"The Chaser" premieres! Led by Feng Bing, Yan Danchen and Xu Baihui helped, the anti-special drama is about to explode
This long-lost trump card of the national drama has finally appeared again.
Spy war dramas have always been the most preferred genre of domestic audiences.
But in fact, spy war dramas can be subdivided into two categories: one is that frontal characters break into the enemy camp and lurk undercover, from the classic "Dark Calculation", "Lurking", "Before Dawn", "Kite" to "Infernal" and "Lurker" launched this year.
But there is also a genre of detecting villains to break into our lurking undercover, which is usually called anti-special drama.
From 2002's "The Oath is Silent" -
By 2008, Sun Honglei's "Landing, Please Turn on Your Mobile Phone", this genre is full of light and dark wisdom fighting, watching people can't stop, many big dramas, one after another.
But in the past ten years, there are only a handful of excellent anti-special dramas, in addition to "In the Silence" directed by Yan Jiangang and starring Hu Jun and Zuo Xiaoqing,
Last year, "Rivals" led by Guo Jingfei and Tan Zhuo was well received, and most of the rest were silent.
When spy war dramas have repeatedly lost battles, anti-special dramas have gradually become a genre that gradually disappears.
Is the anti-special drama really saying goodbye to the audience?
"Lao Mo" shot.
On August 23, that is, at 12 noon today, an anti-special suspense drama "The Chaser" that brings together Feng Bing, Yan Danchen, Xu Baihui, Jiang Chao and other powerful parties will be unveiled on Youku, Tencent Video and iQiyi.
Noon broadcast? Because of its type, it is an anti-special suspense type network mini-drama, which is suitable for lunch and dinner.
Isn't the long drama not strong enough? I want to say that perhaps, Goose Factory is in the next big banner, from Zhao Benshan's "The Legend of Que Daomen" to today's "The Chaser", micro-short dramas, or perhaps quietly rising in this era of short videos.
And the first to knock on the door of the mini-drama is the anti-special drama, which is both a long-lost genre that worries the audience.
The drama has been selected into the "Network Audiovisual Excellence Project" of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the quality of the drama has been sealed.
But at a time when traditional spy war dramas are in a word-of-mouth dilemma, can anti-special dramas open up a new path for spy war dramas?
Then let's see what is the difference between this drama and other spy war dramas.
1. Story: Catch the secret agent, catch the "inner ghost", and the taste of the anti-special drama comes out
The title of the play "The Chaser" already hints at the biggest difference between the show and traditional spy war dramas.
In traditional spy war dramas, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, and in this drama, the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light, so the stalker has become a pursuer.
The play tells the story of the establishment of a special case team to solve major cases in order to effectively crack down on the sabotage activities of the Kuomintang secret service organizations lurking in Jiangcheng, East China.
The so-called anti-special drama generally sets the tone for the entire drama at the beginning and buries the hook.
And the hook buried in "The Chaser" is a gang of Jiangyang thieves who sneaked into Jiangcheng to open secret activities, and they are the ones who want to hunt down.
The "dark war" in the play, from shallow to deep, is reflected in three layers of refreshment.
The first layer of coolness lies in the collection of classic anti-special drama elements.
At the beginning of the story, there are enemy stories that the audience loves to watch, classic fighting wisdom bridges, and characters with different intentions, and psychological games between positive and negative sides.
In addition, although it is a short drama, the soundtrack, filters, lens language, and costume required for the anti-special drama have not collapsed.
The second layer of refreshment is the most intuitive picture impact, that is, the action scenes that will appear in the anti-special drama.
In the trailer, there is a shootout at the time of capture, which is terrifying.
There were tense scenes of the public security chasing down the enemy, and there were also shocking scenes of our personnel being surrounded and blocked by the enemy.
The third layer of refreshment lies in the suspenseful and brain-burning atmosphere.
For example, in the trailer, there are mostly femme fatale agents sent by enemy specialists, as well as mysterious enemy special leaders, accompanied by the voiceover of "he is not an ordinary Jiangyang thief", the audience is dragged into the foggy anti-spy sea storm.
In the end, why did the enemy use the Jiangyang Thief Operation? What exactly are their plans?
How will the leader of the special case team played by Feng Bing complete the hunt?
Unresolved questions and characters whose identities have appeared one after another, make the plot of the play confusing, which is the taste of anti-special drama.
