Text/Swimming Circle, Naranze Self Media Editorial Department
All along, the villains in film and television dramas have been the driving force of the plot and the components of the climax.
A good villain can attract the attention of the audience more than the protagonist group, just like the Joker in Nolan's version of "Batman", who is meticulous, vicious, proficient in human nature, and the confrontation process with Batman is a classic in film history. Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs" is both savage and elegant, with both a bloodthirsty and cruel personality and a charming charm in every word and deed.
It can be said that the portrayal of the villain determines the success of the film and television drama to a certain extent. Unfortunately, many screenwriters seem to prefer the routine of whitewashing villains, and the recent online movie "Angry Scalper" that recently landed on iQiyi has brought the audience a refreshing image of the villain.
Angry Scalper is based on the Korean film of the same name. The male protagonist Batuu and his wife Tana accidentally encountered kafang, the head of a criminal group engaged in human trafficking, and Tana was subsequently targeted by kafang and kidnapped. The mysterious disappearance of his wife made Batuu anxious, so he and his friend Lao Jiao sought the help of private detective Song Chai, and the three bravely broke into the Dragon Pond Tiger Cave to rescue his wife.
Obviously, this is a lone hero movie, and the crew also specially invited martial arts star Wu Fan to play the male protagonist. Wu Fan also proved his high cost performance, very hard, almost from the beginning to the end of the film, on the screen staged a fist to flesh good scene.
From the perspective of playing, Wu Fan even slightly better than the Korean version of the lead actor Kang Dong-seok, after all, after removing the nearly forty minutes of literary drama, he has more room to play, and has also been recognized by the audience.
However, to the surprise of the crew, the villain of "Angry Scalper" was respected by many viewers, believing that his performance was not inferior to that of the protagonist Wu Fan.
The villain boss Ka Fang, played by Gu Bin, has a handsome temperament, and his eyes reveal a sharp and murderous spirit, lustful and cruel, looking like he is smiling at others, but behind his back he is deliberately plotting.
At the end of the story, he can't beat Batu to pull the relationship, and his mouth still shouts "buying and selling is not a love", which is in stark contrast to the previous cold image, and the audience can't guess what he will do in the next second. This clown-like clown-like clown sense of Heath Ledger may be what the audience wants to see.
Of course, behind the popularity of this role, it is inseparable from the efforts of the actors. In fact, Gu Bin can only be regarded as an eighteen-line actor in the domestic entertainment industry, and his popularity is not high.
In 2009, after participating in the youth school drama "Hot Blood Youth", he went to Hong Kong, Taiwan and other regional film and television dramas. But everyone knows that over the years, with the rise of the mainland economy, the once popular Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas have gradually declined, and there are not many blockbusters, and most young actors have chosen to go north to the mainland to find opportunities. Therefore, Gu Bin can be said to have missed the golden period of the explosive development of mainland film and television dramas, but he also got the opportunity to sharpen his acting skills.
This is not the first time That Gu Bin has played a villain. Previously, in the crime action movie "Horned Head 2: The King Rises Again", he played a triad leader and performed well. Therefore, when Gu Bin contributed superb acting skills in "Angry Scalper", it was also a thick accumulation of the 35-year-old actor.
In the end, "Angry Scalper" is a small-cost network movie, and it is impossible to match the cinema blockbuster in terms of script depth and character shaping, but this does not hinder the brilliance of the villain role of the film. This also makes it inevitable that most nets will embark on the cool film route to a certain extent.
In "Angry Scalper", the audience wants to see such a cunning and ruthless, and the big boss who does not wash white until the finale finally fights with the protagonist. When the protagonist endures many hardships and finally stands in front of him and gives him a heavy punch, the pleasure brought by this revenge can make the audience get a sense of depth.
To some extent, the worse and more fierce the villain, the stronger the tension of the film and television drama, and the stronger the audience's sense of gain and satisfaction. Angry Scalper does a pretty good job of that. Previously, Qin Hao starred in the well-received web drama "Wolf Hunter" also had a similar design.
Of course, "Angry Scalper" also inevitably has some problems with the Internet. However, these flawed problems still failed to cover up some of the improvements of this network compared to the past. In other words, it can make the villain image in domestic film and television dramas make the audience hate it, and it is not like the stupidity of traditional popcorn films, which is also a kind of progress!
What do you think of this movie?