In the recently popular spy drama "Harbin 1944", Yang Mi breaks through her previous image and plays the role of a ruthless and decisive chief of the Secret Service Section of the Puppet Manchukuo Police Department.
The general secret service section chiefs are all ruthless characters without any bad intentions.
Before and after the TV series was released, a lot of publicity was done. In particular, Yang Mi appeared many times and said that for the role of Guan Xue, she not only hired an acting teacher to provide on-site guidance, but also worked hard to practice her acting skills, just to present Guan Xue's character. the other side.
But after the whole drama was released, the audience's expectations were raised to a high level, but they were instantly shattered - Guan Xue in the drama did not feel like the chief of the secret service department, but rather like a princess. The rich lady.
This reminds Mr. Tomato of another character with almost the same identity as Guan Xue, Gao Bin, the section chief in " Cliff ".
Gao Bin is played by veteran drama actor Cheng Yu. He has a high IQ, is proficient in tactics, is quite wealthy and has superb skills.
If Guan Xue and Gao Bin were put together, Guan Xue would probably be crushed no matter in terms of IQ, acting style, ruthlessness or acting skills.
If Guan Xue and Gao Bin fight, without a round, Guan Xue may be plotted by Gao Bin until all his bones are left. Is
so exaggerated?
Tomato Jun privately believes that the reality may be more cruel than this.
So, let me talk to you today about how big the gap is between the two characters Gao Bin and Guan Xue. Why is "Harbin 1944" far from reaching the height of "Cliff"?
01. Character image: Guan Xue is full of modernity, Gao Bin is as stable as Mount Tai
If you compare them carefully, you will find that Gao Bin and Guan Xue are like two clones in parallel time and space.
They all come from suspense spy dramas, come from the same background, and are in the same era. They are both the chiefs of the Special Agents Section of the National Police Agency, and they even worked in Harbin under the rule of the Puppet Manchukuo.
Generally speaking, it is not easy for anyone to sit in the position of Chief of the Secret Service Section. Both dramas also set a high tone for this "Chief of the Secret Service Section" at the very beginning.
In "Cliff", Gao Bin is assigned a character by borrowing Zhou Yi's words:
"Gao Bin doesn't believe anyone. If he talks to you from the bottom of his heart, he may be testing you. I I am afraid of this person from the bottom of my heart. In front of him, I seem to be unable to hide anything. This lack of confidence will sooner or later make him feel unnatural."
In "Harbin 1944", Song Zhuowen also used . 's words gave Guan Xue's image a start:
"Guan Xue is a ruthless character in the Harbin Secret Service Section. She holds financial and personnel power. I want to sneak into the Secret Service Section, and it's just a matter of her words."
Did you find out, " "Cliff" talks about Gao Bin in favor of resourcefulness, while "Harbin 1944" talks about power.
The two are actually unified, because in Harbin, a city with turmoil and complicated forces, it is basically impossible to have this power without resourcefulness.
The life experiences of Gao Bin and Guan Xue also have similarities.
Gao Bin's life experience is very special. He was trained by the Japanese secret service in his early years. He is a Manchurian and an old subordinate of Puyi. He really agrees with Japan-Manchu cooperation and is a foreign slave at heart.
He has connections above. He has a good relationship with Shiro Ishii, the leader of the Japanese Togo (731) unit. He even studied under Kenji Doihara, and his roots are deep.
Therefore, Gao Bin is a true pro-Japanese faction. In addition to speaking Chinese, he is a Japanese spy.
He has no national righteousness and integrity. His purpose is to keep the Puppet Manchukuo existing.
But Guan Xue is different. According to the clues in the play, we can understand that Guan Xue was once a Manchu noble and had infinite glory. She was the Guarjia surname. Her surname "Guan" also confirms this life experience. This is a traditional surname of the Manchu people and belongs to The noble flag may even be the Manchu princess or noble.
Her family experienced great changes in history and the afterglow of the empire, and eventually declined, and Guan Xue was reduced to the bottom, and even almost lost her life.
After being saved by Zhuo Wu, Guan Xue went on to kill monsters and level up, and after going through hardships, he climbed to the position of chief of the Secret Service Section.
In comparison, Guan Xue should be more skillful, resourceful, and ruthless than Gao Bin. After all, a person who has climbed up from the bottom will not be able to sit in this position if he is not ruthless.
But in the play, the image of the two characters is not like this.
Let’s talk about Guan Xue first.
