What is the detective you imagine in the 1905 Movie Network? Is it the exquisite and mysterious and charming Sherlock in the British drama? Is it a cute and wild elf in a live-action movie? Or is it the "dog-headed detective" Sa teacher in the variety show who makes people love and hate? Or is it this somewhat uninhibited and freedom-loving tiger detective Zhong Lang?
The significance of the tiger detective is not only that he has once swept thousands of young girls, he is also an important symbol in the development of domestic detective film and television dramas.
In 2009, when super-long dramas such as "Latent", "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" and "The Legend of Paladin III" were popular, an excellent domestic detective series TV movie was quietly born.
In that era when there was no "super network drama", watching a TV movie of more than 90 minutes in front of the TV set was a challenge for the audience, but the movie channel rose to the challenge and used forward-thinking to produce a classic of word-of-mouth and ratings - the "Line of Fire" series of TV movies. There are a total of ten films in this series, of which 5 are as high as 7.9 points in Douban, and the remaining 5 are also on 7.7 points.
It has an unshakable place in the hearts of a generation. When they learned that the movie channel "May Day" would broadcast this series, netizens shouted "Ye Qing Hui". Let's go through the old memories and see why we loved "In the Line of Fire" so much.
Dark war on the beach
Set against the backdrop of Shanghai Beach in the 1930s, the series revolves around each unsolved case taken over by Inspector Zhong Lang of the Patrol House, presenting a strife pattern from small to large, showing a turbulent picture of the dark war between the police and bandits in old Shanghai.
"Line of Fire Pursuit" is not a large-scale production in the traditional sense, it takes suspense reasoning, detective and anti-submarine as the main direction, and uses thrilling martial arts scenes to give you enough sensory stimulation.
Although the scene is not so dazzling, the plot and acting skills are enough to impress the audience and make them stop in front of the TV. After that, it also gave a good demonstration to many works of the same theme.
Full of collective memories
Among them, the first season of the "Line of Fire" series has a total of ten films, and the ten cases are independent but often related.
At that time, Zhong Hanliang, who had always been shown on the screen as a beautiful man and a "hegemon", was not optimistic when he first wanted to play the role of "Tiger Inspector", because director Deng Yancheng thought he was too handsome, which was inconsistent with the vicissitudes of the filmmakers.
Director Deng Yancheng, who died last year, directed two other ace series of the movie channel before "Chasing the Murderer in the Line of Fire", "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" and "Darts the World", and the quality is very guaranteed.
Later, in order to prove his strength, Zhong Hanliang changed the image of the sunshine type man in the past, whether it was in appearance or personality, he made great changes.
With a scruffy beard and a rough face, he loves to talk dirty, fights when he doesn't agree, and transforms into the appearance of Zhong Lang. There is another familiar face in the film, which is the "little monk" Shi Xiaolong who grew up with us. But this time, he chose to abandon Wu Congwen and become a genius teenager with superior intelligence and memory.
In addition to the two of them, this series has a lot of surprises. Xu Shaoqiang, a common "villain face" in old Hong Kong films, appeared in "Desperate Sniper in the Line of Fire", and watching the stills made people hate to itch their teeth;
Shaw veteran movie star, Hong Kong's first generation of "true kung fu gangsters", a generation of heroes "Ma Yongzhen" - Chen Guantai, appeared in "The Horror Feast of the Line of Fire";
The actor standing behind Shi Xiaolong and Qi Fang in "The Defense of Innocence in the Line of Fire" will certainly not be unfamiliar to everyone. Yin Tianzhao, in "I Have a Date with Zombies", Guan Tianyou is also him.
Such a cast, for those of us who grew up in Hong Kong-made film and television works, how can we resist it! What's more, like other ace series of movies on the movie channel, "Line of Fire" also "treasures" the youth of many popular actors.
Song Yang, the winner of the "Golden Phoenix" award, which has become Xu Haofeng's royal use, also appeared in "The Defense of Innocence in the Line of Fire".
