In the theater of the Chinese New Year file, the only masterpiece with a double harvest at the box office and word-of-mouth is none other than "The Three Teams" starring Zhang Yi.
However, what is surprising is that when the movie version of "The Three Teams" was in the limelight, the drama version of "The Three Teams" suddenly appeared in the Taochang Misty Theater and launched three episodes in one go.
The small screen and the big screen cross the dimensional wall to launch a unique aerial interaction.
Previously, it was rare for film and television versions adapted from the same IP to go hand in hand. Since he dares to break the tradition and is not afraid of comparison, it can be seen that the drama version of "The Three Teams" must have a unique future.
Sure enough, as soon as the drama version was unveiled, it quickly climbed to the top of the hit list. "Zhang Yi's version of Cheng Bing" and "Qin Hao's version of Cheng Bing", as well as Chen Minghao's Wu Dayong and other roles, sparked heated comparisons and discussions among netizens.
Does the drama version of "The Three Teams" have the potential to compete for the "drama king" of the year like "Hurricane" and "The Long Season"?Brother Pi finished chasing three episodes in one go, how does it feel?
One of the surprises is that the plot rhythm is tight, the adaptation is amazing, the villains are resourceful, and the intense scenes of continuous crimes have a strong old-school police and bandit atmosphere!
Compared to the film version, the most significant changes in the drama version are mainly focused on the villain. Audiences who are familiar with the film version know that the villain in the film version is a ** criminal, who takes sliding doors and picking locks and committing random crimes as evil deeds.
However, in the drama version, the villains Wang Dayong and Wang Eryong have turned into the best bandits.
Since they are ** bandits, they must show their ** side. Unlike the slow progress of the story in the movie version, the rhythm of the episodes of "The Three Teams" is like a storm, and in just three episodes, four major cases broke out one after another.
The first major case involved a murder with a gun, and the location was fixed in the middle of the night in Ningzhou. Two bandits sneak into a home and attempt to commit theft while the owner is not at home.
However, while one of the bandits rummaging through the cabinets, he stumbled upon a striking trophy: a standard pistol from abroad.
This bandit turned out to be Wang Eryong (played by Wei Xiaodong), and his brother was Wang Dayong (played by Chen Minghao), who was known for his ruthlessness. originally planned to accept it when it was good, but fate made people, and the owner went home at this critical juncture.
The moment the owner entered the door, Brother Flower Arm and Aunt Leopard Print launched a stunned and passionate performance without hesitation, completely unaware that there were thieves lurking in the house.
However, by the time they found out something was wrong, the muzzle of the gun was already aimed at their heads. Wang Dayong showed no mercy, a man and a woman, two corpses, and two lives, all under control. They fled Jiangzhou in a hurry and traveled long distances back to their hometown of Ningzhou.
However, this happens to be the territory of the three major teams, and the captain Cheng Bing (played by Qin Hao) is an experienced criminal police veteran. And Wang Dayong had successfully escaped from the Second Brigade of the Ningzhou Public Security Bureau before, and the old rival met again, which made Cheng Bing jealous.
He immediately shelved the case at hand and went all out to hunt down the Wang brothers, and a gripping game of cat and mouse began.
The second big case involves the collision between the fairy jump and the ** character. After arriving in Ningzhou, the two brothers first settled down in a hotel.
However, Wang Eryong was so bold that he indulged in a massage service even before he even stepped into the hotel door, and made it clear that he wanted a full service.
Soon after, an aunt dressed in leopard print knocked on Wang Eryong's door.
Wang Eryong and her had just experienced a fierce battle, but the hotel owner couldn't wait to report the news. Two immortal-like figures jumped in, kicked Wang Eryong's door open, and instantly knocked him to the ground.
Like a storm, they punched and kicked Wang Eryong and threatened to call the police.
However, Wang Dayong was in the next room, and after learning that his younger brother was in trouble, he picked up the gun in his hand without hesitation and was determined to come forward.
Originally, the two didn't mean to cause trouble, they just wanted to leave quickly. However, Wang Eryong's courage made him resolutely snatch the gun in his hand.
One of the immortals was knocked down, allowing the two to flee quickly, and Cheng Bing was too late to stop it.
However, for the Wang brothers, life in the city did not stop there. The third major case that followed was a ** homicide.
Aware of the dire situation, the Wang brothers turned to their old friends and rented a house as a temporary hiding place.
