yalu River" with a Douban score of 8.4.

If Yu Fei can come up with this level again this time, the script will definitely not be wrong.

Gao Han is a Mesozoic director who has risen in recent years.

He has participated in military dramas such as "My Brother is Called Shunyo" and "Killing the Tiger's Mouth", and has also filmed recent blockbusters such as "Qing Yu Nian".

Gao Han's directorial style is not fond of playing fiction, and he is not good at endless emotional dramas of male and female protagonists, that is, rigidity, strong rhythm, and strong suspense.

Such a directorial style, shooting spy war idol dramas starring top students, he really can't, but to make a real traditional spy war drama, I think he is very suitable.

4, starring: Huang Xiaoming + Jiang Xin, and 5 powerful people to help, the acting skills are enough

"Lurker" starring Huang Xiaoming , Jiang Xin, the main supporting roles are Wan Qian, Wu Xiaoliang, Wang Zhifei, Feng Hui, Li Nian and so on.

There are no traffic stars, all of them can act.

The first one, Huang Xiaoming

I know that some viewers will question Huang Xiaoming's acting in spy war dramas.

But the negative impression of the audience actually lies in the fact that Huang Xiaoming's acting skills over the years have been erratic.

But one thing to say, Huang Xiaoming's hegemonic performance basically appeared in urban idol dramas.

And once he returns to costume dramas such as "Dahan Tianzi" and "Langya List 2", period dramas such as "Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red", and firefighting blockbusters such as "Heroes of Fire", his performance has actually been online.

In terms of spy war genre, everyone should remember the most classic domestic spy war blockbuster, "The Wind".

Huang Xiaoming's sneeze in the film, as well as many rivalry scenes between him and the top domestic acting schools, it must be said that Huang Xiaoming's performance in the film did not show timidity.

It can be said that as long as Huang Xiaoming's performance can be performed, there is almost no possibility of overturning, and judging from the trailer, Huang Xiaoming's performance is very stable.

Especially in a life and death moment confrontation with Jiang Xin, Fang Jiashu was seriously injured, holding Tao Yuling to endure pain, scarlet eyes, trembling state, all of which vividly interpreted the character's sense of conviction.

I think that just with this scene, it is worth letting the audience who question his acting skills give "Cuckoo" a chance.

The second place, Jiang Xin

Jiang Xin played Jiang Wan'er in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" when she was young, and Mu Wanqing in Hu Jun's version of "Dragon Babu".

After Concubine Hua came out of the circle with "The Legend of Zhen Huan", there was Fan Shengmei of "Ode to Joy", and her classic role in recent years was Tian Yulan in "Xiaoshede".

If it is said that it may be luck to create a classic character, then it is obviously not luck that the classic characters of one Chinese drama after another are shaped by her.

Jiang Xin has acting skills.

"Lurker" is not Jiang Xin's first time acting in the theme of the War of Resistance, she has acted in dramas such as "Border City" and "Sparrow Spring" in the past.

In "Merit", she also has experience playing a rural woman.

So she plays the female protagonist Tao Yuling who covers the male protagonist with two children, which is appropriate.

"Cliff" and "Lurking" both have a small drawback, that is, the female protagonist is not experienced enough and loves to rush hard, often dragging the male protagonist back, but Jiang Xin does not look like a dragging character, I hope her role can make up for this small shortcoming of classic spy warfare.

There is a scene in the trailer where the character has an emotional breakdown hiding in the arms of the male protagonist and crying, Jiang Xin's explosive power is full, I think this character is very likely to help Jiang Xin, who has been silent for several years, to return to the peak.

Next is the fierce supporting cast.

Third place, Wan Qian

How earthy Jiang Xin's role is, how foreign is Su Yalu she plays.

Although she is not playing the heroine, Wan Qian is likely to shine again with the role of this female spy.

The first is that the characters are too beautiful.

Clean and neat big back, suit and leather gloves, clean dress + unique style, although it is a cold-eyed beauty, but it is beautiful.

Then there's the role fit.

The disadvantage of Wan Qian's acting skills is that playing positive roles is always a little flat, but once she is asked to play such a villain in "Kyushu Muyun", the role immediately shines.

In recent years, Wan Qian has acted in "New World", "County Party Committee Compound", "Crowds", "Thousands of Miles Home", etc., the quality of the works is quite stable, but the acting skills are not vivid.

I think "Lurkers" will be her best performance in recent years, we'll see.

The fourth place, Wang Zhifei

Wang Zhifei's acting skills need no words.

Many people know him by watching "Black Storm", and think that he is only good at villains.

In fact, his line skills are extremely solid, his acting skills are rich and changeable, and he can control various roles.

Play a positive role, can play the Daliang merchant martingale in "The Great Qin Empire", play the villain, and can play Chen Junwei in "Silent Witness".

In his play, it is not the audience that should be worried, but the protagonist, because if he does not get it right, he may be suppressed by his aura.

This time his role is the launch of Jiang Xin's role, and he is a warm character like a father.

But in the end, he was arrested, heroically and unyieldingly.

