The ratings are nearly 2.5, ranking second! This new drama will open the "ceiling" of spy war drama dust In this year when the spy war theme is piled up, why can "The Forerunner" open the dusty "ceiling" of spy war drama, Tomato Jun takes everyone to take a good look at it today. Being able to firmly "grasp" the audience's eyeballs in the first two episodes, "The Forerunner" relies on a strong production team and a luxurious cast.

Spy dramas have always been an enduring genre drama in China.

"Lurking", "Dark Calculation", "Kite", "Pretender"... There are countless excellent spy dramas.

This year is also the year of the blowout of spy dramas, Huang Xuan Chen He's "Aiming", Zhu Yilong Huang Xuan's "Rebel" and "Deep Dive", etc., all of which have left a deep impression.

Recently, Tomato Jun was attracted to a spy drama again, and even brushed ten episodes without stopping, it is-

The Forerunner

Since its inception, the ratings have ranked second, approaching 2.5, and will soon catch up with the recent hit drama "Breakout".

Speaking of its original author, everyone must be familiar with it: Dragon One.

The spy drama "Latent", which was popular all over the country and became popular with Sun Honglei, was written by Long Yi.

And this "ForwardEr" is adapted from his anti-Japanese espionage combat "Party Group".

Although it is the same recipe, it is already a different flavor, and compared to Lurking, The Forerunner has completed the upgrade in every way.

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The story takes place in Shanghai in 1931, because of the leak of secrets by traitors, the underground party organization of our party in Shanghai suffered serious damage, and many underground party members were brutally killed.

Pan Mingyue, a former Kuomintang elder and now a secret party member, has also revealed his identity.

Tang Xianping (Nie Yuan), director of the investigation department of the Kuomintang Shanghai Police Station, led people to surround Pan Mingyue's home that night.

Speaking of which, Pan Mingyue is still his second uncle, and the relationship is very close.

Arriving at the Pan Mansion, Tang Xianping told his men not to go in, and he single-handedly rushed into the Pan Mansion.

Pan Mingyue knew that he was more fierce and less auspicious, but he still went downstairs to see what medicine Tang Xianping was selling in the gourd.

Tang Xianping came up and asked: How does the party-state treat you?

With just this sentence, Pan Mingyue knew the purpose of his coming.

At the moment of the first attack, two comrades of our party rushed out from the side, Tang Xianping raised his gun and fell, and the two fell to the ground in response.

Pan Mingyue saw this situation and decided not to struggle too much.

He voluntarily put on handcuffs and prepared to return to the police station with Tang Xianping, but Tang Xianping knew that Pan Mingyue kept a lot of confidential documents of our party and wanted to take them back by the way, especially to find the most important "document zero".

Pan Mingyue knew that she could no longer run, and she was ready to die together.

He led Tang Xianping upstairs and induced Tang Xianping to open the family database himself. The pre-prepared fuze of petrol bombs had been attached to the bottom of the gate.

When the gate opened, a petrol bomb detonated.

Tang Xian's eyes were fast, he saved Pan Mingyue and protected himself, but a room full of important documents were all buried in the sea of fire.

At the moment of the first attack, Tang Xianping wanted to take Pan Mingyue, but Pan Lao's death was already decided, and he handcuffed himself to the handrail of the stairs, and finally died with the documents.

Tang Xianping, on the other hand, jumped out of the window and fled, only slightly injured.

All this was seen by Chen Lie, an underground party member of mine outside the house.

The next day, Chen Lie held a meeting of the party group, informed everyone of the murder of Elder Pan, and suspected that there might be a big traitor in the party.

Because of Pan Mingyue's true identity, only a high-ranking Communist Party leader can know.

Sure enough, the next day, Tang Xianping began to lead the police station around to hunt down underground party members around Shanghai.

A comrade was shot in the body when he jumped out of a window and escaped, and finally stumbled into a warehouse in the French Concession.

The warehouse belongs to the French company Pierre & Co., whose manager, Ma Tianmu (Zhang Luyi), is counting the goods at this time.

He saw the Communists running in and covered him as the police chased him.

While taking cover, Ma Tianmu clashed with the military police and confronted each other with guns.

Just at this moment, a man dressed in black hugged Ma Tianmu from behind, and the two fought.

This person was Tang Xianping, who had heard the news and rushed to the scene.

Unexpectedly, after a life-and-death struggle between the two, they looked at each other and smiled.

It turned out that the two of them were classmates in the Huangpu period, and the two had participated in the Northern Expedition together, and Ma Tianmu had also been shot for saving Tang Xianping.

Relying on this layer of identity cover, Tang Xianping took the police away.

When the police went out, he called out the injured comrade of our party and told him that he was not covering for him to save him, but to save himself and his business.

On the surface, behind the scenes, Ma Tianmu is actually a secret member of our party.

He was a party developed in France in 1930 by the leaders of the Shanghai underground party.

