In recent years, spy dramas have become more and more sluggish.
When it comes to spy dramas, most of the things that come to mind are "Dark Calculations", "Lurking", and "Pretenders".
However, these well-known spy dramas are already old dramas from many years ago.
Can't help but worry, what happened to the domestic spy war drama?
As we all know, spy dramas are difficult to shoot, the difficulty is that there are many red lines, and how to shoot is dancing with handcuffs.
Filming is too real, it is difficult to judge, and the fake big air will be spat upon, and the scale of which is the most difficult to grasp.
However, even in the face of many pressures, domestic creators are still trying, and the current hit "Forerunner" is a stunning work.
On the night of the opening broadcast, it directly rushed to the second place in the ratings list, directly approaching "Breakout", which has the potential to catch up.
Although Douban has not yet opened a score, but the praise of netizens has been full, there is a kind of digging up the treasure.
So what kind of story does this drama tell, and is it possible to become the next spy drama benchmark?
In general, spy dramas love to shoot the growth history of small characters, like Mingtai in "The Pretender" and Lin Nansheng in "Rebel", all of which are like this.
But this drama is different, and the opening scene is a confrontation between the two male gods.
Tang Xianping (Nie Yuan), the detective chief of the Shanghai Municipal Police Department, is a shrewd and capable member of the Kuomintang, and he takes it as his duty to arrest the Communist Party.
No, at the beginning of the story, he wanted to arrest his own second uncle. At first, he didn't give a crap, straight to the point, "How does the party-state treat you?" ”
When he saw that the second uncle's men had moved, he did not hesitate to "snap" two shots to solve these people.
Treating outsiders ruthlessly, and not being soft on his relatives, Tang Xianping directly threw a handcuff on the table, "Come by yourself." ”
Within a few minutes of the opening, the image of this cold-blooded and ruthless policeman was firmly established. At this point, his opponent is also about to play.
In the process of liquidating the Communist Party, Tang Xianping chased an injured Communist Party member to the warehouse by the dock, and unexpectedly ran into his former friend Ma Tianmu (Zhang Luyi).
Ma Tianmu once saved his life, and it was the life-and-death friendship of his life. He couldn't help but rejoice at seeing his friend, but what he didn't know was that the fleeing Communist party was actually covered by Ma Tianmu.
Ma Tianmu, on the other hand, was ostensibly the manager of a foreign firm, but in fact he was an underground Communist Party intelligence officer.
This pair of former friends, half true and half fake, are about to stage a game of cat and mouse.
What is the spy war drama about, the wisdom fight, one of the scenes is so wonderful that people are amazing.
A Communist intelligence officer was mistakenly arrested and imprisoned by Tang Xianping, and all Ma Tianmu had to do was get in touch with this person. The prison is heavily guarded, how can I enter?
He turned himself into a criminal, and someone wanted to plant him, so he pushed the man into prison and managed to get in touch with the intelligence officer.
Afterwards, he escaped with the help of Tang Xianping, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only gaining the trust of his former friends, but also successfully achieving his goal.
The battle drama is wonderful, and the taste of espionage is also strong.
This pair of friends and rivals of equal strength will be followed by a series of games, staging wonderful duels between you and me, and where will their friendship go in this chaotic world?
The rest of the content is not spoilers, leave it to everyone to watch for themselves, the good drama is behind.
As a spy drama, the pace of "The Forerunner" is very fast, and in just a few episodes, it shows the situation, background, crisis, and action at that time, without delay.
Speaking of this, I have to mention the original author of the script, Long Yi, who is Long Yi, 13 years ago, the "Latent" that was popular in the north and south of the river was from his hand.
And this "ForwardEr" is adapted from his other spy war work "Party Group". The same recipe, the same taste, the content of this play must be appropriate.
The plot is guaranteed, and the production team is also a luxurious lineup.
Director Gong Zhaohui and producer Dong Jun have collaborated many times before, of which "Patriot" and "Forensic Psychic" are from their hands.