However, what is surprising is that this partner was investigated by Cheng Bing and learned that Wang Dayong's address was directly leaked. Cheng Bing and his party prepared to quietly arrest the Wang brothers when night fell.
However, the quick-witted Wang Dayong had already noticed the clue and quietly jumped into the next room through the balcony. Cheng Bing broke in, but saw no one. He had knocked on the door next door and asked the little girl if she had seen a suspicious figure.
In the middle of the night, the little girl woke up, but was brutally attacked by Wang Eryong**, and finally was fatally hit by Wang Dayong with a blunt object, and died tragically in her own home.
Wang Dayong evaded Cheng Bing's pursuit with his wit, and not only that, but also successfully hid next door with his keen observation, turning the danger into a disaster.
It can be seen that the villains in "The Three Teams" are both resourceful and ruthless. And the fourth major case is a robbery and murder case that occurred on the street.
* As a result of the tragic death of the girl, Wang Dayong found that his identity had been recognized. Without hesitation, he stole a car, robbed an accountant on the street, and brutally murdered the driver.
When the news reached Cheng Bing's ears, the two teams staged a fierce car chase shootout on the street. However, despite this, Wang Dayong eventually managed to escape.
Obviously, compared to the film and television version, the series has a longer length, leaving more room for the creation of villains, which is thought-provoking. In just three episodes, he committed four major crimes and claimed five lives.
The audience followed Cheng Bing's train of thought to pursue **, and at the same time witnessed the Wang brothers escaping from the siege again and again, and continued to do evil, and the director's resourceful arrangement of the villain was just right. The pace of the episodes becomes gripping as a result.
All this presents the charm of a classic police movie. The actors' performances are full of surprises, Qin Hao's ease, Chen Minghao's dramatic tension, and Wei Xiaodong's excellent acting skills are all impressive.
"The Three Teams", whether it is a film or a series, has brought together many stars in the entertainment industry. In the film and television version, Zhang Yi starring, Li Chen, Wei Chen, Wang Xiao, Zhang Zixian, Yang Xinming, Chen Chuang, Gao Ye, Wang Shuangbao, etc. are all powerful old actors.
As the highlight of the Misty Theater at the end of the year, the lineup of the drama version of "The Three Teams" is also strong. Qin Hao, Li Naiwen, Chen Minghao, Tong Liya, Yang Xinming, Fan Lei, Li Xiaochuan, Lin Jiachuan and other more than eight powerful actors have appeared one after another.
In terms of the performances in the current series alone, there are three actors who impress me. The first to bear the brunt is, of course, Qin Hao.
Qin Hao has been sprinting KPI with all his might over the years, if Zhang Yi dominates the big screen, then the protagonist who dominates the ** on the small screen is none other than Qin Hao.
His acting skills were affirmed in "Undocumented Crime" and "The Hidden Corner", and this year's "The Long Season" made his acting skills reach the peak.
In the drama version of "The Three Teams", Qin Hao played Cheng Bing, separated from Zhang Yi's Cheng Bing by a distance, but launched a wonderful duel of wrists in the air.
However, Qin Hao's Cheng Bing is completely different from Zhang Yi's Cheng Bing. If it is said that in the movie, Zhang Yi presents Cheng Bing as the embodiment of faith, the spiritual power visible to the naked eye is impressive.
And Qin Hao's Cheng Bing in the drama version brought the actor's freedom and relaxation to the extreme. At a glance, he is a true portrayal of a policeman, disheveled, greasy, and unkempt, vividly showing the daily life of a busy policeman.
Qin Hao's Cheng Bing was not endowed with too many "mythical" colors, and in the scene of the pursuit, his eyes were firm and solid. Compared with the young actors around him, he is not "acting", but a real criminal policeman.
In the play, Qin Hao's performance seems to be a portrayal of a real criminal policeman who is on the front line every day and takes catching criminals as his own responsibility, revealing a sense of realism in life, just like the scene in "Police Honor".
However, at the moment when the little girl was killed, the serious expression in Qin Hao's eyes revealed unparalleled self-blame, shame and shock.
Because of his negligence, it led to the tragedy of the little girl, so Cheng Bing's feelings at the moment were extremely complicated.
What is admirable is that Qin Hao vividly expressed this emotion with just his eyes and without a single superfluous line. For Qin Hao, the first three episodes are just a prelude, and the real explosion of acting skills must be yet to come.
The second is Chen Minghao.
In "The Long Season", Chen Minghao showed his face with a natural drama. When he debuted, he showed a strong gangster aura, which was simply irresistible to oppression.
