After watching "Ice Hunting", I found that if Zhang Songwen's acting skills pull his hips a little, he can't suppress this group of powerful factions
Zhang Songwen and Yao Anna's "Ice Hunting" exploded.
The second in the ratings of feature films on the whole network, the first in the ratings of online dramas, the first to be broadcast, with a pre-scheduled volume of more than 1 million, and it has gained countless attention as soon as it is launched, which is the charm of Zhang Songwen.
In fact, after the fire in "Hurricane", Zhang Songwen avoided the edge for a while.
He has no news, and there are almost no new works, and he has not been seen on the big and small screens for a long time, so this "Ice Hunting" is like meeting an old friend and going on a late date for the audience.
"Ice Hunting" is a two-way rush between the audience and Zhang Songwen, and it is also an important test for Huawei's princess Yao Anna.
Can the old drama bones and small flowers be successful?
Can Zhang Songwen still create the popularity and miracle of "Hurricane"?
Tomato Jun will take you to inspect the goods.
1, digging pits and burying wires, the rhythm is super fast, the movie texture, and the criminal investigation drama is another hit
Gao Qunshu's criminal investigation dramas have always been "realistic" to win the world, but as an online drama with only 18 episodes, rhythm is the most important.
It is also a great test for Gao Qunshu to be natural, to have the right priorities, to maintain the appeal to the audience, and to balance commercial elements and artistic expression.
But this time, "Ice Hunting" must have been made in terms of production.
At the beginning, there are three big pits, buried with three dark lines, under the leadership of the super fast pace, people are thrilled to watch, and goosebumps are scattered all over the ground.
The first big pit is a brother against each other.
The whole play uses flashbacks, and at the beginning, Huang Zongwei played by Zhang Songwen and Adong played by Han Geng are already in foreign drug production bases.
Ah Dong told Huang Zongwei that his wife and three children had been kidnapped.
After learning that his family had an accident, Huang Zongwei was emotional and wanted to return to China as soon as possible, but Ah Dong felt that this was a pit, a trap specially set for Huang Zongwei.
After being forcibly controlled, Huang Zongwei suddenly realized that he was just Adong's money-making tool, and his usual brotherhood was nothing in front of interests.
The two fought and exchanged guns, and the first big hole of "brotherhood breakdown" was dug down.
Gao Qunshu also successfully buried the first dark line: who kidnapped Huang Zongwei's family and lured him back to China, did he want to get his drug dealers, or the police's strategy to arrest him?
The second big pit is the "cat and mouse game".
The drug trafficking den found by the police is in Renmei Village.
This village, the terrain is complicated, there are many secret passages, even if a large amount of police force is invested, it is not easy to catch, so they set a plan, a female policeman pretended to be a drug addict, found the specific location of the den during the purchase process, and then sent a signal to arrest people.
Zhao Younan, played by Yao Anna, appeared because of this.
When she was training, she had short hair and was handsome, but when she was transformed, she became a long-legged spiritual little girl with yellow hair and black silk in tennis stockings.
Yao Anna's appearance shows that the main creator has done the work.
In the documentary show, the spiritual little girl with a history of drug abuse still likes this kind of dressing.
Zhao Younan, who got the address and walked into the drug dealer's den, secretly planned the plan in his heart, but the drug dealer opened his eyes and wanted to "check" her at every turn.
Zhao Younan was originally going to pretend to be invincible and then capture, but after kicking him, the drug dealer fled, and the first "cat and mouse game" began in the labyrinthine road of Renmei Village.
Through investigation, Zhao Younan discovered signs of Huang Zongwei's drug production.
And Huang Zongwei, who realized that something was wrong, had already let his channel businessman He Hongzhang kill people.
Two shots and two lives, the clues were cut off, and Zhao Younan and his party followed the clues of the guns in the process, Huang Zongwei had already taken his family to drive away from home.
Although the two sides passed by when they were arrested, it was difficult to escape this time and catch Huang Zongwei again.
Zhao Younan and Huang Zongwei will eventually have a fight, but in what way and through what kind of accident will the two meet? This is the second big hole dug by the director.
Huang Zongwei's escape and Zhao Younan's passing by are also the second dark line at the beginning of "Ice Hunting".
The third big pit is 1 ton of poison.
He Hongzhang, who was like a frightened bird, was still trafficking drugs in the territory and did not listen to Huang Zongwei's words.
His actions violated the interests of local drug dealer Chen Jianchang.
A simple beauty plan made He Hongzhang arrested, and at the dinner table, the two became friends in a second and talked about business.
Chen Jianchang asked for goods, He Hongzhang sold goods, and the two hit it off.
Even so, when He Hongzhang heard the amount that Chen Jianchang wanted, he was also surprised: 1,000 kilograms, that is, 1 ton.
1 ton is enough to sentence countless death sentences, but in He Hongzhang's eyes, this is a great benefit.
He called Huang Zongwei, and when he heard this number, Huang Zongwei, who was on the run, also hesitated.
Whether Huang Zongwei will choose to stay and finish this business, or still choose to escape abroad, the director dug another hole.
