In 2018, after a documentary story "Please tell the director, the mission of the Third Brigade has been completed" adapted from real events was published online, the story, which was more exciting than the drama, moved many netizens. Everyone left messages, hoping to make this story into a film. In 2022, the film project will be launched, and the TV series version is also preparing to start filming in the same year.
At the end of 2023, one week after the movie version was released, the drama version of "The Three Brigades" was launched. With the same name, the same story, and different starring lineups, the drama version and the movie version will inevitably be compared.
Plot: The adapted drama version is easier to sympathize with, and the plot is more advanced in the movie version
The protagonist of "Please tell the director, the mission of the Third Brigade has been completed" is called Cheng Bing. He was originally a criminal investigation captain with outstanding professional ability, but after handling the case together During the course of a vicious case, the three teams he led led to the accidental death of one of the suspects, and Cheng Bing 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 incident to Cheng Bing finally capturing the murderer, 12 years have passed...
Because the original text only has more than 10,000 words, both the movie version and the TV drama version have been adapted. In the text, Cheng Bing chases the murderer alone and is changed to He joined three brigade members to chase the murderer together. The one-man show has become a group show, and the relationships between the characters and their lives changed by the case have become more infectious.
The difference is that in the movie version, everyone in the three brigades was sentenced. In the drama version, only Cheng Bing was imprisoned, and the others were stripped of their police uniforms. At the beginning, the drama version used more space to unfold the suspect's story. First, the suspect was set as a fugitive, and then a gun was found through the Wang brothers' burglary. They killed someone with the gun and then fled back to the local area, making it more difficult for the police to arrest Wang Dayong later. . In the hotel shooting incident, Wang Eryong got into trouble. Wang Dayong, who has a strong psychological quality, wanted to make the big issue smaller and solve it with money. While the two brothers were hiding, they raped and killed the girl. After being caught, Wang Eryong said that he had only raped her and that he could not be sentenced to death. He was extremely arrogant. Compared with the film version that directly cuts into the theme of chasing the murderer, the drama version first arouses the audience's emotions, making them more understanding of Cheng Bing's anger and his choice to embark on the long road of chasing the murderer again many years later.
Unlike the film version, the suspect is pure evil, and the drama version presents more of the villain Wang Dayong. Although Wang Dayong was ruthless, he committed the two murders himself and did not let his younger brother get involved because he knew that as long as he did not kill anyone, the crime his younger brother committed was not a big deal. In this regard, the characters in the drama version are more humane than those in the film version.
But in terms of specific plot processing, the film version is several steps higher than the drama version. It is also about Cheng Bing's daughter's resentment and alienation from her father. The movie version shows it when Cheng Bing comes home and finds his old cell phone after being released from prison, and discovers that his daughter has scratched the sticker on his cell phone. Here, although the daughter does not appear, a single photo can allow the audience to feel her emotions and complete the narrative. In the drama version, after Cheng Bing was released from prison, he went to school with his colleagues from the car wash to see his daughter. The two were regarded as bad guys by the security guards, who knocked them to the ground and attracted the police. Cheng Bing said that he came to see his daughter, but when her daughter saw him, she coldly expressed that she did not know him. There is also a scene where the father of the victim girl meets Cheng Bing after he is released from prison. In the movie version, he comes to Cheng Bing very solemnly, thanks him, and gives him the best tea eggs. In the drama version, Cheng Bing reunited with his brothers from the Third Brigade in a hotel. The victim's father walked in drunkenly, overturned the table, threw the plate, and accused him of "you have the nerve to eat and drink." The same plot, in terms of handling techniques, the movie is subtle but more powerful, while the drama version is too direct and a bit cliché. Therefore, it makes sense that the movie version can score 7.8 on Douban, and then rose to 7.9 a week later.
Actors: Zhang Yi, Qin Hao each have their own characteristics, Chen Minghao adds points to the drama version
The actors in the film version and the drama version can be directly summarized by the two most popular TV series in 2023, "Hurry" and "The Long Season". Zhang Yi and Wang Xiao in the movie version are An Xin and Yang Jian in "Hurry", while Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and Liu Yitie in the drama version played Gong Biao, Ma Dui and Wang Yang in "The Long Season" respectively.Other actors, whether they are Zhang Zixian and Cao Bingkun in the movie version or Li Naiwen, Lin Jiachuan, and Fan Lei in the TV series version, are also talented actors, and their performances are very engaging.
Zhang Yi and Qin Hao, who played Cheng Bing, can be said to have completed their roles very well, and although they played the same character, they performed with different feelings. Roles such as police and soldiers are Zhang Yi's dominant performance area. Cheng Bing's stubborn temperament is very suitable for him. He performed Cheng Bing's lamentable experience in a heart-wrenching way.
Qin Hao, who also played a police officer in "Undocumented Crime", played a very life-like Cheng Bing through his carefree, confident and arrogant early stage, and his guilt and stubbornness after being released from prison.
Chen Minghao, who has performed outstandingly in "The Long Season" from a high-spirited police officer to the "Hua Lin Dance King" of the elderly university, and the suspect Wang Dayong who appeared in the drama version once again proved that the "genius acting" evaluation given by netizens is worthy of the name. In the play, Wang Dayong fled to the hotel after committing a crime. When checking in, he observed the surrounding environment. With just one glance, he naturally showed the vigilance and caution in the character's heart. Wang Dayong's ruthlessness is even more impressive. He can calmly smash a girl to death, shoot a gun in the street without saying a word, and slap his brother more than a dozen times in a row... Don't mention the state of Chen Minghao's performance. In the play, the six people he took advantage of were scared, and even the audience was scared watching them through the screen.
Author Liang Juan (Exclusive manuscript of "Shanghai TV", please contact the "Shanghai TV" editorial department for reprinting)
