Recently, the spy war drama market, which has been sluggish for many years, suddenly ushered in a hit. Produced by Cao Qianqian, starring An Zehao, and directed by Mu Long, the ratings of the TV series "Dark War" (except CCTV) have jumped to the first place on the whole list, and it is still soaring. However, it is worth thinking about that this hit was actually broadcast on the national terrestrial channel in 2017, although there was no sign of explosion at that time, but the results were already very good, and it won the ratings championship in many places.
As of June 22, it was finally approved after strict review by the General Administration, and Jiangxi Satellite TV and Henan Satellite TV were on the prime time. According to the data monitoring of Kuyun EYE TV series, the ratings of the first broadcast rushed to 0.3, squeezing into the top three of satellite TV, second only to Hunan Satellite TV and Dragon TV, and the first in the ratings list (except CCTV).
Why did spy war dramas become popular?
This has to talk about the market status of spy war dramas in recent years. It turned out that after "Secret Calculation", "Latent", "Cliff" and other works became popular, the painting style of the entire industry suddenly turned impetuous and urgent, on the surface, it was to renew the idea, seek "new" and "change", but in fact, it was to replace high IQ with high appearance, highlight emotional elements, and weaken the plot itself, such as "The Pretender", "Sparrow", "Rouge" and other works, the ratings are really good, and they have indeed led the upsurge of idolized spy war dramas. However, there is a flaw in this, because neither the script nor the acting skills of traffic stars can withstand scrutiny. Therefore, everything is like a false prosperity, and after a short period of excitement, it is bound to fall back to dust.
It wasn't until the appearance of "Dark War" that the signs of the revival of spy war dramas really appeared.
First of all, in terms of plot, "Dark War" does not set the background of the era in the anti-Japanese period like other spy war dramas, but finds another way to place the story in the sensitive early stage of the victory of the Liberation War. At this time, the vested victory was not a complete victory, and the Kuomintang left two forces before withdrawing from the mainland, and they were ready to move in Linjiang City, ready to wait for an opportunity to steal the funds and engine drawings of the Jiuzhou Machinery Factory......
In the first two episodes, there are many clues and contradictions, as well as a big scene with full firepower, which vividly interprets the undercurrents and crises in the era of peace. and added a lot of reversal bridges, fast rhythm, dense highlights, IQ online, crazy crushing the plot of similar dramas.
Secondly, in the selection of actors, director Mu Long did not use traffic stars, but invited An Zehao and Qiu Xinzhi to serve as the double male leads, and Wang Kuirong and Li Xiuxian to play supporting roles. Wang Kuirong, who has always shown himself as "always righteous, sometimes evil, loyal and traitorous", has perfected his acting skills, and An Zehao, who can do no less than inferiorly play with him, really makes the director happy.
An Zehao has been participating in film and television works since he was 16 years old. Whether it was "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" directed by Zhang Yimou back then, or "Red Alert" with Wu Ruofu, or the popular idol drama "True Confession" and "Summer Love Quotations", he had an excellent performance. It is worth mentioning that An Zehao mostly appeared as villains in the past, but in this film, he rarely played a calm and experienced new Chinese soldier - Lin Xiaohai, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.
Under the creation of director Mu Long, the whole work is full of ups and downs, spy shadows, and every character is lifelike. The plot goes from personal future to national destiny, from one's own life and death to national interests, step by step, stable and radical, with both a sense of suspense and a lively commercial element.
"Dark War" is another successful cooperation between actor An Zehao and producer Cao Qianqian after the success of the movie "Hello, Beijing", and the success of "Dark War" has also jumped out of the traditional creation of the drama mode, perhaps this is also the inspiration brought to the sluggish spy war drama market: the sincerity of the script and the acting skills of the actors are enough to support the absolute foundation of a good drama. The director completely skipped the money-burning link of traffic and created such a work of conscience. So, pay tribute to "Dark War".