The reason why he did not identify himself was because he knew that he was a party member, and the only person in charge of the underground party was Wu Chongxin (Cao Weiyu).

In a place like Shanghai, the less people know his identity, the less dangerous it is.

The next day, during a dinner party with Tang Xianping, Ma Tianmu accidentally learned that there was a big operation at the police station at night. So he rushed to the place where Wu Chongxin was on a mission, and sure enough, he found a large number of disguised agents.

How exactly will Ma Tianmu help Wu Chongxin escape, and will his true identity be discovered by his old classmate Tang Xianping?

Tomato Jun does not spoil, the rest will be left to everyone to see for themselves.

The above stories are probably in the length of an episode or so - in spy dramas, this rhythm is already very fast.

Under the fast-paced story, the plot of "The Forerunner" is not distorted, the story is not completely driven by coincidence, and under the layers of wisdom and martial arts, some more adrenaline-pumping pictures are slowly unfolding.

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When watching the play, you should be able to find that the color grading of "The Forerunner" is very unusual, and there is a completely different texture from "Latent" and "Kite" and other dramas.

All along, the difference between China's domestic dramas and top excellent British and American dramas is not only in the screenplay, but also in aesthetics.

There is no doubt that "Forerunner" strives to narrow the gap between aesthetics and international standards, this kind of oil painting-like stylized visual presentation, placed in a spy drama without violation, and even a little icing on the cake.

There are many shots, if it is not a stimulating spy war scene, only to enjoy it as an ordinary TV series, just in terms of aesthetics can make the audience pleasing to the eye, can not stop.

This is thanks to director Gong Zhaohui, who not only loves acting, but also loves creation.

The color composition and visual style of "The Forerunner", Gong Zhaohui refers to Rembrandt's oil painting, and many scenes in the play can see the style similar to oil painting.

Especially the plot of the church shootout, when the cathedral appears, it is eye-catching.

Although it is a realistic spy drama, "The Forerunner" itself is quite romantic. This technique of using romantic techniques to express realist stories greatly enhances the perception of "The Forerunner".

In addition to the excellent behind-the-scenes team, the lineup of "Forerunners" is quite luxurious.

Double male protagonist Nie Yuan + Zhang Luyi.

Nie Yuan is all too familiar with it, since 2004 starred in a series of costume dramas such as "Sweat and Blood BMW", "Beijing Four Young", "Top Gun Ling Yun Bao Qingtian" and so on, he was stamped as "China's New Four Little Students".

He is the hero Hu Fei in "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" and Zhao Yun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

It is Zhao Huai'an in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" and Zhao Jingzhong, the grand eunuch of dongchang in "Embroidery Spring Knife".

Good guys and bad guys, heroes and hooligans, Nie Yuan have all played, and in "The Forerunner", Tang Xianping, who he plays, is a fierce but at the same time has the feeling of saving the country.

Although he had righteous qi on his body, he also had a lot of Communist blood on his hands.

Tomato Jun expects that he can change in the second half of the play.

Zhang Luyi, not to mention, a post-80s male actor with thick accumulation and thin hair.

If you let Tomato Jun evaluate Zhang Luyi, there is only one sentence: extremely malleable.

Zhang Luyi not only loves acting, but also can act, he does not care that he is famous or not famous, but in shaping the role, he has a very set.

He mastered the weak scholar.

He also played the murderer Shi Hong in "The Dedication of Suspect X".

In "The Forerunner", he plays a secret Communist Party member who returned from the sea.

On the surface, it is the hypocrisy of the businessman's pursuit of profit, but in his bones he carries a composure;

He has the grace of a returnee Chinese, but also the faith and firmness of a Communist Party member.

Even in "The Forerunner", Zhang Luyi also contributed a lot of action scenes, which made people shine.

The two male protagonists stood up, and the drama "The Forwarder" had a word-of-mouth foundation.

In addition to these two, the female partner Han Xue + Guo Xiaoting.

In addition, there are Cao Weiyu, Huo Qing, Zhao Yang, Zhang Fan and other old drama bones.

"The Forerunner" can be described as a collection of the best acting skills among the three generations of actors, middle-aged and young, and there are many sword-rattling scenes in the film, which are tense and exciting, and make people sweat and stand upside down.

This is also the most attractive thing about "The Forerunner".

Because of the existence of the ceiling of spy dramas such as "Latent" and "Kite", although it has caught up with the blowout of spy dramas in recent years, there are actually few that are really well-known and can catch up with the previous works.

Wits, martial arts, action, gunfights – "The Forerunner" not only has many genre elements, but also can be remarkable in production and performance.

In particular, the tense atmosphere created by many powerful actors through their eyes and subtle body language allows "The Forerunner" to maintain a sense of atmosphere and confrontation tension that is difficult to control in other domestic spy dramas while focusing on quality.

As far as the currently released episodes are concerned, it can be seen that this "ForwardEr" is very promising to open the "ceiling" of the spy drama and become a hit.

Let's wait and see!

(Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Board: Yang Yang)