"Under the snow, there will inevitably be confusion on the road ahead, where is the real exit? We await the moment when the mystery is revealed. ”
Zhang Yimou finally made a move.
The legendary "Protagonist" and "League of Legends" have not yet been filmed, and the first TV series supervised by Zhang Yimou was officially announced today.
36 episodes of criminal investigation and anti-drug drama, "Snow Labyrinth".
Over the years, criminal investigation dramas have really become popular.
In 2017, a "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" was born.
With exquisite plot settings and excellent acting quality, it quickly became popular.
The leading actor Pan Yueming, who has been silent for several years, also ushered in the second spring of his career and returned to the first-line male star camp.
"Icebreaker" in 2019 opened a new peak in the anti-drug theme, and "Uncle Dong" Wang Jinsong, who became popular with his acting skills, became the ubiquitous supporting role in national dramas in the next few years.
Facts have proved that the anti-drug + criminal investigation + suspense + crime genre can be called a trump card of national dramas, and a large number of people are looking forward to the next hit.
It's a pity that in the past few years, similar themes have always been bad, and it can't be said that there are no good works, but the real national hits are indeed scarce.
"Ice Hunting" led by Zhang Songwen Douban 45, the popularity has repeatedly reached new highs, which just shows that the audience's huge expectations for this genre, even if it is just an actor with excellent acting skills, the audience is still willing to chase it.
But the audience of Chinese dramas doesn't deserve to eat something good?
It's time for the old planner to make a move.
Produced by Zhang Yimou and directed by Lu Xing, the new generation of actors provoked the main beams, and the combination of Huang Jingyu and Zhang Yu was enough to attract attention.
Undoubtedly, this is another story of a police and bandit duel and brother competition behind an anti-drug case.
What attracts me the most is not only the subject matter, but also the powerful cast.
Powerful, there are Liu Wei , Liang Guanhua , Ding Jiali , Cheng Yong , Liu Xiangjing , Song Jiateng , Guan Yajun , Lian Lian , there are three national first-class actors alone.
young actors, as well as Wang Ziqi, Xie Keyin, Lin Boyang, etc.
To have a theme, to have a lineup, and finally filmed the old plotter in the Northeast, can you lead the domestic criminal investigation and anti-drug genre out of the "snow maze"?
Plate? For a criminal investigation TV series, it is particularly important whether the plot is eye-catching.
Most popular dramas will arrange some high-energy and exciting plots at the beginning, so as to firmly catch the audience's attention.
This drama is no exception.
At the beginning of the story, it is a ** case.
In 1997, the old industrial city of Haran in Northeast China was covered with ice and snow, and a seemingly ordinary ** case implicated a group of hidden and cunning large-scale drug trafficking organizations.
However, before the Narcotics Control Bureau was established, the drug crisis broke out, which brought unprecedented challenges to Haran City.
The city temporarily formed an elite team, in the face of the vicious drug cartels, the young criminal policemen with full of enthusiasm, face the difficulties, and confront the best forces.
Although the trailer has not yet been released, it is not difficult to see three major highlights based on the information of all parties:
The first is anti-narcotics. The core of the play is undoubtedly the struggle between ** and the drug cartels.
is different from "Ice Hunting", the drug dealers in this show did not show their famous brands.
To crack down on drugs, we must first find out the drug dealers.
* Through various means, the details of the drug trafficking group were gradually figured out, but the drug trafficking group constantly changed its strategy in an attempt to escape the pursuit of **. Until the end, ** did not cross the snow maze.
The second is suspense. Pay attention to this trailer released by the platform Youku: How many stories are hidden between black and white in the undercurrent? Can the people in the labyrinth find light in the darkness?
Undoubtedly, suspense will also be the key plot of the show.
The undercurrent is surging, and the maze is difficult to solve.
The deeper the opponent hides, the more this puzzle will be seen.
The third is the story of the Northeast crime.
The series was filmed in Changchun, obviously to restore a real Northeast.
When it comes to the Northeast, many people's minds are snowy, beautiful and full of danger.
From "Fireworks in the Day", "Undocumented Crime" to "The Long Season", the northeast wind has opened up a different suspense painting style, with a strong contrast of black and white in color, with a strong sense of suspense.
Director Lu Xing's famous "Undocumented Crime" was filmed in Harbin, and the old houses outside the road in winter, and the social figures who seem to be acquainted will make the audience smile.