His hair has not been cut for many years, his mustache looks powerful, his deep tear troughs and nasolabial folds depict the precipitation of the years, coupled with his unsmiling expression, making him a representative of ruthless characters.
Every time I stood there, I felt the chilling atmosphere that emanated from him.
In order to interpret Wang Dayong's weirdness, Chen Minghao has put a lot of effort into it, especially in the control of body movements. When he smokes, he often grits his back molars and speaks, a kind of cunning that is inadvertently revealed.
When talking to others, he never looks them directly in the eyes, but squints, and the bad sense of oppression he exudes makes people shudder.
Seeing Chen Minghao's performance, one can't help but think of Wang Yanhui, the god of acting, both of whom became famous for creating bad guy images.
The third is Wei Xiaodong.
As a little-known actor, Wei Xiaodong received a boxed lunch in three episodes, but he was impressive when he played Wang Eryong. is different from Wang Dayong's simple evil, Wang Eryong's ** is more driven by desire.
Wei Xiaodong pushes his desires to the extreme when portraying Wang Eryong, and embodies it in action every moment.
For example, in the scene where the door-to-door lady is called in a small hotel, he doesn't wait for the other party to speak, he hugs him and starts to gnaw, which is undoubtedly a manifestation of lust.
Wang Eryong's lust not only highlights his lustful nature, but also lays the groundwork for his later rape and murder of the little girl, and finds the source and outlet for his ** behavior.
Compared with Wang Dayong, Wang Eryong's character design is more convincing and thought-provoking.
For another example, during the interrogation in the detention center, his stomach gurgled, and he couldn't help but ask ** to buy him a piece of meat. When the delicious meat was served, he did not hesitate to lean over the table and began to eat, like a beast full of appetite.
He eats like a wild animal, straightforward and unabashed. The aroma of meat filled the interrogation room, and his expression shone with lust in the frenzy of eating.
As if driven by hunger, he suddenly forgot the plight of being in the detention center.
When the policeman brought the food to his mouth, he quickly stretched out his neck and skillfully clamped the meat between his mouth, showing a primitive and dexterous movement. This detail makes people feel that he shows a different instinct while being satisfied.
These scenes outline the picture of Wang Eryong's character being shrouded in desire. He is no longer a complex villain in this moment, but a creature driven by basic needs.
His simplicity is like that of a beast, obeying his brother's words and performing simple actions, as if he has no quarrel with the world.
Compared with other characters, Wang Eryong's simplicity has become a stark contrast in the play. He is like cannon fodder in the confrontation between the two protagonists, but he exudes a unique light in this chaotic story.
If Wei Xiaodong can perform such a villain to the fullest, he will definitely be able to set off a storm in the entertainment industry. Of course, there are many actors in the film who have outstanding performances at certain moments, such as Fan Lei, Li Naiwen and so on.
For the blessing of a group of old drama bones, the drama version of "The Three Teams" has a solid performance foundation.
However, unfortunately, there is some unnecessary suspense in the plot that makes the whole story seem a bit out of reality. As a series, it is bound to require greater adaptation than the movie version.
Since the series has a long time of 24 episodes, the story details must be fleshed out in order to better present the plot development of "The Three Teams".
can be adapted to pay attention to logic and rationality, and at present, it seems that some adaptations of the drama version are really redundant.
First of all, the adaptation of the main villain, rewriting the original ** criminal who killed him into a gangster who kills people with a gun, actually makes the drama version of "The Three Teams" seem a little out of reality.
As a police drama, it should have basic judicial knowledge. At the end of the 90s of the last century, the domestic requirements for solving cases were quite strict.
Especially for major cases, the whole province or even the whole country is usually mobilized to quickly solve them. Therefore, for a criminal who has died in the first place, the process of the criminal police to find out the truth should not take twelve years.
However, for a gangster who kills and robs people in the street with a standard firearm, because the nature of the crime is extremely heinous, even if the police of the whole country go all out, they should be apprehended and brought to justice in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, the adaptation of Wang Dayong in the drama version actually violates the actual judicial logic and law enforcement conventions, making the plot foundation of the entire "Three Teams" seem a little suspended. It all looks more like the screenwriter's wishful thinking.
In addition, another adaptation is also a little stiff. The drama version forcibly added a beautiful little daughter to Wang Eryong, and arranged an encounter between Cheng Bing and this girl.
