spy war drama will explode in 2024.
The popularity of "Storm Chaser" has given audiences hope for the revival of domestic spy dramas.
Immediately afterwards, two more spy dramas added fuel to this revival.
The first one is "When the Stars Shine" starring Li Xian. It takes the growth of youth and faith choices as the main line and tells the story of the stars shining in each generation.
The other one is the highly anticipated "Harbin 1944".
The director of this drama is Zhang Li, the "godfather of domestic historical dramas". He is the director of high-profile historical dramas such as "Ming Dynasty 1566" and "Toward a Republic".
is written by Wang Xiaoqiang, who has written spy war dramas such as " rival ", " mask ", " secret envoy ", etc.
The actors who partner with the heroine Yang Mi are all talented actors, Qin Hao , Zhang Zixian , Luan Yuanhui , Jiang Qiming , etc.
The espionage theme and strong lineup made "Harbin 1944" very popular, and the number of reservations exceeded 2 million before the broadcast. The
series ranked first in satellite TV ratings when it premiered, and the cumulative ratings of the three satellite TVs were close to breaking 1.
is also very popular. It has received 640 hot searches on the entire network, topped the hot list 48 times, and directly refreshed the popularity record on the first day of the platform this year. Within 4 days of its broadcast,
won 4 titles including the Platform Soaring Chart, Maoyan Drama Popularity List, and Maoyan TV Drama Popularity Chart.
Judging from the data, this drama is expected to become another hit spy drama this year after "Storm Chaser".
Qingshi also finished the 8 aired episodes as soon as possible. Let’s talk about the plot, actors and everyone.
01
The story of "Harbin 1944" takes place in the Northeast under the control of the puppet Manchuria regime before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
The plot is fast-paced and has no water in it. It starts with a capture operation, which directly fills the tense atmosphere of the spy drama.
Our staff Lao Duan (played by Tian Xiaojie) and his comrade jointly passed on information, but this comrade was disguised as Guan Xue (played by Yang Mi), the chief of the Harbin Secret Service Section.
After the connection, Lao Duan found that the other party was injured, so he took her back to a safe house.
When he was about to hand over the information, Lao Duan accidentally saw the other party's arm and immediately felt something was wrong.
There are marks on her wrist from wearing a watch for a long time. As a gay, she lives in the old forest and does not know how to wear a watch at all.
So Lao Duan agreed with the other party and retreated to another room, put a chair on top of the door, and began to burn documents to hide information.
The abnormality of Lao Duan on the other side also made Guan Xue realize that his identity had been exposed, so he immediately broke down the door and started arresting him.
In an emergency, Lao Duan escaped from the window and Guan Xue shot, but was stopped by the male protagonist Song Zhuowen (played by Qin Hao) who was ambushing downstairs.
Despite being heavily surrounded by enemies, Lao Duan still did not escape. He was knocked down by the enemy with a car and then arrested.
The series then incorporated other elements of spy dramas.
comes to the rescue first.
After Lao Duan was arrested, the Secret Service Section tortured him to extract a confession, and our personnel also immediately carried out rescue operations.
Lao Duan was seriously injured under the torture of the agents. In order to get him to speak, the agents found an acupuncture doctor, Dr. Shi.
asked him to use acupuncture to make him miserable without dying, so as to force him to tell the information, and this doctor was one of our personnel.
He used acupuncture to hit the acupuncture points to make Lao Duan stop breathing for a short time, and then rescued Lao Duan in time while the enemy was disposing of the opponent's body.
followed by lurking.
Dr. Shi obtained information after rescuing Lao Duan, and took over the other party's delivery to the train station to deliver the information, and the contact person was the male protagonist Song Zhuowen.
At this time, Guan Xue also realized that there was something wrong with Dr. Shi, and immediately ordered a city-wide search, and then successfully arrested him at the train station.
But Guan Xue found no intelligence on Dr. Shi because the other party hid the pipe containing the intelligence under the train tracks before being arrested.
While arresting Dr. Shi at the train station, Guan Xue met the male protagonist and recognized this man as Brother Song, who had saved her and her younger brother many years ago.
But in fact, the person in front of her was the younger brother of that person she knew, and the two were twins.
So in order to get more information, Song Zhuowen changed his identity and joined the Secret Service Division as his brother Song Zhuowu's "benefactor".