I have to say that the story of the play knows how to handle the audience too well, and it is full of hooks, which firmly attracts the audience's attention.
Of course, the most important thing is who will shoot this Northeast crime story?
I've been guessing what the theme of Lao Mouzi's first TV series is, but I didn't expect it to be a criminal investigation and anti-drug drama.
Again, Zhang Yimou's directing strength is a bit boring.
Especially after "Article 20" in this Spring Festival file, I believe that the audience will no longer question Lao Mouzi's strength.
The film began to counterattack on the last day of the Spring Festival, and has now won 2.2 billion box office, one of the most difficult to shoot popular law stories, which was filmed by Zhang Yimou with joy and excitement.
Zhang Yimou once again proved that he has a good command of many types.
Zhang Yimou is no stranger to the type of criminal investigation suspense crime, in 1989, he found Gong Li and Ge You to shoot the action crime film "Code Name Jaguar". Over the years, his "On the Cliff" and "Solid as a Rock" are also strong suspense genres.
When he comes to supervise the production, he will definitely bring his own style.
The director of this play is not an ordinary person.
Lu Xing. In 2019, "Undocumented Crime" scored as high as 80 points, and also made Ning Li, a powerful national drama, popular, and the show can also be said to be the first popular Northeast crime drama.
The workplace drama "Ordinary Glory" is the only domestic workplace drama I have seen that does not fall in love, Lu Xing really dares, does not focus on love at all, but focuses on the detailed description of the workplace. Douban 75 points.
Zhang Yimou + Lu Xing, the biggest feature of this creative combination is that it is hard.
Hardcore, hardcore, hardcore.
Viewers who want to see the male protagonist fall in love can withdraw. The two directors engaged in dog blood and sprinkled industrial saccharin, but they couldn't do it, not at all.
But it would be too good to say that a pure criminal investigation crime drama was filmed, allowing the audience to feel a police and bandit battle in the snow and confusion.
Zhang Yimou's works, his acting skills are never bad.
Or to put it this way, Zhang Yimou has never been used to using actors with poor acting skills.
Article 20 is a textbook-style movie for acting, and the first TV series he supervised is impossible to smash his own signboard.
Let's talk about the two male protagonists first.
One is Huang Jingyu.
From "Icebreaker" to "Punishment", as soon as Huang Jingyu's face came out, I felt that the drug dealer was going to end.
Let's not talk about acting skills, at least in terms of appearance and temperament, Huang Jingyu acts in criminal investigation dramas, and he is already the only one in China.
In the dramas that have been performed over the years, from Chang Zheng of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Changwu City to Li Fei of the Dongshan City Anti-Drug Brigade, Huang Jingyu has almost played the front-line police officers of criminal investigation and anti-narcotics.
He plays the core character of this play, Zheng Bei, a guy from the Northeast, at least not badly.
My expectation is: Under the training of Zhang Yimou and Lu Xing, will he be able to have a more profound and brilliant performance?
The second is Zhang Yu.
His acting skills will definitely be outstanding.
This is not the first time Zhang Yu has played Zheng Yimou's play, in "Sniper", he played the role of Liu Wenwu, the sniper of the fifth class of guns, and finally sacrificed the scene to save his comrades, which can be called a heart-wrenching scene, and it should also leave a deep impression on Zhang Yimou.
If you want to say that the Cypriots came in, Zhang Yu is the person who Zhang Yimou stuffed into the play.
But such a Cypriot, the audience is too willing to watch it.
Since the outbreak of "Little Yellow Hair" in "I Am Not the God of Medicine", Zhang Yu has acted all the way from "Nobody" and "Sniper", and his strength has been recognized, and his popularity has always been poor.
He has no shortage of acting skills and good roles.
The role of Jiang Xiaohai in this play, I suspect that he is the villain of the whole play, and the protagonist Zheng Bei are mirror images of each other, Zheng Bei is positive, then he is the opposite.
The villain of the criminal investigation drama is easy to have good acting skills, Huang Jingyu, it is best to lift the spirit, don't be overshadowed by Zhang Yu.
Next, let's talk about a few of the powerful factions I am most looking forward to.
First, Liu Wei
Liu Wei plays Zheng Bei's father.
As a national first-class actor, Liu Wei's acting strength needs not be said.