And the cosplayer who tortured him happened to be his old acquaintance in "Black Storm" -

The fifth place, Wu Xiaoliang

In the recent "Huan Yan", the audience saw this face again.

And what this low-key powerhouse is best at is also changing faces.

I believe that many audiences still can't see Cao Poyan in "Chang'an Twelve Hours" and Sun Xing in "Sweeping Black Storm", without looking at the cast list, it's hard to believe that this is played by the same actor.

Wu Xiaoliang does have a villain face, just played a good guy in "Huan Yan", and is going back to "Lurker" to play the head of the secret service.

In the scene of torturing Wang Zhifei, a whole vicious and vicious face almost rushed off the screen, and the evil expression that said that he wanted to catch the cuckoo was simply chilling.

Wu Xiaoliang has the rare old and spicy acting skills of this young actor, he may not always be popular, but every role is certainly resounding.

Sixth place, Feng Hui

The role of Li Lixing, played by this acting school, is about equal to the webmaster in "Lurking" and Gao Bin in "Cliff".

I think this is the best opportunity for this noon sun "royal actor" to come out of the circle.

The most powerful thing about Feng Hui is that the drama road is extremely wide, from the emperor down to the peasantry, and it is suitable for both good and evil, in this play he has a cheeky face, in fact, sinister and cunning, biting the "cuckoo" and not letting go, and even seeing through his husband and wife disguise.

If Feng Hui in this drama creates the best villain boss in recent years, I will not be surprised at all.

Seventh, Li Nian

After catching fire with the corner of seaweed in "Snail House", Li Nian once got married and had children.

Li Nian, who came back, starred in mostly supporting roles.

But whether it is Zhu Li in "It's Good" or Xu Zhihu in "Knife in the Snow", both acting skills are online.

With her acting skills, it's a pity that she can't play a role.

This time she played Zhu Yu, seems to be the villain camp, and Li Lixing is hot, but it doesn't seem to be that simple, the supporting role of spy war dramas is very acting, I hope Li Nian will seize this opportunity.

5. Break the game: Can spy war dramas still work? Look at this game

After "Dark Calculation", the "spy war drama" has roughly gone through three stages, starting from Liu Yunlong and ending with Liu Yunlong stage.

In the first stage, the domestic spy war dark horse "Dark Calculation" in 2006 was a hit, and for the first time in the industry, it was discovered that there was such a good thing as spy war dramas.

Jiang Wei, Liu Jiang, Liu Jin and other directors entered the game one after another and began to ponder the script.

In the second stage, Jiang Wei's "Lurking" exploded.

Spy war dramas have entered the peak period, Liu Jiang's "Before Dawn", Liu Jin's "Cliff", Noon Sun's "Pretender" and so on have been launched one after another, and the powerful have entered the game, and top actors such as Zhang Jiayi have become gods with their spy war drama acting skills.

The third stage is after "Kite".

The performance of domestic spy war dramas is weakening day by day.

Volume, falling off a cliff.

Word of mouth, in the past three years, only two spy war dramas, "Opponent" and "Fengqi Longxi", have reached 8 points, and they are not classic Republican spy war dramas.

There is not a single traditional spy war drama that is equal to high reputation and high ratings.

The more so, the more the audience misses Liu Yunlong, the king of spy warfare in "Dark Calculation" and "Kite", but if the spy war drama wants to break the game, it can't wait for Liu Yunlong.

Liu Yunlong is here, he will definitely create another classic, he is not there, and the spy war drama has to rely on himself.

But what is missing in domestic spy wars in recent years?

Lack of money? "Infernal" has hundreds of millions of investments.

Lack of actors? Jin Dong, Wang Zhiwen, Zhang Zhijian, Wu Yue and other acting schools have participated in spy war dramas in recent years.

Lack of audience? Even more impossible, the audience of spy war dramas is simply waiting to be fed.

On the contrary, I think that the spy war dramas in recent years lack a spirit of spy war dramas.

In particular, the spy war drama of the Republic of China contains the blood of revolutionaries.

For example, in "The Voice of the Wind", after Gu Xiaomeng's final sacrifice, Zhang Hanyu's monologue in that memory, "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid that the people I love don't know why I died." ”

"The enemy will not understand that the old ghost and the old gun are not individuals, but a spirit, a faith."

When I think about it today, I still get goosebumps.

Also, the "old six" Zheng Yaoxian in "Kite".

In his old age, he was riddled with diseases, with gunshot wounds from war, and from farm fatigue ...

But to die in Beijing, he feels happy, because here, closest to his only last wish:

Go to Tiananmen Square and see the national flag raising with your own eyes.

The reason why these excellent spy war dramas are good is not only because of the wonderful story and suspense, but also because of the blood in the bones of the people who interpret the story.

The poster of "Lurker" has eight words: "Cuckoo cries blood, drink ice and move forward".

"Cuckoo" is the code name of the protagonist undercover, there is something in this character, it depends on whether Huang Xiaoming can perform this spirit of the character.

Can "Lurker" become another spy classic after "Kite"?

I would like to use the lines in the play to wish for the domestic spy war: "I really hope that the good days will come soon" and "It will come, this day will definitely come." ”

10,000 years is too long, I hope this day, just in July.