Domestic dramas have always had one banner, and that is suspense.
It's strange to say that although suspense dramas are low-cost and low-investment, they are easy to get into and the audience enjoys them, the kind of pleasure of having their IQ crushed and finding their way according to the pictures.
Looking further, there are "White Night" with an 8.9 score and "The Silent Truth" with a 9.0 score.
Looking closer, "The Hidden Corner" scored 8.8 points, and " The Long Season " scored 9.4 points.
A great drama comes out every time. Looking at the past ten years, bad dramas are bad in their own way, but the "great dramas" are all suspense.
Why?
The reason is simple.
First of all, the suspense lies in cleverness.
is different from large-scale commercial productions. Suspense pays attention to details, logic and immersion.
As long as the audience can watch it, it can trigger heated discussions. With the popularity, it will force the production of better suspense dramas.
Secondly, suspense has a hidden charm.
A good suspense drama will bury a main line among many detailed mysteries, and this main line will often attract the audience to watch the entire drama from beginning to end.
will even directly leave suspense, making everyone look forward to the sequel.
In the end, the suspense team is invincible.
Generally good suspense dramas will select a complete set of excellent creative teams, including main creators, actors, screenwriters, etc.
Excellent suspense dramas may not necessarily have popular stars, but they must have many veteran actors and industry elites. This is also the guarantee for suspense dramas to be widely produced.
2024 is almost halfway over, and recently another suspense drama has come.
This suspense drama is in the same vein as "White Night" and both come from Youku's "White Night Theater".
is called " new ". Director
applied for the Olympics. He just proved his talent with the movie " or " and then left the online drama.
Powerful actors Huang Jue and Wang Yanhui are leading the way.
As soon as he saw this lineup, Brother Pi became very excited. He binge-watched four episodes and was still unsatisfied.
I haven’t seen such a short and concise crime suspense drama in a long time.
2024 will definitely occupy a corner of the Chinese drama market and may even become the best suspense drama this year.
So, what’s so good about this suspense drama with only 10 episodes?
What excellent qualities does it have that can allow it to challenge the status of "suspense dramas" such as "White Nights" and "The Long Season"?
Let’s start now—
01, is Fei Ke still alive? Three puzzles, five deceptions, and suspense can still be played like this?
He Shan, magazine editor.
One day, her old friend Fei Ke called and wanted to say goodbye at the airport and give her something.
He Shan thought it was just an ordinary farewell to friends, so she hurried away.
arrived at the airport and saw Feike. The two looked at each other and said hello, but Feike suddenly fell to the ground and twitched, foaming at the mouth.
Fei Ke struggled, handed the USB flash drive in his hand to He Shan, and then passed out.
There was chaos at the airport, and Fei Ke was rescued by an ambulance.
But when the camera turned, the paramedics in the ambulance all changed their clothes, tied up Fei Ke, and sold him to a small island like a piglet.
A few days later, He Shan received the news of Fei Ke's death.
wrote a letter saying that he hoped she would go to Chong'an Island to attend Feike's memorial service.
He Shan had no doubts and went there dressed in black.
What surprised her was that five people attended the memorial service and there were no relatives or friends of Feike.
Moreover, these five people don’t know each other yet.
The five people were led to the basement, where Feike's coffin was placed.
The butler said that it takes five people to tell their own and Feike's stories before the last will can be read.
Things became strange. He Shan took advantage of the chaos and pushed open the coffin, only to find that there was nothing inside.
At this time, the housekeeper quietly slipped away and locked the basement door.
The first mystery of the play leads to this:
Who is Fei Ke? Is he alive or dead?
The five people who were locked up had no choice but to follow Feike's "last wish" and start telling the story between them and Feike.
What is surprising is that when they compared the fees they added to WeChat, they found that they were five different accounts, although the avatars were all the same person.
Apparently, they encountered the same scammer.
Moreover, the scammer used different identities to deceive five of them at the same time. These five people
have different identities. Some are journalists, some are corporate CEOs, some are fund managers, and some are white-collar workers.
They had no choice but to start telling stories about themselves and Feike, and the first story was enough to shock everyone's attention.
The narrator, named Chen Shufa, is the boss of a mining group and Feike’s “father”.
To be precise, it should be the "father-in-law", and he was also the one who was deceived the most.
Chen Shufa's daughter Chen Jiajia met Fei Ke at a charity party.
Under Fei Ke's package, Chen Jiajia, a rich girl, fell into a trap quickly, and they started talking about marriage in just six months.
Chen Shufa was wary of Fei Ke, but Fei Ke was very clever at deception.
Not only did he fabricate his education from Columbia University Business School, he also fabricated his father who was the leader of the mining department and hired an actor to play his mother.