But in recent years, this old drama bone has been re-active in national dramas, in "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", Liu Wei plays Wanshantang, he is full of aura at the beginning, and his gestures are not too similar to the village director of his hometown, and the repentance at the end is embarrassing.
In "The Wind Blows in the Summer", he plays the insatiable boss of a steel company, and he is into the bones.
Xin Tiegang, who he experimented with this time, is the kitchen god of the police force, the logistics of the task force, or the master Zheng Bei, and his acting skills are not something to worry about.
Second, Liang Guanhua
Recently, Monday's version of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" should remind some viewers of his "genuine Di Renjie".
Indeed, Di Renjie in the hearts of many viewers is just one image, Fat Di.
But in fact, when Liang Guanhua took on this role, the controversy was not small, because the previous version of Di Renjie was completely thin and wise, and the audience couldn't figure out why they wanted "poor Zhang Damin" to play this role, isn't this nonsense?
As a result, the audience knew that the real fragrance came too fiercely.
Zhang Damin, who was still full of nonsense, a little verbose and a little wise, turned into Di Renjie who was like a god in solving cases.
It can be seen that Liang Guanhua's biggest feature is what he looks like!
Acting in comedy, he laughs like a happy fat old man, which is very likable. But "The Long River of the World" played Suo Etu, and an expression made people shudder.
This time he played Zheng's father, needless to say that playing against Huang Jingyu is indispensable, I still say the same thing, Huang Jingyu had better cheer up twelve points.
Third, Guan runner-up
I know a lot of viewers will say, "Who, I don't know."
You may not know his name, but you may have seen him play "Army One", "Women's Special Forces", and "Blue Army Attack".
Especially after "Blue Army Attack", Guan Yajun frequently appeared in various military dramas, "Falling in Love with Special Forces" and "Ace Troops", he participated in it.
Guan Yajun's face shape and temperament are very suitable for playing a righteous role, so Zhang Yimou used him and let him play a villain without any suspense. I think Bacheng is a big drug dealer hiding in the shadows.
This ruthless character appears, and this duel between good and evil is interesting.
Fourth, practice
Jiang Yingzi, who she plays, is likely to be the most attractive female villain in this play, and the introduction given by the drama party: tenderness kills Ji.
Externally, she is the proprietress of a pharmacy.
Lian Lian's original name is Lian Shumei, and Tao Siyong in "Cha Classmate Boy" made the audience remember her. But the real acting skills shine brightly, or in many big dramas in the noon sun, such as "Big River 3".
In recent years, this powerful actress has finally begun to take on the role, and she plays the heroine in "All the Way Forward" broadcast by Yangba. Her role in this play is likely to be a key role in the ** case, and the poster has a rich expression and a sense of vicissitudes.
Thinking about the female character portrayed by Lu Xing in "Undocumented Crime", I can't help but look forward to practicing this performance.
As mentioned above, the theme of criminal investigation has always been a sweet spot in the national drama circle.
From the early "Six Groups of Serious Cases" and "Falling Stones" to today's "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" and "Sweeping the Black Storm", each of them has good ratings.
But what is the most difficult TV series to shoot well in China?
I think it's also a criminal investigation drama.
If you think about it carefully, the best criminal investigation dramas in the past 30 years have almost appeared around 2000.
A "12.1 Shooting Case" and a "China Criminal Investigation Case No. 1" are still the scoring ceiling of criminal investigation dramas.
Why is it so hard to shoot? From these "divine dramas", it is not difficult to see the clues.
First of all, the most important thing in criminal investigation dramas is truth.
Only if it is real enough, the audience will have a sense of substitution.
Whether it is "12.1 Shooting Case" or "China Criminal Investigation No. 1 Case", there are real prototypes as the basis for filming.
Secondly, criminal investigation dramas all involve the issue of "scale", and these excellent criminal investigation dramas have a common feature, that is, "dare to shoot".
All kinds of real crime scenes are realistically displayed, and the story itself is logically complete, the characters are vivid, there is no logical incomprehension, and there is no problem of levitation.
Finally, it's pure.
Criminal investigation dramas, just shoot criminal investigation well, not those who don't.
It's hard, but I'm willing to believe in Lao Mouzi.
Looking at the introduction, "Snow Labyrinth" is a pure criminal investigation and anti-drug drama, the ingredients are right, the chef is a master, the diners are waiting to be fed, and the snow outside is vast, just waiting for this pot to be stewed in the northeast.
Lao Mouzi, give the audience a good show.