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Editor | Yellow Cat
Criminal investigation drama is undoubtedly the most popular type of Chinese drama.
Audiences can always feel the hard-core atmosphere that fills the screen in criminal investigation dramas. The constantly reversing plot and the suspenseful atmosphere created always make the audience amazed.
For this reason, criminal investigation dramas always gain high attention and reputation. Although
was quiet for a while, the popularity of dramas such as "White Night", "Undocumented Crime" and "Anti Crime" have reopened the door to the popularity of domestic criminal investigation dramas.
Especially throughout last year, the craze of criminal investigation has hardly stopped, and dramas such as "Hurry", "The Long Season" and "Thirteen Years of Ashes" continue to be active on the Chinese drama screen.
Soon after 2024, will there be any good criminal investigation dramas?
x Theater has stepped up its game again. "Black Soil Silence" has finally made its debut. It has only been aired for one day, and the site rating is as high as 9.3. With such rapid momentum, can it make the criminal investigation genre soar again like "Hurry"?
Without further ado, let’s take a look.
The pace is fast and the suspense is strong. This drama is too exciting.
The most important thing why criminal investigation dramas are exciting is that they can catch people's attention. Usually, a large number of dramatic conflicts and big scenes are arranged in the first few episodes to make the audience instantly involved in the drama.
The same is true for "Black Soil Silence", which only took the audience into the drama in 3 episodes.
The story opens with a mouth-watering grilled skewers that are sizzling with oil. Yang Hongqiao (played by Xing Jiadong), chairman of the Hongqiao Group, shares the freshly grilled mutton skewers with the bosses present.
On the surface, it is a gathering among friends, but in fact, it is a Hongmen Banquet set up by Yang Hongqiao. The purpose is -
"I want to see if I can speak well in Lanhe County"
The words have not yet been spoken. After saying that, Jia Dayong (played by Ma Jingshan), the boss of Jinma Heat, was heard swearing. Yang Hongqiao looked at Jia Dayong who was beaten so hard that he couldn't stand up, and kept provoking him with words.
Unexpectedly, Jia Dayong spat all over him. Yang Hongqiao said, "Why are you hiding Tai like that?", he poked the opponent directly with the mutton skewer in his hand, and then told his subordinates that he didn't want to see him anymore.
After that, fireworks rang out outside, scaring everyone else present to tremble.
sets the tone with a toughness and arrogance that is rare in domestic criminal investigation dramas, but this is just the beginning.
The real excitement is yet to come.
Something happened to the Hongqiao Group, and three lives were thrown directly in front of the audience.
A young girl in pajamas fell to her death in the compound of Hongqiao Group, smashing a big hole in Yang Hongqiao's jeep parked downstairs.
Originally, the police thought it was an accident. Unexpectedly, when they entered the building to investigate, they found two more male corpses.
One of the corpses was a security guard in the building, with an "Excellent Employee" badge in his pocket.
The other corpse was that of Yang Hongqiao, who was still arrogant and domineering yesterday. What was even more surprising was that Yang Hongqiao died of gunshot wounds.
After police investigation, it was found that the first female deceased was most likely Yang Hongqiao’s lover who was hiding in the company. It was inferred from the traces on the scene that she most likely jumped downstairs on her own initiative.
The security guard is just an innocent passerby, and the murderer's ultimate target is only Yang Hongqiao from beginning to end.
Three lives were lost in one case, and the situation instantly became complicated.
Why the girl jumped from the building, and why the murderer was so bold as to kill someone with a gun, all questions are waiting for the police to decipher. However, during the investigation, the police found the fingerprints of a fourth person at the scene.
The interlocking plots, ultra-fast story rhythm, climax plot content, unexpected plot settings, and well-executed horror and suspense are the biggest advantages of "Black Earth Silence".
At this point in the story, I have completely fallen into the drama.
All the members are powerful, and it’s so enjoyable to play on the same stage.
From the protagonist to the supporting roles, there is not a single popular star in "Black Earth Silence", they are all real talents. After watching 3 episodes, every actor's performance is very on point.
ranks first, Chen Jianbin.
Chen Jianbin's most outstanding role has to be the role of the "Four Masters" in "The Legend of Zhen Huan". He perfectly interprets the emperor's arrogant attitude and unsmiling character, and is very scene-stealing in the female group portrait scenes.
This time, he played the role of old detective Guan Yu. Chen Jianbin is very familiar with this kind of role. He showed the changes in the character's state in just a few scenes. When he sat at the interrogation table, his eyes were firm and he vowed to "pry open" the suspect's mouth.
See The suspect refused to accept this trick, and turned around to carry a basin of dumplings and feed them himself. The friendly look on his face was completely different from the previous one.
Chen Jianbin's performance was funny and humorous. As soon as a few details were revealed, the audience immediately knew that this was a man. An experienced old detective.
The second place is Hu Jun.
I can imagine that Hu Jun played a ruthless character in "Black Soil Silence", but I didn't expect that he is a ruthless character who can't distinguish between good and bad.
Hu Jun In the new drama, Yang Si, a tough guy from the Northeast, is transformed into a rugged man from the Northeast. He is wearing a shabby cotton jacket, with messy hair, and obvious scars on half of his face. He is not a good person at first glance.
As expected, when he was a young man, he was capable of robbing and beating people. Qian, who had just been released from prison and was taken to the police station. Faced with the police interrogation, he focused on reading random responses, but the police could not find the loopholes.
You can feel from Hu Jun's unique and profound eyes that this character, There must be something inside.
The third place is Deng Jiajia.
In the criminal investigation suspense genre, it is no exaggeration to say that Deng Jiajia is the "female version of Qin Hao". This is not her comfort zone, but her ruling zone.
With "Witness by All" She won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award, and then she shined in "Undocumented Crime". Her acting skills are beyond doubt.
In the new drama, Deng Jiajia plays Yang Hongqiao's ex-wife Wang Ping. When she appears, her smart and glamorous temperament cannot be concealed. Live, when the police asked questions as usual, she answered appropriately and generously, but her too smooth and natural emotions made the audience feel a little wrong.
I think this is definitely not a problem with Deng Jiajia's acting skills, but the hook she used her acting skills to lay for the plot. , after all, the role of "sister-in-law" is not simple.
In addition, there are also many actors such as Xing Jiadong, Yu Yang, Jiang Hongbo, Hou Changrong, etc. joining in the play, which makes the whole drama lively.
Conclusion:
After watching three episodes, I found that "Black Soil Silence" has captured the essence of a criminal investigation drama.
On the one hand, the plot design is eye-catching.
"Black Soil Silence" uses an extremely fast pace to create a tense and exciting atmosphere, which instantly makes people feel The audience becomes involved, and suspense is set up at the end of each episode to arouse everyone's interest and push the audience to continue reading.
On the other hand, the actors' performances are on point.
Actors have played a vital role in the success of dramas such as "Undocumented Crime" and "The Long Season". Although there are no popular stars in "Black Soil Silence", all of them are talented actors and more capable. Increase the suspense of criminal investigation dramas.
is indeed another masterpiece of x theater, "Black Soil Silence" is quite hard.