I have to say that the director established the story structure in just 2 episodes.
Elements such as arrest, gunfight, rescue, and lurking are also perfectly integrated, making the spy war atmosphere so rich that it almost overflows the screen.
02 Spy War Flavor
For a spy war drama, the battle of wits and courage between the good and the bad guys is also a highlight.
After all, the battle of wits is exciting, and the spy war flavor naturally comes out.
The battle of wits in "Harbin 1944" not only fascinates people, but also establishes the characters through the battle of wits.
For example, the reception banquet arranged by Guan Xue for the male protagonist.
In order to penetrate deep into the enemy army, the male protagonist pretended to be his brother and used Guan Xue to enter the usually airtight secret service department. Although
takes good care of the male protagonist emotionally, the suspicious female protagonist still arranges a dinner to test the male protagonist.
She asked her men to bring wine to welcome the male protagonist, but when the men poured wine for the female protagonist, they deliberately poured the wine on the female protagonist, so she took the opportunity to leave and hide behind the curtain to observe.
The first person to appear was Hu Bin, the ruthless subordinate next to section chief Guan Xue. As soon as he sat down, he mentioned that he was interrogating Dr. Shi.
At this time, Hu Bin mentioned that Dr. Shi was just testing the male protagonist to see if he would react. During the whole process, the male protagonist had no trouble and no flaws were missed.
Seeing that the male protagonist was so calm, Hu Bin asked him how he saved Section Chief Guan, intending to outline the historical relationship between the male protagonist and Guan Xue and further confirm the information.
The male protagonist adopts a careless attitude and does not answer questions from the front.
The heroine's younger brother Guan Kai appears immediately. Guan Xue deliberately does not have the identity of the male protagonist to observe his instant reaction.
As soon as Guan Kai appeared on the stage, he was surprised and happy when he saw the male protagonist, and his eyes widened unconsciously.
Although the male protagonist did not know Guan Kai, he immediately guessed who Guan Kai was through everyone's reactions and the way Guan Kai looked at him.
Then he slowly stood up and walked towards Guan Kai. Before he could think about how to speak, Guan Kai excitedly called Brother Song and hugged him.
This trial ends here.
And through this Hongmen Banquet, the calm and wise character of the male protagonist and the suspicious character of the female protagonist are also vividly displayed.
There is also the murder case of a Japanese policeman at the train station behind.
The lustful police officer was stabbed by a female vendor because he tried to molest her. The male protagonist who happened to pass by took the opportunity to kill her.
The murder weapon happened to be the pen that the Japanese police had forcibly taken away from the male protagonist. After entering the special service department, the male protagonist's pen was discovered by the people who lived with him and told the female protagonist.
The woman asked the male protagonist about the pen and when the new pen head was replaced, and then went to investigate.
But before that, the male protagonist had already prepared a response. The place where he repaired the pen was staffed by our personnel, and the time of repairing the pen was staggered with the time of death of the Japanese.
At this point, the crisis has been cleverly resolved.
This kind of contest is just a microcosm of the contest between the pros and cons, and there are many more in the subsequent plots.
03 Actors
For a spy war drama, in addition to the ups and downs of the plot, the actors' performances are also a highlight.
"Harbin 1944" brought together many talented actors and created many vivid and three-dimensional characters.
For example, the male protagonist Qin Hao plays two roles and plays a pair of twins.
The younger brother Song Zhuowen has a calm and meticulous personality, but is brave and brave. He fights for his family and country as an underground worker.
The elder brother Song Zhuowu has a fiery and strong personality and is brave in martial arts. He is a Manchurian Robin Hood who specializes in targeting Japanese soldiers.
These two characters with very different personalities are so well played by Qin Hao that people can tell them apart at a glance.
Moreover, Qin Hao's performance in the play may seem dull, but there are details everywhere.
In the scene of "Hongmen Banquet", Qin Hao's micro-expression changes made people applaud.
From cautiousness to careful observation, to calm response after tension, every detail of the character in the entire process was handled just right.
found Qin Hao to play these two roles, and the director found the right person.
The acting skills of several supporting characters in the drama are so good that people can't take their eyes away, and they have a strong sense of presence.
