From childhood to adulthood, I don't know how many European and American agent movies have been watched, such as 007 flying cornices walking on the wall parkour, Tom driving a luxury car to play handsome scenes are also seen too much, but the real agents are by no means so relaxed and happy to work. Especially in our country, the NSA is forever shrouded in mystery in the eyes of many people.
Recently, a national security-themed TV series has finally started. The new national security anti-espionage urban drama "Agent Mission" was launched on iQiyi, Oriental Satellite TV and Beijing Satellite TV, directed by Zhao Baogang, starring Han Geng, Wei Daxun, Li Yitong, Zhou Fang, to tell the truth, this lineup alone has made people's expectations directly full.
If young viewers are a little unfamiliar with the name Zhao Baogang, then ask your parents or your brother and sister how TV series such as "Longing", "The Story of the Editorial Office", "Struggle", "Marriage Defense War" and "Old Age" became popular in the empty alleys back then.
As a national-level academic director, I boldly open the microphone: the three words "Zhao Baogang" themselves are often the guarantee of the quality of the work.
It is precisely because of this that as soon as the show was broadcast, it quickly topped the popularity list of iQiyi:
A major feature of this drama is that as long as you click on, you can't stop at all:
It opens with a long tense spy tracking scene, without too many lines, and with the tense drumbeat, we and the NSA track the spy all the way from the library to the airport, to the hospital, to the rainy street, the immersion is too strong.
I have to say that Gao Tianyang, the head of the investigation section played by Han Geng, was oppressive as soon as he appeared, and he easily swindled the information he wanted, which can be described as experienced.
As the captured spy is confessed, the plot moves forward, and we also recognize this mysterious spy organization Night Mist, and their game "Agent Mission" also surfaces.
The game runs on the dark web, creating a virtual world of agents, and the spy organization game has a "Ace Agent" challenge mechanic, and players who successfully challenge and eventually become "Ace Agent" will win a huge prize, and these key players are also potential spies cultivated by foreign forces.
The spy also confessed that his upper line was an ace spy codenamed "Professor". Correspondingly, the NSA will also enter this game, investigating espionage cases in the virtual world and tracking down "professors".
I have to say that when I entered this cyberpunk game world, I felt the same shock as when I watched "Ready Player One". Who would have thought that this game + national security theme drama would be so creative and the production level could be so high.
As a veteran of the game, I think the entire game world of "Agent Mission" of this show is also built carefully enough, gorgeous exteriors, neon lights, punk dressup, everything is too right, it can be seen that the production team really wants to make a "real" game.
If in reality, Gao Tianyang is the chief of the investigation section with outstanding business ability, then in the game world, he may be pure Xiaobai. Instead, his younger brother Huang Zicheng (played by Wei Daxun), addicted to "Agent Mission", is already an old player.
The two brothers, on the one hand, are incarnated as punk agents investigating in the virtual world, and on the other hand, the real National Security Bureau investigates the case, with a two-line narrative, exciting and good-looking.
As the plot continues to advance in the game and reality, the most thoughtful thing is:
Is the world in the game really virtual?
In the latest plot, Huang Zicheng received an agent mission in the game, asking him to go to a real hotel and copy ten photos of an NPC named Dr. F on a USB flash drive, which seems to be a very simple task.
But as he entered the hotel to copy Dr. F's things, he stumbled upon these photos that Dr. F and his father were photographed. Huang Zicheng immediately realized that this was not an NPC in the game, but a real person. Through investigation, it was learned that Dr. Feng is a real-life leader in gene technology.
At this time, Huang Zicheng found that there was a problem with the USB flash drive given by Party A. He almost lost his hatred for thousands of years and helped foreign forces steal state secrets.
This is the most real counterintelligence struggle, the enemy is more cunning than us, and if you don't pay attention, you will be used by them.
When the virtual and the real blend, can you really tell which is reality and which is the game?
Who would have thought that such a high production standard would be shot under extremely difficult conditions.
In November 2021, "Agent Mission" was low-key in Shenzhen, in order to achieve the best effect, the crew traveled to many places and went through winter and spring, overcoming the difficulties of the epidemic on the way, and finally completed it successfully for 149 days of difficult shooting, which is the crew's spirit of responsibility to the audience and the extension of the national security spirit outside the play.
At the same time, a large number of young actors are used in this play, and Baogang directs speech plays without tire. Wei Daxun said in the interview that he was very grateful to Director Zhao for making him experience excellence.
As a director with countless classic works, Director Zhao still has the courage to step out of the comfort zone and challenge young elements, while completing it so high, just like the Douban comment area sighed——
"Baogang, you are so wet that I am afraid."
The dual stimulation of game sense + national security, cyberworld and realistic counter-espionage action, such a well-made, compact TV series, it is really difficult to think about it. Take advantage of the broadcast, hurry up and catch up!