Criminal investigation dramas are evergreen in the TV drama market, and the audience's pursuit of suspense, reasoning, and justice has never stopped. However, criminal investigation dramas are also facing the dilemma of homogenization, routines, and kitsch, and how to stand out among many criminal investigation dramas has become a challenge for creators. Recently, Tencent**X Theater launched a new criminal investigation drama "Black Soil Without Words", which shows the social documentary and human nature exploration of the small city in Northeast China in a cold and realistic style, which has aroused strong attention and discussion from the audience.
"Black Soil Without Words" tells the story of Lanhe, a quiet small northeastern city, that makes waves due to a bizarre murder case. The local famous enterprise Hongqiao Group **, three people were killed overnight, and the suspect Yang Si (played by Hu Jun) was arrested on the way to escape, but the criminal police captain Guan Yu (played by Chen Jianbin) found many suspicious points during the interrogation, and Yan Hongqiao's original partner Wang Ping (played by Deng Jiajia) seems to be inextricably linked with the case. As Guan Yu's investigation deepened, a story from the Northeast that spanned 1990 to 2005 surfaced.
The content of the play has the following characteristics: it closely follows the theme of reality and shows the social changes in Northeast China. The play is not only a criminal investigation drama, but also a social drama, through the background of the case and the fate of the characters, reflecting the prosperity and decline, opportunities and challenges, justice and **, ideals and realities experienced by the Northeast region in the tide of reform and opening up. The play shows the story of the 90s and 00s in a cross-narrative way, through the collection of a large number of prop elements and down-to-earth objects, and silently shows the changes of the times in details, truly and vividly drawing a picture of the Northeast era for the audience.
Pay attention to the analysis of human nature and show the choice of fate. The play not only focuses on the reasoning and resolution of the case, but also pays more attention to the humanity and psychology behind the case. The characters of the play are ordinary people with flesh and blood, love and desire, good and evil, they are facing all kinds of choices and tests in the torrent of the times, some adhere to justice, some degenerate, some pursue ideals, some succumb to reality, some love and kill each other, and some betray and harm each other. The play shows the ecology of the small town in a non-binary way, allowing the audience to feel the life and fate choices under the frozen black soil in a silent place, showing the past of the Northeast spanning many years from the perspective of criminal investigation documentary, and conveying the power of justice.
Highlight the suspenseful tension and show the wisdom of criminal investigation. As a criminal investigation drama, the play also has a gripping suspenseful atmosphere and tight rhythm. The play injected a chilling temperament into the drama from the beginning, with a cold and realistic style, the story was placed in the Northeast winter with a very cold and solemn sense of killing, and it went straight to the point from the beginning, Yan Hongqiao, the richest man in the Northeast town of Lanhe and chairman of Hongqiao Group, was shot and killed within ten minutes of his appearance. As the case deepens, the truth of the case becomes more and more complex, involving multiple characters and clues, and each episode will have new characters and clues online, and the more clues and mysteries are dug up, the more you watch, the better you look.
The criminal investigation link of the play is exquisite, and the characters are three-dimensional and plump, especially the two tough guys Chen Jianbin and Hu Jun, one good and one evil, and the stalemate of confrontation is very exciting. "Black Soil Without Words" is a criminal investigation drama that uses cold realism to create a documentary analysis of Northeast society. The play is based on the perspective of traditional criminal investigation documentary, in-depth realism creation, showing the appearance and fate choices of social beings under the changes of the times, arousing deep empathy from the audience.