It has been 12 years since "Latent" was broadcast, but the audience is still excited by the tense and exciting plot of the play, each scene is worth watching repeatedly, every line is worth repeated scrutiny, as far as spy dramas are concerned, I think "Latent" is already at the top of the pyramid.
Because of the lurking drama, the author of "Dragon One" became a hit and became a hot industry person. And "The Forerunner" invited Long Yi to be the planner, and it is conceivable that the plot must be guaranteed.
But what I'm strange about is that since "The Pretender" caught fire, it seems that everyone likes to rub the heat, "Rebel" at every turn, and now it is "The Forwarder", it seems that adding a "person" word to himself and the fire's "Pretender" is a family. For the name of the current spy drama, I think it is indeed a bit cookie-cutter, not as unique and memorable as "Latent".
The cast is strong, Nie Yuan pk Zhang Luyi
Zhang Luyi
I think that Zhang Luyi's more outstanding drama should be "Red", which is also a spy war drama, but the angle is very distinctive, and it is from the perspective of ordinary people to interpret "spy war". Of course, I think that Zhang Luyi's most failed drama is "Great Qin Fu", the first place in the history of "Loading Tender" Qin Shi Huang, I can't help but give him a name of "Roaring Emperor".
And this time Zhang Luyi played the new communist Ma Tianmu in "The Forerunner", as long as it is not a drama that requires "Hedong Lion Roar", in fact, Zhang Luyi is quite suitable. His original voice is very low and magnetic, suitable for spy dramas.
His acting skills have always been very stable and in place, for example, when he went to ask Lao Fan, a Chinese inspector in the French Concession, his driver was going to send the oil paint, but Ma Tianmu took the suitcase very calmly, and he knew that he had to go by himself at this step.
In the face of Lao Fan's ridicule, he was not afraid at all, but gave Lao Fan a slap on the ass, and even used "the boundary wind of the French Concession is not correct to cover up the official style of the inspector's patrol house under the seat." The role played by Zhang Luyi this time is very smart, not only has a little wisdom, but also hides "great wisdom" in his heart, which seems to be "straight forward", but actually "dresses up as a pig and eats a tiger".
Nie Yuan
My impression of Nie Yuan has been quite long, and I still remember that his and Huang Yi's "Marrying the Wrong Flower Palanquin" is quite classic, and I will take it out every once in a while to watch it. Later, in an interview, Nie Yuan and Huang Yi met to admit that the two were filming drag, and I watched the drama of the two people more and more into the drama. It is a pity that this time "The Forerunner" did not call Huang Yi to join, casually playing a supporting role, but also able to properly stir up the heat.
Nie Yuan plays a classmate of Ma Tianmu (Zhang Luyi) in the play, although he is a classmate and comrade-in-arms, he once had a lifelong friendship in the Northern Expedition War, but unfortunately the two people are not in the same camp. One side is a communist, the other side is a country, it should be "enemies see each other, extra red eyes", but the two people are still good brothers, before Ma Tianmu did not expose his identity, the two people played the game of "guessing identity".
Nie Yuan's role is very suitable for his own temperament, and his face of righteousness can be regarded as a place to play, but in the play, his hair is thin, and compared with Zhang Luyi's lushness, many people comment that "the male god is also bald".
But my focus is not here, Nie Yuan's acting skills in the play are reflected in his doubts about his brother on the one hand, on the other hand, he can also talk about wine, he interprets a very contradictory character, on the one hand, he wants to trust his brother, but on the other hand, he intuitively thinks that his brother has some problems, if he can't find out, he is sorry for the trust of the leader.
Han Xue
Han Xue also played a role in the play, which is the hostess of the foreign company. The only difference is that she is young widowed, young and beautiful, and does not understand business, so she reuses Ma Tianmu as her general manager, which provides great convenience for Ma Tianmu's lurking and later actions.
Han Xue's role this time seems to be a vase, always thinking of relying on men, but many people speculate that she is actually the ultimate boss, but her identity is doubtful. If she were an intelligence officer, I could only say that she was too well hidden, and even married a Frenchman for the sake of faith, at great sacrifice.
Why is "File Zero" a female doll?
Why is the so-called "Document Zero" that is strongly protected by everyone in "The Forerunner" an ordinary female doll? There are two guesses below.
The first guess is that the identity of the female doll is special, and the level of the parents is quite high, but this cannot be deliberately shown in the plot, because all the children of comrades-in-arms should be treated equally, so that the shooting can only highlight the "special treatment", so we found that even if we know that "Document Zero" is a female doll, we will not tell the audience whose child she really is.
The second guess, in fact, "Document Zero" dressed in red can infer that she is not a person, but represents the "CCP" at this time is still infancy "child", still weak, but under the careful care and cultivation of everyone, the child will also become a towering tree, today's motherland is so prosperous, after becoming a big tree, the "CCP" has been shining like the sun on every Chinese.
This speculation is based on a sentence in the play, when the villain is discussing "how to find the zero file to eradicate", a villain thinks that "the zero file is just a child", with an indifferent attitude, it seems to be very contemptuous and arrogant. Another villain thinks that "children will grow up and become enemies when they grow up", which coincides with my speculation.
Because a real child grows up to be just an enemy, how can a villain be so afraid? It shows that this child represents a kind of "red faith", a Chinese for thousands of people yearning for a new life. Only by counting thousands can the villain be so afraid of the growth of the seedlings and constantly retaliate.
Spy war strips emerge endlessly with a joyful soundtrack
The most surprising thing for the audience this time is that I always hear the "sudden" "Western Cowboy Style" soundtrack, and I see many people on the bullet screen commenting that this soundtrack has forced the spy drama to be performed as a comedy rush. In fact, from my point of view, the soundtrack is really not good, although when I heard the music, I knew that the editor was for the transition, after all, the "montage" switch needed some transitions.
But such a transition is really unnatural, listening to this music makes people's hearts "jump and jump", it is difficult to enter the play, and then it is out of the play again. I think that the soundtrack this time is indeed the "short board" of the play, if the soundtrack can be more relaxed, with the rhythm of the plot, it would be better.
"The Forerunner" as a spy war scene, there are really many paragraphs. For example, "murder and insurance fraud", in order to solve their "economic debt" problem, the French boss of the foreign bank did not hesitate to buy high-priced insurance policies for employees, and then killed people to cheat insurance. Such a paragraph is not non-existent in real life, and the lesson of blood on the screen also has a certain "warning" effect, indicating that the "insurance policy" cannot be signed casually.
"Bitter meat meter" is also a classic routine in spy dramas, and "Ma Tianmu", played by Zhang Luyi, also uses "bitter meat meter" many times in the play. For example, during the training of the students of the "Revival Society", Ma Tianmu, who was obviously not hypnotized, also pretended to be hypnotized and jumped off the windowsill, using such a real "scar" to prove his innocence, which can be described as bold enough and cruel enough to himself.
Although in the play, these "injuries" are only used as clips to regulate emotions and atmosphere, and even many of them carry a comedic style. However, the "disc war" in actual history has always been "a mountain of flesh and blood", one person is a team, this is the highest evaluation of the "underground party members", their intelligence enemies have exceeded thousands of troops, relying on just a few numbers, they have saved tens of thousands of front-line personnel, willing to be ambushed, willing to suffer, these underground party members deserve to be remembered.
In general, "The Forerunner" put into the current spy market, or a high configuration of a drama, acting online, plot online, the remaining some small problems can also be ignored, does not affect the overall perception, against Zhang Luyi, Nie Yuan's sense of joy of the "cat and mouse game", this drama is also completely worth chasing.