This article was first published in: Shenzhen Renaissance (WeChat sz_wyfx).
If I want to use one sentence to summarize the after-effects of Chi Sheng's new drama "Defendant", then it must be: when I thought that Chi Sheng's acting skills had exploded, I did not expect that there was also a Yan Jijun who could also act.
The show began airing on SBS on January 23, and by Monday it had aired a total of four episodes, with a rating of 8.9 on Douban. (However, the number of scorers is not very large at present)
The ratings won the title of the Moonfire Drama in the first week, and continued to win the Moonfire Championship in the second week.
The national ratings of the first episode on January 23 reached 14.5%, and the second episode reached 14.9% on january 24. The third and fourth episodes, which aired on January 30 and 31 (last night's eve), had national ratings of 12.8% and 17.3%, respectively, and soared after a small pullback.
Many friends who felt the drama after the end of "Ghost" began to chase the drama with relief again!
I only chased four episodes and found that the spark between Chi Sheng and Yan Jijun was definitely not inferior to that of "ghost cp".
The story of "The Accused" is not a light-hearted romantic comedy, telling the story of a very capable prosecutor Park Jung-woo (Ji Sung) who is framed as a death row prisoner and loses his memory, and then clears himself of his innocence.
The starring lineup includes: Chi Sheng, Yan Jijun, Yuri and so on.
Chi Sheng plays the prosecutor whose fate has been reversed.
In the first episode, after 20 minutes of acting, he only slept a little kung fu, and "eyes opened and closed" from a warm home to a depressed prison.
The bad thing was that he couldn't remember why he was in prison.
This is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that he woke up and learned from the other prisoners: his wife and daughter actually died at his own hands!
The prosecutor who learned of all this collapsed, and Chi Sheng's acting skills in this section were really against the sky.
And Yan Jijun plays the rich villain boss Che Minhao, a perverted murderer, in order to get rid of the crime, he killed his twin brother.
After that, he took the place of his brother and made his sister-in-law his wife.
In the first episode, his acting skills in the part where he killed his twin brother were simply chilling, especially this creepy smile, he pretended to be crying, but the corners of his eyebrows were smiling, almost demonic.
The best part of this drama is actually not this tense plot and suspenseful ending, the best part is to watch Chi Sheng and Yan Jijun playing each other's acting skills. The two of them also have a rooftop duel scene, which pays homage to "Infernal Affairs".
When Yan Jijun plays the role of Minhao killing his twin brother, he not only plays his viciousness, but also plays the cowardice and fear of this character.
And Chi Sheng has already performed the good acting skills of multiple personality possession in "Kill Me and Heal Me", and in "Defendant", there is also a scene that makes people look goosebumps -
After prosecutor Park Jung-woo loses his memory, he thinks he killed his wife and daughter, so he imagines in his mind the process of killing his wife. It really makes the audience look scared and distressed!
(Chi Sheng's "kmhm" was remade in China, titled "Seven Mes", and filming will begin in February.) The male protagonist is played by Zhang Yishan, and I am satisfied with this casting. ）
In short, this drama is filmed well, the rhythm is not delayed, the foreshadowing is buried a lot, and it does not fool the audience's IQ, only to not end badly.
More spoilers I will not say, the process of watching the drama, can be said to be "the whole process of high energy", not only for the fate of the male protagonist, look forward to the male protagonist to defeat the villain boss, but also always cheer for the acting skills of Chi Sheng and Yan Jijun.
Chi Cheng is the acting skill of God's advent. (Comments by Director Hong Chengchang)
Yan Jijun is a no better acting skill. (Comments from the director of "Golden Cross")
Such two men are playing, sparks, not inferior to "ghost cp"!
Netizens have made up a conversation for this cp brain:
On acting, Chi Sheng: A sister who can play has!
Yan Jijun: One by one... There is no fear at all!
The two of them, who fought to the death in the play, often laughed together on the set in the tidbits, and the relationship was very harmonious.
What are you waiting for, the little friends of the drama after "Ghosts" and "Blue Ocean", take advantage of the holiday to catch up!