The popularity of the premiere soared, and the 47-year-old Ruby Lin once again came out of the circle with her acting skills, how powerful this woman is

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After "The Long Season", another "Under the Prosperous City" was launched in the domestic suspense drama market.

Although it is a suspenseful costume, the interlocking storyline and the treacherous truth all lead the audience into the play step by step.

And "Under the Prosperous City" did not disappoint everyone, winning a high rating of 8.5 in one fell swoop.

Whether it is the actor Bai Yufan or Ning Li, their performances have helped this work win a high reputation. It can be said that high-quality scripts and actors are the two key factors that are indispensable for a hit.

At present, this drama has ended, I thought that after watching such a high-quality work, I would fall into a drama shortage for a long time, but I didn't expect "Imitation Criminal" to be broadcast, and 10 episodes of the plot were released in one go, and the popularity of the premiere soared, beating the CCTV drama "Ding Baozhen".

Although this work has been launched on Netflix earlier, it is still a new work for many audiences, and this time it will be broadcast on major video platforms, and fans of suspense dramas finally have a drama to chase!

First, the reversal is constant, and the suspense is full

This drama tells the story of a series of homicides in Taiwan, China in the 1990s, combining the case with the media chaos. Although the play is adapted from the mystery novel of the same name by a Japanese author, the localized adaptation is very good, from the plot to the characters, it can make the audience feel very immersed.

The biggest difference between this drama and previous suspense dramas is that when you see the finale, you will not be shocked by the true identity of the murderer, but can't help but think about what kind of mentality the people who are instigating behind the murderer, and what is the difference between them and the murderer?

The first large-scale shot in the play is a severed female arm in the park, the bright red nails are very eye-catching, whether the murderer puts the severed palm in a red gift box after breaking the body, or throws it in a crowded park, it looks very unusual.

And this is precisely the difference between the murderer in the play and the suspect in the previous suspense dramas, he is more like deliberately attracting the attention of others. Every time he made a murder notice and recorded the video and sent it to the TV station, it also shows that for the murderer, the crime is like a show, and the bigger the public opinion, the more excited he is.

Just when the play threw out the first layer of suspense, leaving the audience to guess who the murderer was, the police confirmed the identity of the murderer, but soon the murderer rushed off the cliff.

Such a start is no longer according to common sense, and the next serial murder case throws out the second layer of suspense, why did the murderer only choose women, and why was the method so cruel? And what kind of grievances does prosecutor Guo Xiaoqi have with the murderer, which has always hung everyone's appetite.

In the process of guessing the real murderer, this drama also threw out another big suspense, that is, under the stimulation of the murderer one after another, Guo Xiaoqi, who had publicly stated that he would definitely catch the murderer, would release the evil in his heart as the murderer said.

Until the finale, all the truth was revealed, which not only made everyone see the complexity of human nature, but also had to sigh at the role of prosecutor Guo Xiaoqi created in this drama, how complex and three-dimensional the character image is.

What's even more exciting is the idea of the film, the towering title, the exaggerated story, the people's reaction and other realistic Internet phenomena, which fully show the current environment we live in, and it doesn't matter what the truth is, when people see social issues as a kind of entertainment, it is often the most terrifying.

It can be said that "Imitation" is not just a simple suspense drama, it makes us keep thinking, who is the copycat imitator?

Second, the duel between the two male protagonists is wonderful, and Ruby Lin's acting skills exploded

With such a confusing but down-to-earth story setting, "The Imitation Criminal" seems to be halfway there, and what is even more surprising is that the performance of the actors in this drama far exceeds expectations.

Speaking of Wu Kangren, I believe that many viewers' impression of him is still stuck in "The Beginning of the Lights", and the strong contrast between men and women directly allows everyone to see Wu Kangren's plasticity.

But compared with this alternative role, Wu Kangren is obviously better at a calm, rational, but complex character image like the prosecutor Guo Xiaoqi in "Imitation Criminal".

The drama can be called an explosion of acting, is a series of reactions when he learns that his girlfriend has been killed, he can't believe it at first, to shaking his hands to open the white cloth covered with blood and crying bitterly, which is enough to make people feel how painful he is.

But then he collected his uncontrollable emotions, raised his head and scanned his surroundings, his body staggered and unsteady, but there was a determination to catch the murderer and hatred for the murderer in his eyes.

I have to say that Wu Kangren's acting skills are very amazing, and in the finale, the rivalry with Yao Chunyao, the actor who played the murderer, was even more exciting.

Yao Chunyao vividly portrays a paranoid who tries to attract the attention of the public, he looks at Guo Xiaoqi fiercely, but gradually collapses because he can't see fear in the other party's eyes, and roars uncontrollably at the camera.

And Guo Xiaoqi, played by Wu Kangren, looked at each other coldly and slightly sympathetically, without hatred, in his eyes, the murderer was pitiful and pathetic, even if there was no line, Wu Kangren could accurately express this emotion.

In addition to the two male protagonists, the most eye-catching acting skills are Ruby Lin, after "The Beginning of the Lights", the 47-year-old Ruby Lin once again came out of the circle with her acting skills, allowing everyone to see how powerful this woman is.

Yao Yaci, played by Ruby Lin in the play, is a mean and indifferent host at the beginning, without any human touch, only performance in his eyes.

But with the development of the plot, the characteristics of Yao Yaci's knife-mouthed tofu heart are revealed, as well as her brave and courageous side when facing the murderer.

When they confronted the murderer, Ruby Lin's acting skills were explosive, knowing that she was killed, she was already calm, but when she saw the call from her son, she panicked instantly, begging the murderer not to answer, her eyes were full of a mother's worry that her son could not rest assured.

However, the murderer did not mean to let him go, the more Yao Yaci begged for mercy, the more rampant the murderer became, so she took advantage of the last opportunity to sarcastically mock the murderer, successfully angered the other party, and tore off the murderer's disguise.

Ruby Lin went from staring at each other viciously to showing a terrifying smile when she was completely relaxed, which can be described as extremely impactful, fully interpreting the image of a fearless woman.

Even if Ruby Lin's state under the camera is not perfect, her acting skills make people unable to find faults, which is the level that a real powerful actor should have.

I don't know if you were shocked by Ruby Lin's acting skills? Is this suspense drama with both scale and topic your thing?