And the production and delivery of a ton of poison, as well as the rooster and dog thieves of Huang Zongwei, He Hongzhang and Chen Jianchang, will become the third dark line of "Ice Hunting".
At first glance, "Ice Hunting" has a cinematic texture, this drama has a standard color palette and skillful camera movement, especially the shot in Renmei Village, the perfect combination of overhead shots, handheld and upward shots, showing an unprecedented sense of urgency.
In terms of the sense of age, the main creator has also achieved the roughness and fineness, from the 28th outline to "Advanced Organic Chemistry", from the epaulettes of police uniforms to coastal towns, revealing the roughness of the 70s of the last century.
The texture and story are combined, full of immersion, judging from the few episodes released so far, "Ice Hunting" undoubtedly has the potential to be a hit.
2, Zhang Songwen's acting skills are gods,
Zhou Yunpeng
The drama is excellent, and Yao Anna has surprises and highlights
Huang Zongwei in "Ice Hunting" and Gao Qiqiang in "Hurricane" actually have something in common.
Both of them are underworld bosses, both control huge businesses, both are happy and angry, and both are good at arming themselves with knowledge.
But if you look closely, the two are different.
Gao Qiqiang in "Hurricane" was forced step by step onto the road of the underworld boss, and we witnessed him grow from an honest fishmonger to the holder of the Construction Engineering Group.
But Huang Zongwei in "Ice Hunting" is different, he is a drug dealer boss when he appears, he has a "ruthless" background, and he also has both sides of gentleness and ferocity.
In "Ice Hunting", Zhang Songwen's acting skills are still superb, and he only made the role of Huang Zongwei deeply established in the hearts of the audience through a few simple scenes.
The two scenes are impressive, and these two scenes are about giving red envelopes.
The first scene was his uncle who was the supervisor of the drug factory, and his daughter was admitted to college.
Huang Zongwei is like a relative and junior, when settling the salary, he forced a red envelope into the middle uncle's hand.
The pushing and shoving between the two is very similar to the scene when we were half-pushed and half-accommodated with our elders during the Chinese New Year.
Zhang Songwen's lines are steady, and the performance is life-oriented, making this scene short for the parents and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the second scene, it was the same drug factory, and it was the same red envelope, but there was a huge difference.
Huang Zongwei wanted to run, he had to destroy the factory, and when he and Uncle Zhong burned the documents, they found a worker named Ah Wei stealing poison.
Ah Wei was frightened, but Huang Zongwei was unusual, still with that kind of friendly expression and performance, not only gave him the poison, but also asked Uncle Zhong to give him a red envelope.
After speaking, Huang Zongwei turned his head and left the factory, closed the door, and shouted and screamed outside the gate as if he was crazy, pacing back and forth, making anxious expressions and movements.
The contrast between stillness and movement is Huang Zongwei's hypocrisy, which buys people's hearts on the surface, but in fact kills people.
He leaned on the door, listening to the movement of Uncle Zhong in the factory dealing with Ah Wei, at that moment, Zhang Songwen's quiet and gentleness was no longer there, but was replaced by an unspeakable madness and anger.
The two seemingly identical scenes reveal the duality of Huang Zongwei.
This is a big drug lord who is honest and sincere on his face and ruthless behind his back, and he is also a real boss who is full of oppression, but he is easy to show no water.
These two performances have brought "Ice Hunting" to a higher level, and also given this online drama the confidence to carry the public's expectations for watching dramas.
In addition to acting, Zhang Songwen's eyes can also speak.
In today's updated plot, the look in his eyes when he looks at the little girl in the hotel can be described as "eye drawing".
Although I don't know if Huang Zongwei has true love for his family, at least at this moment, the audience believed Huang Zongwei's abusive feelings, and also saw the source of his motivation to help Xiaomei blow up the restaurant and vent her anger.
After reading these, Mr. Tomato had to sigh, worthy of Zhang Songwen.
When I watched the trailer before, when Zhang Songwen said passionately that chemistry can change the world, I felt that it seemed to be the rise of a big man.
But after watching these five episodes, thinking back on this picture, all that is left is uneasiness.
In addition to Zhang Songwen, the performances of the supporting roles in the play are also very outstanding, and what impressed Tomato Jun was Chen Jianchang played by Zhou Yunpeng.
But as long as Zhang Songwen's acting skills pull his hips a little, he can't suppress these supporting roles.
Zhou Yunpeng is a comedian who once made a name for himself in "Happy Comedian", before that, Tomato Jun couldn't have imagined that his acting skills were so good.
Chen Jianchang is a local drug dealer and is very jealous of He Hongzhang, who sells drugs on his own territory.
On the one hand, he wanted He Hongzhang's supply, and on the other hand, he was afraid that he would be robbed of his business.
When Chen Jianchang rode the 28th Outline through the streets and alleys to deliver newspapers, at first glance, he was not a simple character.
Later, he appeared in a group of small minions, although he was not tall, but his expression and aura were not a small person at first glance, he was either a drug dealer or a gangster.
