Copywriting | Yi Xing
Editor | Nan Feng
How long has it been since you followed a suspense drama to the fullest?
said that " The Long Season " is the ceiling of suspense dramas in the past two years.
Indeed, it wraps tragedy with comedy, with a core of strong Northeastern characteristics, and vividly depicts the fate of the characters.
However, this drama has always been disappointing.
has a melodious rhythm but cannot retain the impatient audience. It has a very high reputation, but its popularity has not reached the quality standard at all.
In the public’s mind, the real suspense dramas are in criminal investigation themes.
For example, "White Night", Pan Yueming became popular overnight, and fans of the series are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of the second part for 7 years.
Another example is "The Silent Truth" and "The Hidden Corner", which are pure online dramas. One has too much stamina and the other is a hit.
This is the level that a masterpiece of criminal investigation and suspense should be.
So, can there be a decent suspense criminal investigation masterpiece in 2024?
Fog Theater has finally made another move -
"The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow" has obtained a distribution license. In just 16 episodes, it became the first hit of Fog Theater this year.
and it is said that it will debut in the second quarter, which is the prime time of May. It seems that good things are coming!
This is the first criminal investigation drama starring Zhang Songwen after the popularity of "Hurry Up". Whether
can add another strong player to the TV drama market, the fun begins now -
Nowadays, when seeing suspense or criminal investigation, what the audience is most afraid of is the emotional line.
Not to mention anything else, the movie "Who Is He" alone has already made the audience miserable. They want to watch it but don't want to watch it. It is an idol drama.
And when I saw the plot synopsis of "The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow", my heart finally settled in my stomach.
has two male protagonists, and the female protagonist is only the fourth.
In a small county in the 1990s, three teenagers suddenly disappeared.
The criminal police officer responsible for this case is the male protagonist Wang Shitu (played by Zhang Songwen). Coincidentally, Wang Shitu was also orphaned.
In the pouring rain, a teenager was chased by a mysterious man in black. Overnight, there was no news from the boy, and at the same time, the other two boys in the town also disappeared.
No one knows where they went, and no one can find them.
Three years later, one of the teenagers was found. The boy had become a pickpocket. After being caught, his original family was found through investigation.
But when the parents asked the boy what happened in the past three years, the boy's answer was only two words -
Amnesia. How could
lose his memory and find his hometown by such a coincidence?
The fact is that the boy did not have amnesia, he was faking it.
He took on the identity of another boy and deliberately pretended to be a pickpocket when he met the police. He also pretended to have amnesia because he could not accurately tell the information about his family.
The police officer Wang Shitu was still looking for the whereabouts of the three missing boys in the past three years.
And when the fog was lifted layer by layer, the police finally found traces of the other two boys.
Who is this boy who pretended to be an identity? Why did he do this? What does it have to do with the three boys who have disappeared?
There are so many mysteries, I am afraid we have to wait for the feature film to be revealed to the audience.
"The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow" tells more than just cold cases.
The boy is an orphan without an identity. He can only assume his identity and cannot live in the sun, so he "cannot see his shadow", and the old policeman has lost his child.
When two people meet, they go from being opposed to understanding each other. They have such a big age gap but can be redeemed in both directions. I can't wait just to hear it.
A good drama can really make many good actors.
"Cyclonus" was such a phenomenon that even the minor supporting characters already had names, and in "The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow", these people are gathered together again.
ranks first, Zhang Songwen.
Zhang Songwen plays a policeman, and there is also a family line. This is a fatal temptation for the audience.
Needless to say, his acting skills, and his absolutely positive police image will form a sharp contrast with "Gao Qiqiang".
The image in the play, coupled with the family line, has some shadows of the early "Gao Qiqiang".
This is simply a killer.
ranked second, Li Jian.
Li Jian plays a policeman this time, and he and Zhang Songwen are colleagues in the play.
In two Mesozoic dramas, it is still unknown what role Li Jian, the policeman, plays.
It’s just that the character played by Li Jian seems to have always been wary of the young man who returns in the play.
Since they are colleagues, what is the relationship between Zhang Songwen and Li Jian in the movie? Will they turn against each other or hide something from each other because of the case three years ago?
ranked third, Wang Peilu.
The crazy donkey in "Keeping Up" can always turn the careless bad guys into the core, and he is also quite funny. There is a high probability that
in the new drama will be related to the case of the boy who was lost three years ago.
In addition, there is national first-class actor Cheng Taishen.
In the play, Cheng Taishen will play the father of the boy who returns home. He plays three roles in the whole play, so the proportion of roles is very heavy.
Perhaps, there is a huge secret behind the father in the play, which is also related to the disappearance of his son.
There is no need to say more about Rong Zishan, the second male lead.
As a child actor, Rong Zishan always has the aura of a teenager and a composure that is not in line with his age when acting.
This is the third time Rong Zishan has collaborated with Zhang Songwen after "Xi Xiaomo's Summer" and "The Hidden Corner". The first two times they played father and son, the degree of tacit understanding is self-evident.
and Lao Ning, the murderous and unblinking character from "Sweeping Out", came to help out.
This suspense drama of only a dozen episodes is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. When it comes to human trafficking, disappearances, manslaughter and murder, "The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow" fills the plot with a huge amount of information, simply The clear relationship between the characters makes the case more complicated and confusing. This game is worth watching.
Conclusion
As the first masterpiece of Mist Theater in 2024, it is enough to show the Tao family's confidence in "The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow".
’s popularity is high but not low.
Zhang Songwen carries the banner, and even the bad dramas that have been accumulated for many years can make a difference. This is the first work he has shot after becoming popular, so it can't be wrong.
Although there are not many actors, they are all capable, which is enough for a small web drama.
As long as the plot is online and the pace is accelerated, this drama will definitely become the first drama king in the suspense market this year.
When a young man who cannot see a shadow meets a middle-aged man who cannot see the light, one has no family and the other has no children, how can they open their hearts and solve the existing mysteries, successfully enter each other's lives, and become each other's salvation? Where did those three teenagers go?
"The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow", we will wait and see!
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