Not to mention, Fei Ke bought a mansion from somewhere and met Chen Shufa in the mansion.
Chen Shufa gradually let down his guard against Fei Ke and allowed him to fall in love with his daughter.
He wanted to gain connections with the mining company, and at the same time he felt that Fei Ke was a talented person, so he married his daughter to his father-in-law without meeting him.
After the marriage, Fei Ke quickly gained Chen Shufa's trust and even managed his company and property.
It was not until Chen Shufa needed to find a company to acquire the mine under his name that Fei Ke showed his fangs, defrauded more than 40 million yuan in one fell swoop, and disappeared completely.
Chen Shufa realized that he had been cheated but it was too late. His daughter had fallen too deep and ended her life by committing suicide.
Fei Ke made Chen Shu lose his fortune and his family, but he disappeared from the world and was happy and free.
After Chen Shufa’s story, fund manager Cheng Hao began to tell his story with Fei Ke.
The strange thing is that the time when they were deceived coincided.
At this point, the second mystery of the play has emerged:
How did Fei use his five identities to deceive five people at the same time?
Everyone began to tell their own stories, and then everyone used the "Feike fragments" from their own experiences to piece together a complete "Feike" with difficulty.
Among these people, some were defrauded of money, some were defrauded of sex, some were defrauded of information, and some were defrauded of houses...
Obviously, the purpose of Fei Ke's deception seems to be slightly different for everyone.
The strange thing is that after everyone finishes speaking, the money they were defrauded will automatically be returned to their bank account.
This is the third and most critical puzzle. It is also the main thread that leads the audience from the beginning to the end of the show, and it has been swirling in Brother Pi's mind.
Why did Feike come back from the dead, and why did he kidnap himself and let these five people come to a secret room to tell a story about himself?
Is he a victim or a perpetrator?
In other words, what is his purpose?
This puzzle can only be answered by watching the entire drama.
finished watching four episodes and found that the drama "New Life" is different from other dramas.
It's like a secret room drama, but more like a suspense crime drama.
During the narration process of the five people, the audience is also making an extremely huge character profile puzzle.
The image of a liar named "Feike" gradually became clear.
02, "The God of Performance" is in charge, Huang Jue is calm, the third female lead may become famous all over the country!
In addition to the highlights of the plot, "Rebirth" can be said to be a "big award" in terms of acting skills.
's outstanding acting skills mainly focus on three people.
The first one is Wang Yanhui.
Wang Yanhui became famous in one fell swoop when " The Scorching Sun Burns the Heart " was released.
The legend of him as the "God of Acting" is still circulating on Douban.
In the movie, one of his confessions made many viewers think that it was an interview with a real death row prisoner.
Wang Yanhui, who was born in drama, got out of the industry because of this.
In the film, Wang Yanhui played the image of a rustic boss and a deceived old father very convincingly.
When she discovered that her daughter was in love with Fei Ke, she could hardly hide the dissatisfaction, dullness and anger in her eyes.
When he apologized the next day, there was a little more tenderness in his eyes.
When he saw Fei Kede, his eyes showed uncontrollable approval.
After her daughter committed suicide, her red-eyed expression sent shivers down people's spines.
With Wang Yanhui here, "Rebirth" cannot collapse.
The second one is Huang Jue.
Huang Jue really became popular in the web drama " begins ".
He played the role of bus driver Wang Xingde.
His bus driver is still fresh in people’s memory.
That acting skills are so explosive.
In this film, Huang Jue plays the role of fund company manager Cheng Hao.
This is a financial man who watches the market during the day and spends his days drinking and drinking.
When talking, there is the wisdom and elegance of successful people.
When he was dancing in the nightclub, he was an unruly prodigal.
When thinking about a problem, you can always read the depth in his expression.
found out that he had been deceived. The change in his expression at that moment was something that would take ten years to master.
Generally speaking, Huang Jue's role determines his performance positioning, which puts composure first.
And Cheng Hao is also the clearest-minded among the five.
The third one is Peng Yang.
You may not be familiar with Peng Yang. In "Rebirth", she is only the third female lead.
She was the teacher Yu Xin in "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower", and she was also the flower world's peony owner in " Sweet Honey Ashes Like Frost ".
Peng Yang always gives people the impression that he has a gentle temperament. He has rarely appeared in popular dramas before and has not many works.
But Brother Pi had a hunch that this, unlike "Rebirth", might usher in a second spring for her career.
Because of this drama, the audience really saw her acting skills and charm.
In the drama, Peng Yang plays the role of Su Qian, an older leftover girl who is deceived by Fei Ke for both money and sex.
Recalling Feike, with just two glances, Brother Pi already understood 80% of the story between them.
This acting skill is all self-explanatory.