2. Lineup: Led by Feng Bing, with the help of many powerful people, this short drama lineup is not simple
Although it is a short drama, the lineup of "The Chaser" can completely carry a spy war long drama, which is not gorgeous, but it is a real strength.
The first one, Feng Bing.
If you are not familiar with this name, I will put it differently, Lao Mo.
Feng Bing is from the Beijing Film class, with a villain face, before the role that made him famous in the country, he has participated in "Double Detective" and "Ice Rain and Fire", all of which are suspense genres and play villains.
Until director Xu Jizhou chose Feng Bing to play the role of the killer Chen Jinmo in the TV series "Crazy", because this character is a bit complicated, the director is somewhat worried about Feng Bing.
But Feng Bing, who had read the script, quickly caught the persistence in Lao Mo, "Lao Mo himself has bad roots, but he is very simple, and he is a person who dares to love and hate. ”
As a result, everyone saw that Lao Mo, who loves to kill fish, has become one of the most outstanding supporting roles in this blockbuster drama, and it also allows the audience to see Feng Bing's true strength.
But this time, Chen Wenjun, played by Feng Bing, is absolutely a positive character.
An experienced anti-special agent who worked with his life, and from the very beginning, locked up the enemy special counter-personnel.
Find Feng Bing to act in an anti-special drama, this casting is perfect. I can't wait to see how "Old Mo" catches the spies.
The second place, Jiang Chao.
From "Li Dazui" to "Wang Kaixuan", Jiang Chao's impression to the audience is always to play a kind and joyful character.
But this image is the best disguise for the villain in the anti-special drama.
This time, he played Wen Qide, a lurking enemy element, who is a humble buyer and seller on the surface, but in fact, he has calculated everything.
Jiang Chao has always been a good actor, and I am waiting for him to hand over the performance that breaks through the past.
The third place, Yan Danchen.
From "Flower Season and Rainy Season" and "Baolian Lantern" all the way, national first-class actor Yan Danchen has long left a number of classic roles, especially her role as Chang'e, who is definitely the representative of the ancient costume beauty of the Chinese drama.
This time, Jiang Yuting, played by her, is still suspense whether she is the enemy or the personnel of our side who broke into the enemy.
Yan Danchen's performance is worth looking forward to.
The fourth place, Xu Baihui.
Suddenly mentioned Xu Baihui, the audience who is not familiar with her is estimated to remember her appearance.
However, as long as I mention the role she has played, everyone has a picture in their minds - Yu Hong in "The World",
After the success of this role, this actress with good looks and acting skills has opened up her drama, from the CCTV drama "The Man by the Canal" to the martial arts drama "Lotus Tower".
The types of dramas she participated in this time have more anti-special dramas, and I hope she will surprise the audience again.
The fifth place, Ma Yujie.
From "Icebreaker Action" to "Infernal", this handsome actress has become a familiar face of spy warfare and suspense genres.
This time, she played Huang Ruoju seems to be harmless to humans and animals, but it may be the role of enemy agents breaking into our side, and the beautiful female spy has always been a very dramatic role, I hope she grasps the opportunity.
3. Can the anti-special suspense short drama break through successfully? I hope this drama can be a sample
To be honest, "The Chaser" has created an anti-special suspense mini-drama with the lineup of spy war long dramas, obviously with great ambition.
It can even be said that it is a challenge to the audience's appreciation habits.
That is, whether the audience can enjoy an anti-special type of short drama in such a short time at noon, there are no comers in the past, everything is unknown.
But interesting and interesting here.
Compared with the mature spy war drama, "The Chaser" completes the upgrade and transformation of traditional spy warfare in a completely new way.
First of all, "The Chaser" does not have a single thing as the main line, but uses the square character played by Feng Bing and the negative character composed of the enemy to unfold the narrative at the same time.
In addition, in traditional spy war dramas, directors tend to pour their energy into "suspense" and overemphasize reversal.
But if the plot is not strong and the audience's thinking cannot keep up with the rhythm of the clues, it will be tasteless.
But "The Chaser" is different, because of the limited space, so the style of the series is also shorter and more concise, highlighting the fusion of various types of elements: spy warfare, suspense, anti-special, action, both.
In the end, can this anti-special drama bring the genre of "anti-special" back to the audience's field of vision, and even reproduce the glory of "spy war"? Today, we'll see the difference.