Hu Bin, played by Luan Yuanhui, bites a piece of meat like a mad dog at work and won't let go, and always circles around Guan Xue like a mad dog emotionally.
is crazy and licking, jumping in the middle of catching a horse and being fierce.
Pan Yue, played by Zhang Zixian, has a calm and "epileptic" temperament.
In the play, he always keeps his head bent, with only a pair of small eyes thinking about something.
's acting skills, which are calm on the surface but violent and crazy on the inside, are a plus.
Zhao Bin, who plays Dr. Shi, also performed brilliantly in the scene where he retrieved Lao Duan's body and rescued it.
When the injured comrade was about to expire, he kept applying needles with trembling hands, sweating profusely, and mumbling that nothing was wrong and he would wake up soon.
's highly infectious acting skills immediately immersed the audience in this tense and urgent atmosphere.
and the surprising Jiang Qiming.
Audiences who have watched " The Long Season " know how good his acting skills are, and this time the spy Tian Xiaojiang he plays is even more extremely vicious.
On the one hand, he performed the utilitarianism of trying to climb up the ladder at every opportunity, and on the other hand, he performed the character's ruthlessness.
When using torture to force the prisoner to speak, Jiang Qiming spoke every line in a relaxed and calm manner, but his face looked like a psychologically twisted pervert. When
picked up the steel needle, the excitement in his eyes made people get goosebumps.
But in addition to these highlights, the problems in "Harbin 1944" are also very obvious.
First of all, there are logical loopholes in the storyline.
The logic of a spy-themed plot is very important, and anything that is unreasonable will cause drama.
Although the story of "Harbin 1994" is interconnected, there are many bugs from the big setting logic to the small details.
For example, Dr. Shi went to the train station to deliver information.
The person connected is clearly the male protagonist, but a man in a suit from our side appears inexplicably and accurately obtains information from under the railroad tracks.
Doctor Shi obviously had no interaction with the man in the suit, but after he was arrested, he told the male protagonist accurate information about the other party. He even knew what leather shoes the man in the suit wore.
The behavior of the man in the suit after receiving the information was also very unreasonable.
He rebelled and wanted to exchange information for money, but he did not take the initiative to find the enemy. Instead, he waited for the enemy to come to his door, and was eventually shot and killed by the male protagonist.
The Secret Service Section where the heroine is located is a key department, but they randomly pull in a doctor to give prisoners acupuncture.
That's the torture room of the Secret Service. Don't they do background checks when using these people?
The male protagonist is also full of aura.
He killed the man in the suit and was discovered by the spy who came later, but he fooled around and even the suspicious heroine did not suspect it.
When stealing information, the male protagonist was lying on the wall like a gecko. There was no one guarding the secret service department in the middle of the night. Isn't this nonsense?
Secondly, the acting of the heroine Yang Mi is controversial.
"Harbin 1994" is Yang Mi's first "transformation work" to be broadcast since she terminated her contract with her original company last year.
is different from Yang Mi’s previous roles. In this drama, she plays a cold-blooded, suspicious, and cruel villain.
This role is complex and multi-faceted, with a high degree of difficulty. It will be very interesting if you play it well.
Choosing this "difficult" role also shows that Yang Mi wants to work hard to seek breakthroughs and prove herself.
In order to play this role well, Yang Mi also hired an acting teacher.
Objectively speaking, Yang Mi's performance has improved this time, and we can see her dedication to the role.
For example, the scene where the heroine disinfects and bandages herself after being injured.
Yang Mi's forehead was sweating, blue veins popped out, and her facial features were twisted and trembling without caring about her appearance. It was very real.
But Yang Mi is obviously lacking in understanding and digestion of the character.
Guan Xue is a villain, and his biggest characteristic is that he is ruthless, otherwise he would not be the chief of the Secret Service.
But the cruelty shown by Yang Mi only stayed on the surface with exaggerated expressions and unconfident shouts, and there was no essence of the inner viciousness of the character.
This lack of acting skills makes it difficult for the audience to feel the charm and layering of the character, and instead gives people a feeling of "hard-wearing" acting skills.
From this point of view, there is still a long way to go before Yang Mi once said "to be a people's art actress".
Generally speaking, judging from the dramas currently aired, the situation of "Harbin 1994" is not optimistic. I hope it will improve in the future.
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