Gong Zhaohui is the best at doing this type of period drama, he tried his best to ensure the realism of the details in the play, such as the vehicle we see driving on the left in the play, as well as many details of the patrol house, which he has read a lot of information to verify and ensure excellence in details.
A director who will not be successful also means the birth of a good drama.
Not only that, but what sets this drama apart from other spy dramas is that it strives to present a visual beauty.
The tone of the entire play is a dark style, similar to the feeling of oil painting, which is mainly inspired by Rembrandt's paintings.
The background of the play is in a dark era, but the characters in the play are trying to find light from the darkness, so the main creative team strives to present a light and shadow effect.
Therefore, when watching this drama, even if you don't look at the plot, you will feel that it is a pleasure to look at the picture alone.
In addition to the excellent production team, the cast of this drama is also quite luxurious.
Zhang Luyi and Nie Yuan, the double male protagonist lineup, added a lot of points to this drama.
Zhang Luyi was also famous for spy dramas at the earliest, once a "Red" let us remember this excellent actor, his superb performance comes from his calm and introverted, a look, an expression are drama.
Other people play roles like what they are like, and he is acting like what they are. In Chen Kaige's "The Legend of the Demon Cat", who could have imagined that Tang Xuanzong, who could not be loved, was actually played by him.
One of the scenes where the emperor plays the drum is crazy and uninhibited, and the scalp of the people is numb.
In "The Walker", his acting skills are as stable as ever, and the appearance of Ma Tianmu's sleek and inner calm personality is very well in place.
And Nie Yuan, we are all too familiar.
Once "On the Wrong Flower Palanquin to Marry the Lang", how many people's white moonlight, he played qi Tianlei, Geng Zhi cute, and Li Yuhu in the play is simply a natural pair.
After many years, he is once again known to us as the "big pig's trotter" Qianlong in "Yanxi Raiders", and this time when I see him again, my acting skills have become more and more calm.
His performance in "The Forerunner" is also amazing, as a villain, he plays a completely faceless, but shows the inner contradictions of the character to the fullest.
He is loyal to the party-state, but he does not kill innocents indiscriminately, in the face of his friends in distress, he helped each other for the first time, the sentence "There are thousands of communists, but Ma Tianmu is one", so that we in front of the screen are all sugary.
I only hope that the plot in the later stage can be changed, so that this pleasing character can abandon the dark and turn to the light.
The two male protagonists are stable, and the other supporting roles are also not crossed, but the most commendable thing about this drama is the king-level supporting role group.
Han Xue contributed the acting skills of the film queen in it, as the boss lady of the foreign firm, it seems that the text is weak, but in fact, she hides her true identity, it is said that she is the last boss, looking forward to the reversal behind.
There is also Pei Ruhai, played by Huo Qing, who has a decent face, but the coldness of his eyes makes people's backs chill. One second he was a gentleman with a smiley face, and the next second, his eyes changed to a cunning and suspicious traitor, such a villain is too attractive.
There are also Cao Weiyu, Du Gonghai, Zhao Yang, Zheng Luoqian, Zhang Fan and other powerful acting schools, which have added a lot of points to this drama.
A good drama, not only the protagonist is brilliant, the supporting role can support the existence of a piece of heaven, only each actor can emit their own brilliance, this drama, is really appropriate.
Spy war dramas not only test the actors, but also test the production team, with pearls in front, and every spy war drama in the future will inevitably be compared with the classics of the past.
But fortunately, so far since the current broadcast of this drama, most of the praise received.
From the team behind the scenes to the actors, everyone is doing their best to present this work, even a simple picture can see the intentions of the creator.
Even the opening song can't help but cry, in the background of black and white, one after another revolutionary pioneers braved the cannon fire to go forward, although we can't see the face, but we know that they all have a common name, that is, the forerunners.
Moving forward, relying not only on courage, but also on faith, it can be said that this drama has created a very moving core.
A good spy drama is not only a reproduction of history, but also a reshaping of the revolutionary spirit of that era. At this point, this drama is expected to break through the ceiling of espionage, let us wait and see.
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【Wen | Yuanyuan】
【Editor| Zhiyu】