The movie "The Three Teams" was finally released today.
This movie was first screened at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in November this year, and word of mouth exploded. Yi Feijun was very excited after watching it at the time, and directly included it in my top 10 domestic movies in 2023, and now I highly recommend everyone to watch this heartfelt work.
The producer of "The Three Teams" is Chen Sicheng, and the director Dai Mo is also owned by Chen's company, so this movie can also be regarded as Chen Sicheng's suspense universe work. But after watching it, you will know that "The Three Teams" is completely different from "Manslaughter", "Disappearing Him", "Detective Chinatown" and other works with obvious Chen Sicheng's style, there is no red and green color scheme, no various suspense reversals, and no emotional performances, but completely follows the documentary style, the shooting is plain, but very touching. Yi Feijun has watched it twice, and every time he can feel the audience crying in the theater.
It can be said that "The Three Teams" is at least 30 times higher than "Manslaughter", and I would like to call it the best work in Chen Sicheng's universe at present.
The reason why such a high evaluation is given is that "The Three Teams" has a very wonderful prototype story.
On July 30, 2018, NetEase Human Studio *** published a documentary feature by writer Deep Blue "Please tell the director, the task of the three teams is completed", which moved many netizens. The protagonist of this article is called Cheng Bing, who was originally a criminal investigation captain with outstanding professional ability, but in the process of handling a vicious case, the three teams he led led led to the accidental death of one of the suspects and was sentenced to prison. After being released from prison, although Cheng Bing has changed from a policeman to an ordinary person, he still insists on chasing the murderer. From the occurrence of the case to Cheng Bing's final arrest of the murderer, 12 years have passed, and he and his colleagues from the three major teams have also experienced the vicissitudes of life ......
It's hard to imagine that from a police officer to a prisoner, he can continue to chase the murderer alone as an ordinary person after he is released from prison. The police uniform was not worn on his body, but in Captain Cheng's heart. Such a legendary story of ordinary heroes is so exciting!
After the article was published, there was a grand occasion in the comment area of "10,000 people begging to make a movie".
5 years have passed, and the movie has finally been made, and it lives up to the story.
The screenwriter of the film, Zhang Ji (whose representative works include "Chinese Partner", "Dear", "Winning the Championship", etc.), has made a great adaptation on the real events that were already wonderful enough.
Among them, the biggest change is that Captain Cheng chased the murderer alone, and changed it to three members of the team chasing the murderer together. In this way, the one-man show has been changed to a group drama, which is better as a commercial film, and the relationship between the characters of this group of people and their lives disturbed by the case will also be more infectious.
From this point of view, "The Three Teams" can be called the police version of "The Long Season". A case, six policemen, more than ten years of investigation, the ups and downs of fate, the preciousness of human nature, and the friendship of brothers are all in it. Suspenseful reasoning is not the focus of the work, the drastic changes brought by the case to the fate of the characters and the resistance and persistence of the characters in the process are the focus, which is also more moving.
Only the truth is not broken, and it moves people with emotion", which is the overall goal pursued by the creation of "The Three Teams". This positioning is very accurate, because this story does not need a lot of special explanations or bells and whistles, as long as people with a little life experience read it, they will definitely be moved. The more realistic the shooting and the more realistic it is, the more it will have the power of a heavy sword without a blade. Director Dai Mo did the same, the image style is very documentary, there is no God perspective, silently following behind the protagonist like a documentary, recording their sad and joyful lives in the past 12 years.
What is especially commendable is that there are many real Chinese cities in the movie, which is too rare in the current film and television creation. Chen Sicheng's suspense universe has always been criticized for filming "around the continent", the places where the stories take place are all virtual, which makes people have no sense of substitution, and Maoming in Guangdong, Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, Shenyang in Liaoning, Deyang in Sichuan, and Tongren in Guizhou in "The Three Teams" are all places where the protagonist group has chased the murderer.
The film's starring Zhang Yi, Cao Bingkun, Wei Chen, Wang Xiao, Zhang Zixian, and Li Chen gave very moving performances, so that the film has achieved a direct effect on the hearts of the people. Their performance in this movie can be selected for the best group performance in 2023.
Needless to say, Zhang Yi, who plays Captain Cheng, is not a false name. Roles such as policemen and soldiers were originally the dominant area for Zhang Yi's performance, and Cheng Bing's stubborn temperament was very suitable for him. What is rare is that his performance in "The Three Teams" does not show off his skills or deliberately perform, but deliberately insipid, but instead interprets Cheng Bing's embarrassing experience to be distressing.
Audiences who have resented Zhang Yi because of An Xin in "Hurricane" before, please rest assured, this time he played much better in "Three Teams" than in "Hurricane".
Cai Bin, played by Cao Bingkun, is the "military advisor" of the three major teams, which is a bit similar to the feeling of Cheng Bing's deputy. He is open-minded and flexible, and if the team members have anything bad to say to the captain, they will communicate with Cai Bin first. Cheng Bing also trusted and relied on Cai Bin the most, and he was the first person to look for after being released from prison.
Ma Zhenkun, played by Wang Xiao, is a violent temper in the three teams, but he is actually soft in his heart. Wang Xiao's acting skills were finally slowly discovered. He contributed several acting highlights in this film, and each one was amazing. It's so well acted!
Liao Jian, played by Zhang Zixian, is a pick-and-eye, and Wang Xiao formed a "lighter brother group". Zhang Zixian's performance has always been relaxed, and it can also give the characters a comedic color, and many of his performances this time have contributed laughter, which is a good harmony in the more tragic story.
Xiao Xu, played by Wei Chen, was the latest to enter the three major teams and was a rookie egg. Wei Chen's youthfulness is also more suitable for the role.
and Yang Jiantao, the captain of the second brigade played by Li Chen, can be regarded as Cheng Bing's control group role.
Speaking of which, Zhang Yi, Li Chen, and Chen Sicheng, the three old friends of "Soldier Assault" and "Beijing Love Story", finally merged in "Three Teams" after 11 years, which also surprised many audiences. No matter what the relationship between them is and what stories have happened, at least they did work together to launch such an excellent work as "The Three Teams" for the audience this time.
Last but not least, the film**. When it comes to the songs that best represent the police, I believe most people will immediately think of the theme song "Young Ambition Without Sorrow" sung by Liu Huan in the 1987 TV series "Plainclothes Police". The heart-wrenching melody and passionate and tragic lyrics are still unforgettable. In "The Three Teams", this song sounded many times, which not only witnessed the brotherhood of the members of the three major teams, but also praised them for fulfilling their police duties.
But what is even more surprising is that when the end credits of the film appeared, Liu Huan's singing voice sounded again, this time he sang the theme song of the film "The Way of the World". This song was composed by Peng Fei (he also composed the music of "The Three Teams"), Tang Tian wrote the lyrics ("The Lonely Brave" also came from her), coupled with Liu Huan's emotional performance, which is enough to make the macho man cry. In the lyrics, "I want this Lang Lang Qiankun, everything has a king's law", which is the best footnote to the story of the three teams chasing the murderer, and it is also written to all ordinary people in this world who adhere to conscience and justice.
If you only have one movie left in 2023, I hope to leave it to "The Three Teams".
Benefit time. It's welfare time!Yi Feijun will give away 18 "Three Teams" movie vouchers (nationwide) to everyone.
Please **This article to the circle of friends, send the screenshot to the backstage of Yifei***, send [three teams + name + mobile phone number], and Yifeijun will randomly draw 18 lucky fans, each of whom will receive 1 "Three Teams" movie exchange coupon.
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