The most important thing is that he used one scene to show the real state of drug dealers, making the audience believe that drug dealers are like this.
The first time he saw He Hongzhang, Chen Jianchang almost let his subordinates hack him to death for the sake of black.
But as soon as the camera turned, the two sat at the dinner table, and Chen Jianchang also took a pigeon for He Hongzhang intimately, even if He Hongzhang didn't appreciate it, he was not angry.
It turned out that his real purpose was not to kill He Hongzhang, but to find out He Hongzhang's source of goods through threats and salutes first.
Zhou Yunpeng grasped Chen Jianchang's emotional transformation very well, it was the kind of moderation that was about to explode, but he obviously felt forbearing.
Until the time "1000 kilograms" was uttered, the two drug dealers seemed to resonate in their souls.
One second you were still alive and dead, and the next second you actually drank a glass of wine.
This is what is the most important thing in the eyes of drug dealers, and the only thing in the eyes of drug traffickers is profit.
Interests can make them kill each other, and they can also make them go from enemies to friends and even relatives.
Zhou Yunpeng's performance at the dinner table has a steady rhythm, deep line skills, and seamless cooperation with He Hongzhang, which has both the oppression of drug dealers and the joyful atmosphere of the deal.
But it is precisely this deviation that is different from the real dinner that makes Chen Jianchang, a drug dealer played by Zhou Yunpeng, vivid, remembered and even liked by the audience.
Finally, a word about Yao Anna.
Yao Anna's acting skills are not bad, and some places are very outstanding.
Especially when she first appeared, because she was a data clerk, the confusion and worry in her eyes in the face of drug trafficking cases were still accurate.
The long legs and the sense of muscular strength of the spiritual little sister's outfit and kicking hard don't know how many viewers they attracted.
It's just that because he is playing with Zhang Songwen, it is inevitable to be compared, and the comparison is naturally superior.
But through "Ice Hunting", Yao Anna's future and prospects are definitely limitless.
In addition, there are many actors in the play who did not appear, such as Zhao Longhao, Bin Zi, Xue Haowen and so on.
I believe that the plot will become more and more exciting.
3, domestic criminal investigation drama, with "Ice Hunting", ushered in another outbreak of spring
The first batch of classic criminal investigation dramas were filmed from Gao Qunshu, especially "Conquest", which is still popular on the whole network.
It's just that in recent years, with the explosion of war and anti-gangsterism, the theme of "criminal investigation" has gradually disappeared.
But the emergence of "Ice Hunting" may change the status quo of criminal investigation dramas, and a new kind of criminal investigation dramas suitable for young audiences seems to be being created.
After watching "Ice Hunting", Mr. Tomato was attracted by its three characteristics, and these characteristics may become the "standard" of criminal investigation dramas in the future.
The first is high-quality production and fast-paced propulsion.
It is an indisputable fact that online dramas are filmed, and new dramas, both in terms of color grading and quality, are on par with big-screen production.
This "Ice Hunting" is like this.
Watching "Ice Hunting", there is an illusion of watching a criminal investigation movie, and this illusion comes from the excellent production team and movie texture of this show.
At the level of ensuring the texture, on the premise of not losing the story, "Ice Hunting" does not shrink, does not inject water, and advances at a fast pace, the first episode catches people, the second episode extinguishes, and the third episode runs away...... The plot is not dragged on at all, it is cool to watch and enjoyable to watch.
This kind of characteristics and style will also become a model for criminal investigation dramas in the future.
The second is full of documentary.
"Hurricane" is the growth history of the underworld boss with a strong literary atmosphere, and "Ice Hunting" is a criminal investigation record of chasing the murderer and arresting people according to the map.
From "Ice Hunting", Tomato Jun sees a kind of temperament of classical criminal investigation films, like "China Criminal Investigation No. 1 Case" and "12.1 Shooting Case".
"Ice Hunting" has a blueprint of real events, and on the basis of the adaptation, the director took care of the authenticity of the play to the greatest extent, and even experienced the feeling of an old-school police film 10 or even 20 years ago.
The classics can be reproduced, and on the basis of paying attention to quality, the new bottle of old wine, the more you drink, the more you have.
The third is a valuable villain's perspective.
After watching five episodes, most viewers should be able to find that the whole drama actually tends to unfold from Huang Zongwei's perspective.
This is a big progress, if "Hurricane" still has Gao Xin's interference, then "Ice Hunting" is Huang Zongwei's one-man show.
In most of the shots, we can see the inner emotions of the drug dealer and the root cause of why he became a drug dealer.
It is wrapped in complex human nature, and it also has the influence of society, times and original family.
Huang Zongwei is superstitious and has a strong sense of family attachment, but he is also fierce, not like a person with good life.
But people are often like this, one second worship the Buddha and be pious, and the next second they are angry and killing.
No matter what drama it is, people are the core, and with Zhang Songwen here, "Ice Hunting" is no different.
The volume of 18 episodes, the story is still long, let's watch it slowly.
I also look forward to the domestic criminal investigation police and bandit drama, with "Ice Hunting", ushering in another explosive spring.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Miao Miao)