The last film of the first season, "Death Zone in the Line of Fire", surprised Wu Lei as a child, playing a small refugee in the shelter to see how he acted angry. The dream linkage of two generations of child stars is really beautiful.
Invincible Iron Triangle
Such a series of stars and moons can become a classic, the main coffee's personality and relationship is still the most critical, and the character design of "Line of Fire" has set an example for the subsequent detective film and television works. Who can see that this restaurant is drunk, languishing, and even fighting with other guests because of small things, who can see that he was an excellent tiger inspector Zhong Lang?
It turned out that many years ago, Zhong Lang killed many victims because he caught the wrong murderer, causing the real murderer to kill many victims for the second time, and since then he has been depressed and drunk every day. When the murderer committed the crime again, he secretly swore that it was necessary to arrest the murderer "slitting the throat demon" and bring him to justice.
Han Fei, a little genius with a super high IQ and obsessed with nature, can be called a walking encyclopedia. He is a trainee agent in the Patrol House of the French Concession and a little fan of Inspector Zhong Lang.
Knowing the geographical environment and the habits of insects very well, he naturally became the accelerant of the case. With the strongest brain, of course, there are important people who make the suspect nowhere to hide. Yu Katsuo, a forensic doctor who can make the corpse "speak".
Generally speaking, there are three treasures in solving cases, the persistence of facing difficulties, the reasoning of stripping away the cocoon, and the irrefutable iron evidence.
When everything is ready, such an iron triangle is formed, and the trio complements each other and is indispensable. Speaking of the classic detective works of teamwork, of course, there is another detective TV series starring Shi Xiaolong, "Young Bao Qingtian".
It's a combination of men and women, and the work is not necessarily tiring. There is also the series of movies "Detective Chinatown", which has emerged in recent years, which occupies the Spring Festival file every year, which can be called the peak of the duo detective recently.
The detective theme is a very test of the creator's logical thinking and storytelling ability, no matter how big the production, the story is not proper and can not retain the audience's heart.
Since May 3, the "Line of Fire" series has been broadcast every day, "Blood Blade", "Desperate Sniper", "Black Gun Doubt", "Sudden Death", "Gravedigger", "Horror Feast", "Crazy Demon Reappearance", "Innocent Defense", "Breaking Through the Dark Curtain", "Death Zone", each has a big boss story that you can't guess, how can you miss it?
Zhong Hanliang vs. Zhong Lang
"Line of Fire" not only makes people stop with the storyline, but also makes people sweat with thrilling action scenes. In order to pursue realistic action, all the actors in the film are personally involved.
It is said that because of the continuous running and successive action scenes, Zhong Hanliang wore out 7 pairs of shoes during the filming process. One of the scenes requires running on the train, and he helps to run the distance between the two carriages, although this distance is easy to do on the ground, but standing between the two carriages, the feeling is very different.
Efforts will not be in vain. In 2009, Zhong Hanliang was nominated for "Tv Movie Ten Years and Audience Favorite TV Movie Actor" for "Pursuit of the Murder in the Line of Fire". "Tiger Inspector" Zhong Lang has also become one of the most shining roles in his acting resume.
After "The Pursuit of the Murderer in the Line of Fire", the film and television works starring Zhong Hanliang have become bigger and bigger. Whether it is the dancing boy in "Like a Jade Heart". He is also the domineering president in "Why Sheng ZhenMo".
No matter how difficult it is for female audiences to give up the affection of "Why Chen", it must be objectively said that what really makes Zhong Hanliang's reputation increase sharply is the same type of characters as Zhong Lang.
For example, this "Threesome" that won him the most media attention male lead award in the media attention unit of the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival. In the play, he is fierce and cunning enough to be unrecognizable.
In his new work "Old Enemy", he will once again dedicate more unique acting skills. Zhong Hanliang once said: "I think my plasticity is still very strong, change a hairstyle everyone will not recognize me!" ”
Whether it is true, from 15:50 pm on May 3, revisiting a "Line of Fire" every day will know.