We can't help but wonder if the drama version intends to clear the suspicion of criminals. When the little girl chased after Cheng Bing, handed him a bracelet, and wanted him to pass it on to her father, she said something that made people feel a little stiff.
The phrase "bringing good luck to people" is not commonly used in our country, especially among children in the 90s. This is actually a transliteration of "good luck", which is a typical American expression.
But if you put this statement in the plot of the movie, I am afraid it will seem a bit nondescript. This tender scene, which was supposed to be touching, was inserted into it by the screenwriter's wishful thinking and lost its original flavor.
It's a pity that the intelligence of the police and some coincidental plots weaken the logic of the plot. Generally speaking, police and gangster films pay attention to logic, and Cheng Bing's idea of arresting people is correct.
But unfortunately, the screenwriter and director deliberately designed the plot, although it enhanced the villain's resourcefulness, but sacrificed the image of **.
The initial chase scene seems a bit far-fetched, and the five skilled police officers are unable to arrest a fat man who has been shot and is drenched in blood.
Their pursuit speed is simply as slow as an old man's walk, and there is no efficiency at all. Moreover, even if he can't be caught, it doesn't matter, but in order to show the tacit cooperation between Cheng Bing and his police, a female policeman was arranged to "send people away".
In the narrow alley, the fat man stood up almost with difficulty, but in an instant, he ** the policewoman who came to surround him and turned her into a hostage.
Next, a wonderful tacit cooperation was staged. Cheng Bing skillfully distracted his attention, and then opened the fat man's calf, and finally arrested the fat man who was shot twice.
In addition, in the process of pursuing Wang Dayong, some plot arrangements are too coincidental, and the plot development can almost be deduced from the results.
Wang Dayong accidentally took a gold chain during the robbery, and Cheng Bing deduced that he wanted to turn it into a cash chain, so the whole city searched for a large number of people who might sell **.
At this time, Wang Dayong carefully arranged six of his subordinates to quietly go out into the streets to peddle those glittering gold chains.
And the boss who was responsible for buying the gold chain was a very distinctive figure. Although he knew that there might be something wrong with these items, he did not hesitate to throw them into the furnace as soon as he received them, melting them meticulously.
Contrary to common sense, he did not wait for the right moment and did not divide the gold, but instead melted it into a huge gold brick, which he then sold around the country.
This kind of behavior is simply jumping into the fire pit, isn't it tantamount to throwing yourself into the net?** is chasing gold, and the villain is flying around the city peddling whole gold bricks, which is really unbelievable.
Such accidental events, if they occur too frequently, will inevitably weaken the logic of the plot of "The Three Teams" and dilute the original police and suspense elements.
Unfortunately, the repetition and presentation of the story seems to be somewhat over-exaggerated. Adaptations of film and television works often inevitably involve the word - water injection.
In the drama version of "The Three Teams", some traces can indeed be detected. Some of the slow shots, the frame movements, and even the tiresome car chase scenes seem to have been forcibly cut in just to lengthen the film.
The most obvious example is the "memoir" of Wang Dayong and Wang Eryong fleeing in the Ping'an community. A ** homicide case, which could have been narrated succinctly and clearly: the two accidentally found the little girl while hiding, and then committed the crime.
However, the play chose to present the same event in three different scenes. One is narrated according to the timeline, one is the memories of Cheng Bing when he investigated the scene, and the other is Wang Eryong's confession.
This narrative may enrich the story to some extent, but it also makes one wonder if there is a possibility of deliberately "pouring water" to make up the time.
Such a trivial matter has been staged three times, especially when Cheng Bing is monitoring on the side, and the scene of the brothers hiding under the balcony has appeared many times.
And the repetition of these three scenes**, in addition to prolonging the time, Pi Ge can't find other narrative highlights.
In addition to these three major problems, there are also some minor problems in the drama version of "The Three Teams", such as taking the opportunity to ridicule the men's football team, and some dialogues are obviously to shape the image of the characters.
* After the first three episodes, the drama version of "Three Teams" gave Brother Pi a complicated feeling.
On the one hand, it is expected that it will echo the film version and bring surprises to the audience on large and small screens.
On the other hand, it is difficult to turn a blind eye to the flaws of the drama.
So, late at night, write this article and share it with all of you.
However, it's still too early to tell, after all, the 24-episode TV series has only just aired 3 episodes.
Regarding the direction of the follow-up plot, Brother Pi will continue to pay attention.
I hope that this police film released at the end of the year can live up to the expectations of the audience!
Wen Pipi Film Editorial Department: Mayfly.