Recently, directed by Zhang Yimou, bringing together Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, Yu Haolei and many other well-known actors of the spy war movie "On the Cliff" is being screened, as the best reputation of the May 1 new film, on the third day of release to win the first seat rate, the fourth day to win the single-day box office champion, the plot performance is delicate, the actor's acting skills are excellent plus points, word of mouth box office have good results. What is more worth mentioning is that Bai En, an actor who earned enough audience popularity in the movie "Eight Hundred" and "Defenders", made a cameo appearance in the movie "On the Cliff" as a villain agent who secretly attacked the CCP agent, and contributed the famous scene of "train killing the enemy" in the movie together with Zhang Yi and Liu Haocun.
The movie "On the Cliff" is adapted from the original story of Quan Yongxian, telling the story of four Communist agents who had received special training in the Soviet Union in the 1930s of the last century, formed a mission team, returned to China to carry out a secret operation code-named "Utra", and fought against the enemy under severe tests. Zhang Xianchen, played by Zhang Yi, leads Xiaolan (Liu Haocun) on the train to Harbin in the Japanese occupation area after killing the secret agent leader Lao Feng (Sha Yi), but encounters the agent played by Bai En who comes to carry out the secret killing mission, and the three of them start a hunting game in the box.
This contest between good and evil unfolding in a confined and narrow space is the most memorable fight scene left to the audience in the whole article, and many netizens commented that this fight scene is not only brilliant but also very real, the neat action conflict between the actors, and the fierce confrontation in the eyes. In the face of emergencies, reactions that are too late to think, determination to maintain combat effectiveness, and difficulties in the final defeat, these different subtle emotions and instinctive reactions between opponents coincide with the director's emphasis on the sense of reality and naturalness. Bai En said: "It is a great honor to be able to cooperate with director Zhang Yimou, although it is a cameo role, but Director Zhang's high-demand performance of actors will not weaken at all, so I am very grateful to the director for his help and guidance in the direction of performance."
In the past two years, Bai En's achievements on the big screen have become increasingly prominent, from Yao Ziqing in "Defenders" who was shortlisted for the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival China New Film Unit, to Yang Deyu in the 2020 box office global champion "Eight Hundred", and then to the role of Shui Juntun "Jiang Chuan" in the drama short film "Chuanliu" supervised by Wu Yusen, Bai En, who constantly pursues human material sense, has created a number of roles that surprise the audience, and unlike the introverted personality outside the play, the big screen gives Bai En a kind of excitement and enthusiasm. Let the characters he portray be exceptionally vivid, three-dimensional and realistic.