Text | Muran
Editor | Sanyuan
Domestic spy dramas have become popular, but the popular suspense dramas have been dormant for a long time.
After last year's " The Long Season " broke through the ceiling of word-of-mouth, the subsequent suspense dramas that were released seemed to be nothing more than that.
The audience's aesthetic ability has improved, their horizons have improved, and ordinary suspense dramas can no longer fool everyone.
However, once you encounter a high-quality suspense drama, it will still be highly praised by the audience.
For example, " Gloomy Fire ", whose quality was stamped by CCTV, broke 1 in the first broadcast ratings, which shows how popular this drama is.
I have to say that the audience's eyes are sharp. As soon as CCTV's "ace drama" was broadcast, it firmly caught my attention.
First, the suspense is layered, and the three major doubts firmly retain the audience.
First, the rumors in the small town
In the early plot, in addition to finding the truth is the highlight, the second is that the villagers in the small town surround the two people. All kinds of rumors spread.
One is the "slut" remarks surrounding Nanya (played by Tong Yao ).
In the eyes of everyone, Nanya has a very bad reputation. Not only the people in the small town say so, but even the police in charge of her case don't have a good impression of Nanya.
And these rumors also subtly affect everyone in the town.
The other is the "expulsion" speculation surrounding Zhou Luo (played by Zhang Xincheng).
As a talented boy in a small town, Zhou Luo was admitted to a prestigious university, but dropped out due to illness.
However, people in the town also had various speculations about why he dropped out of school. Some people said that he was seriously ill, while others said that he had done bad things, such as renting a house, taking drugs, and visiting prostitutes. .
Even the teachers in the school commented on Zhou Luo: "He has a bad reputation, and he is still so arrogant."
These rumors seem to be a description of social phenomena and human nature, but from the perspective of suspense , but it led to the first layer of suspense in this drama.
If the rumors are true, then Nanya is an unruly woman and Zhou Luo is also a bad student.
Two bad guys, one committed a murder and the other claimed to be an eyewitness, the credibility of their testimony is greatly reduced, and the truth of the murder becomes even more confusing.
If the rumors are false, then Nanya and Zhou Luo are the victims in the small town. Two people who cherish each other, in order to get rid of the shackles together, it is very likely that they will act in a play together.
The design of this suspense shows the skill of the screenwriter. Whether the rumors are true or false, they will make the truth of the case more complicated.
Second, the truth behind Nanya’s murder of her husband
Can Nanya consider it a legitimate defense?
According to Nanya, her husband has been committing domestic violence against her for a long time. Everyone in Qingshui Town knows that the night of the crime was also because Nanya’s husband wanted to kill her with an axe. Nanya had to protect herself. Only then did he accidentally kill the other party.
But the truth is obviously not that simple.
Nanya's confession to the police also related to the "Bridge Case". Nanya had filed for divorce herself that night and used the conspiracy behind the "Bridge Case" to threaten her husband, which caused her husband to lose control of his mood.
However, the police believed that even if the tampering of the design resulted in a death, they would be imprisoned for two years at most, and they would not kill Nanya for this reason.
There is another detail at the beginning of the play. When everyone is counting down to watch the fireworks on the bridge, the wall behind them is projected on the wall by the reflection of the car lights, with two figures with obvious height differences.
Judging from the actions of the two people, they were arguing. At this time, the only person standing on the bridge with his back to everyone and witnessing this scene was Zhou Luo's mother.
Why didn’t she tell the police this detail, and why did the domestic violence man’s car explode during the fireworks that night? Why did Zhou Luo's classmates run away in fear? What did she see?
This suspense is undoubtedly the most fascinating in the whole drama, and it will always intrigue the audience, making them unable to stop.
Third, the relationship between Nanya and Zhou Luo
One is a married woman with a child, and the other is a student who has been dropped out of school and is still studying. They seem to have no intersection with each other, but the play hints at the audience everywhere. It is an unknown forbidden love.
Zhou Luo's heart was moved the first time he saw Nanya, and then his heart beat faster in the audio store. He was looking forward to meeting her again. Even when he looked at Nanya's back, he couldn't help but stare closely at her. .
When Nanya was domestically abused, Zhou Luo witnessed this scene, and because he saw Nanya’s body whose clothes were torn by her husband, he was frightened and intolerable. These all buried the relationship between the two. A foreshadowing was made.
The relationship between the two directly determined the truth of the case. Nanya immediately surrendered after killing her husband, but Zhou Luo, as a witness, reported the crime a few hours later.
If it is just an ordinary relationship, then the truth of the case is as the two said, it is just self-defense, but if it is forbidden love, it will be a completely different result.
Judging from these three points of suspense, "Gloomy Fire" can be said to be laid out layer by layer. Before the truth is revealed, it leaves one foreshadowing after another. It really makes people get more and more excited as they watch!
Two, Tong Yao + Zhang Xincheng, this pairing is fresh enough.
With a good script, if you choose the right actors, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Tong Yao plays the role of Nanya, who is so beautiful that everyone envies her. She is very convincing in terms of image.
Whether it is the graceful curves displayed when tailoring clothes in a clothing store, or the free and easy way while dancing to the music at the entrance of a video store, they are all charming.
The beauty shown by Tong Yao in the play even makes people feel out of place, so it is more convincing that this kind of beauty will become the original sin.
Zhang Xincheng plays the role of a genius boy. There is no need to give the audience time to watch his performance before stepping into the role, because before this, he has already appeared in "Genius Basics" and has played the role of countless high school students, from age to temperament. They all fit the character's personality.
Zhang Xincheng played the calm and aloof feeling of the talented young man very well. When he saw Nanya, he couldn't help but be moved. He stared at the other person, but subconsciously dodged when the other person's eyes responded, and the emotions were interpreted very realistically.
Although there are not many rivalry scenes between the two in the early plot, people are already looking forward to this crazy and intellectual sibling love combination after the forbidden love begins.
In addition, Ye Zuxin, who plays the police officer in the play, has sharp eyes and scrutinizes everyone, while the old policeman played by Tian Xiaojie has the look of an experienced veteran.
Even the supporting characters who play the role of villagers, the eye scenes are so real that it makes people feel suffocated.
It can be said that the acting level of "Dark Fire" is not inferior to that of previous domestic suspense dramas. Coupled with the suspenseful story, another ceiling drama is coming.
I wonder if this drama has met your expectations?