Although Su Qian is not the youngest of the three female actors, she must be the one with the most emotional charm.
In the process of falling in love with Fei Ke, the shyness in the early stage and the deep depression in the middle stage,
had light in her eyes and love in her heart, it was her that I was talking about.
You will find that as the love deepens, Su Qian becomes younger and more attractive.
After the sex scene, she was deeply worried about the future of her relationship with Fei Ke. Her blurred eyes made people fall in love.
After losing contact, an expression is worth a thousand words.
The whole person's state quickly fell into haggard.
is amazing.
How come such a treasured actress was only discovered now?
Of course, the other actors in "The New Life" performed very well.
Jing Boran As the first male lead, although he has not participated in many TV series before, his character Feike is handsome, elegant and has an outstanding temperament.
did not fall behind in the scenes with Wang Yanhui and Huang Jue. Although some scenes of
are a bit overwhelming, they are overall remarkable.
Xiaohua Zhou Yiran, who became popular with the funeral-themed self-produced online drama "Sanyue Has a New Job" by Station B, plays the role of reporter He Shan.
suddenly transformed, the sense of purity disappeared, but instead had the smell of an urban white-collar worker, and was very malleable.
Looking at it as a whole, as a suspense drama, "Rebirth" does not fail at all in the dramatic aspects.
actors are the basis of a suspense drama.
The best suspense drama is useless if the actors are not convincing.
Fortunately, the cast of "New Life" is strong enough to support all possibilities of it becoming a popular drama.
03. "Secret room suspense" has created a new trend. Will there be a winner in this year's suspense?
We have seen a lot of suspense dramas.
But secret room suspense is rare.
The so-called "secret room" actually means script killing. In previous film and television works, there were many types of script killing.
" " is actually a large-scale script-killing, and " Nothing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot ", which was just withdrawn on May 1st, is also a script-killing movie.
It is rare to see a movie that combines suspense and a secret room.
But "New Life" is the first of its kind.
Five strangers are in the same room, and because of one person, they recall five different stories.
For some unspeakable reason, they were held by a string of fate by a person who did not know whether to live or die.
sounds exciting.
On this basis, "New Life" also presents the different characteristics of this type to the best.
The first is to create a sense of suspense.
"New Life" is a typical opening question.
first gives a result and then a reason.
On the surface, the results and causes are inextricably linked, but in fact, the essence is not revealed.
For example, at the beginning of the series, "New Life" abandoned the conventional mode of background character introduction.
An unknown meeting, a sudden fainting, and a relationship in the clouds immediately attracted the audience's attention.
In addition, the opening of just five minutes is full of various elements.
It's a sudden disease, it's kidnapping and ransom, it's the sea, it's an isolated island...
Who can see this and not be confused?
At least, in terms of creating a suspenseful atmosphere, the Olympic bid is definitely a master.
Second, it is digging holes and filling them in at the same time, which is both crazy and stable.
The most taboo thing about suspense is digging too many holes, but it is also taboo to go straight into it.
A good suspense drama is all about digging and filling, but how to master this speed requires skill and enthusiasm.
In this regard, "New Life" is very complete.
The opening rhythm of
is very fast. After a series of events, the main characters appear one after another.
After the audience understood the basic task information, they started digging and filling holes one after another.
For example, in the opening scene, Ke Ke fainted and was kidnapped, and the audience was wondering about his life and death. Later in
, there is a scene where the coffin board is lifted to prove the suspended animation.
Another example is the mystery of five people being deceived at the same time. As soon as it was put on the table, it was revealed that Fei Ke used information gaps to create false impressions and used the skills of "time management master" to deceive each target.
This method of giving a slap in the face and giving a sweet date is very popular with the audience.
Because of the puzzles and answers, the front and back legs appear, and the audience has the desire to continue watching.
The big puzzle runs throughout, which makes the audience unable to ignore the details in the play, which can be said to be very clever.
Third, it is the focus and core of the entire drama.
Suspense dramas have always had to dig deep into human nature.
Judging from the four episodes released so far, the answer to the mystery of "Rebirth" is by no means as simple as "cheating".
Fei Ke is definitely a complicated person. The title of the play "New Life" also highlights the theme of the play from the side.
The five victims must be related to some extent.
Who is good and who is evil, it is difficult to distinguish between blame and criticism at this time.
There is a line in the play that many viewers mentioned frequently:
"How can scammers take advantage of the opportunity without greed and desire?"
Think about it carefully, everyone is like this.
fee, is he a player in the game or a player in the game?
Are these five people victims or perpetrators?
Everything can only be explained by the story behind it.
After the broadcast of "New Life", the online ratings have risen to the second place, one step away from the first place. I believe that "New Life" will be even more powerful in the future. Let's wait and see what kind of stories and twists
will have!
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