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After watching "The Long Season", there has been a shortage of suspense dramas for more than half a year.
Especially the several suspense dramas launched this year, they really want to see the point or not, and if they want to be fresh or not, they can almost guess the end by looking at the beginning.
For example, "Faint Fire" cannot be regarded as an orthodox suspense drama, but more like a taboo love drama about human nature.
And the spy war suspense drama "Harbin 1944" also lacks a sense of spy war atmosphere, the heroine who collapses, and the plot full of loopholes persuades people to quit every minute.
Including "When the Stars Shine", it is also supported by the male protagonist's plug-in, this image of the underground party, but it has a little more taste of idol male protagonists.
thought that the suspense drama in 2024 was destined to disappoint everyone, but I never expected that the seemingly inconspicuous "New Life" would far exceed expectations.
Only 1 episode of this drama was launched, and Douban ushered in a five-star praise swipe, you must know that the audience has very strict requirements for this kind of theme, there are more and more high-quality works, everyone's aesthetic power has improved, and it is even more difficult to conquer the audience with one episode.
This is also the reason why more and more suspense dramas are going to release four to six episodes at the beginning, for fear that everyone will feel that they will abandon the drama if they don't watch it.
And this "New Life" is a new king bomb thrown out of the domestic suspense drama, and it can steadily retain the audience in one episode.
First, the suspense is repeated, full of freshness, and a different suspense drama
Who is Fei Ke? This is the suspense thrown out in the first episode, and it is also the suspense that revolves around the whole show.
First of all, Fei Ke is a person, but he is not just a person, he will have different identities when facing different people.
As soon as the story begins, it is an obituary sent by Fei Ke to everyone.
Fei Ke passed away, and wanted everyone to mourn at his former residence, but there were only five strangers who didn't know each other, no Fei Ke's relatives and family, and these five people were not even Fei Ke's friends.
Because the past between each of them and Fei Ke is like an enemy.
What was the purpose of Fei Ke bringing these five people together? There was no body lying in the coffin, but Fei Ke's assistant locked them in a basement with no signal, and they could only escape by completing the tasks assigned by Fei Ke.
And this task is very simple, which is to tell the story between himself and Fei Ke.
The first to speak was a man who identified himself as Mr. Fei Ke, a white-haired, white-haired man in a suit, who was the president of a mining company. The relationship between him and Fei Ke is intuitive, Fei Ke is his son-in-law, but he is also the murderer who caused his daughter's death.
The man recounted his story about his first meeting with Fei Ke, and the two were not in a rental house, but in an upscale villa in the outer ring.
At this time, another man asked for the detailed address and information of the villa, and even the building number, and when everyone thought that he was also one of the people who had been deceived, they realized that the truth was much more than that.
This villa is indeed used to deceive people, but it is not a house to deceive two people, but a white-haired man with a house in sunglasses.
At this point in the story, the plot of the first episode is over, but the suspense left behind is still unfinished, and I can't help but guess the truth.
Are Fei Ke really high-ranking elites who have returned from studying abroad? Are his parents civil servants in the Ministry of Mines and the Ministry of Mines and the Department of Management? How did Fei Ke know that he could win the favor of a rich man's daughter by helping a young boy at a banquet?
There are several other stories between people and Fei Ke, which have always hung the audience's appetite, Fei Ke locked them in a basement and pieced together a complete story, what is the purpose?
It can be said that the drama "New Life" makes people feel extremely scary the more they think about it, a very charismatic liar quietly enters people's lives, and every time he can achieve his goal, no one knows his true identity, this kind of high-level protagonist image really makes people feel more and more fresh the more they watch it.
The play revolves around a person, rather than a large-scale murder, and this alone is different from previous suspense dramas, and this new way of opening is difficult not to make people curious about the subsequent story direction.
Second, everyone is brilliant, and Jing Boran's acting skills are too amazing
The first episode of "New Life" was able to win a lot of praise, and it is also inseparable from the wonderful performance of the actors.
The first thing to praise is Jing Boran who plays the actor Fei Ke.
Because of the character design, Jing Boran will play different characters, including returnee elite men, young men who came out of the mountains, and sunny boys who are exciting at a glance.
This means that Jing Boran has to play multiple roles by himself, not only can not let the audience see the flaws, but also play the difference in place.
In the plot of the first episode, Jing Boran has shown two completely different sides, one is as a returnee elite, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, with a mature and stable temperament, and a gentle and handsome man with glasses.
This kind of gentlemanly and generous, warm-hearted and considerate character image can indeed make people feel his charm.
On the one hand, it is a very intimate big boy, and he feels like a big boy at a glance, and this role is played by Jing Boran in a relaxed and natural way.
I have to say that Jing Boran's acting skills are too amazing, and I believe that this "New Life" can open a new track for him, don't let good actors be buried.
The second outstanding performance is Zhou Yiyi, who plays the heroine, this time she portrays the image of a reporter, different from the previous Dalijiao, babbling, big grinning, this time she has changed, and the role she plays is completely different from the previous Dalijiao.
From the beginning of the story, Zhou still gives people the feeling that he is hiding something in his heart, calling to record, and seeing a group of strangers appear at Fei Ke's funeral, his eyes are full of scrutiny and doubts about everyone.
Being able to play the role to the point of being at a glance makes people feel that it is not simple, and Zhou Yi's acting skills are naturally speechless.
The performance of the two drama bones Wang Yanhui and Huang Jue is more sophisticated, whether Wang Yanhui smokes or takes insulin, it is naturally like doing things every day in daily life.
And Huang Jue's feeling of being a little arrogant, but very bigwig, also makes people feel very immersed.
Even Zhang Yifan, who plays the role of a plastic surgery woman, stepped on high heels, wore black stockings, and wore heavy makeup and twisted when she appeared, which would not make people play at all.
It can be said that from the plot to the cast, this "New Life" has to be impressive.
I don't know if you have watched this drama, and what is your impression of the plot of the first episode?