As the chief of the Secret Service Section, Guan Xue should be the kind of person who is sassy, not angry and powerful, and has an upright figure that cannot be seen through at a glance. Even if it's not Wang Manchun in "The Pretender", it should still be Zheng Yi in "The Identity of the Father".
But Yang Mi’s Guan Xue doesn’t feel like this.
Yang Mi has a superior figure and a modern face. In addition, her costumes in the film are mostly sexy costumes such as cheongsam. Even if she wears military uniform, she is too thin to hold up, so she loses the title of chief of the secret service department. Majesty and momentum.
Before starring in "Harbin 1944", Yang Mi may have improved her performance, but she may not have received professional training in terms of body shape and lines.
In many shots, Yang Mi's neck is stretched forward, and her posture does not look like a soldier.
Yang Mi’s voice has an instinctive baby voice, which has a bit of a clipped feel. In addition, the lines in the play are too fast, causing her to be vague whether she is reprimanding her subordinates or giving orders, and she does not have the aura that a superior should have. and a sense of oppression.
In terms of image alone, Guan Xue lost to Gao Bin.
Because Gao Bin in "Cliff" gave the audience a complete sense of oppression as soon as he appeared.
Cheng Yu has the appearance of a senior official. His face is wrinkled, his eyes are sharp, his body is broad, and his stride is steady. At first glance, he is not a good person.
When playing the role of Gao Bin, Cheng Yu deliberately hunched his back, like a beast always waiting for an opportunity to prey.
Moreover, Cheng Yu's face had many wrinkles and his face was droopy. When he smiled, only his eyes moved, and there was almost no expression on his face. A one-man show, his eyes always flicker, like a loyal watchdog of the Japanese puppets.
From this perspective, Gao Bin's image is obviously more suitable for the identity of a seasoned chief of the Secret Service. Just from the perspective of appearance, Gao Bin is obviously better than Guan Xue.
02. Personality and style of life: Guan Xue is arrogant and manic, while Gao Bin is sinister and profound
Of course, image is only part of it.
There are many outstanding spies in the suspense drama. In terms of appearance and conversation, they cannot be generalized. Whether a character's image is detailed or not, whether it is rich or not, mainly depends on his personality characteristics and his style of dealing with people.
On this point, in "Harbin 1944" and "Cliff", there are many plots and even detailed descriptions of the two characters.
In comparison, Guan Xue's character and style of life are a bit incompatible with the position of "Chief of the Secret Service Section".
Not to mention being in a department like the Secret Service Division, even if you have been in the workplace for several years, you should know that emotions should not be exposed and petty actions should not be too many.
According to her identity and experience, she should be calm, cautious, and keep her emotions in check.
Because exposed emotions can easily expose a person's weaknesses, and too many deliberate small actions will appear unconfident and lose dignity.
But Guan Xue doesn’t understand this truth.
Yang Mi's Guan Xue is more like a young lady who can't control her emotions than a bitter and harsh section chief.
She often expresses her emotions, does things without logic, does not pay attention to careful arrangements and plans, and acts on her own whim, with many unnecessary little actions.
"Harbin 1944" opens with a scene about Xue leading the team to arrest people.
She first pretended to be injured, but was found out. Logically speaking, at this time, all she had to do was wait and see, but Guan Xue picked up a stool and started smashing the door, hoping to scare the snake away.
The key point is that she smashed the door with a stool without any momentum or any sense of power.
When her subordinates rushed in, she found that the information had been destroyed.
At this time, what should a normal spy section chief do?
The first is to ask his subordinates to arrest the person quickly. If they catch the person, the information will be available. The second is to quickly search other places to see if there is a radio station or other information in the house. You can see it from the plot behind, and There really is information, hidden under the bed.
But Guan Xue didn't. She chose to pick up a wooden stick and bang the brazier that burned the information to vent her anger.
After this, the person to be arrested had not gone far, so a gunfight scene began.
Guan Xue's gun-holding and shooting postures were obviously not what an old agent should look like. They looked very stiff, and his behavior after being shot was also very exaggerated.
At this time, something even more illogical comes.
After suffering a gunshot wound, she not only did not choose to go to the hospital for quick treatment, but in order to prevent her subordinates from seeing her vulnerability, she hid in the car and went crazy, banging the steering wheel again to vent her emotions, like a madman.
In this short scene, most of Guan Xue's character has been destroyed. Not only does she have no commanding ability and practical ability, she is also very intellectual. Not only can she not have the leadership that a section chief should have, she doesn't even have the basic skills.
Yelling and throwing things when you are angry is not the style of a qualified special agent section chief; the more angry you are, the more calm you should be, which is the quality that a section chief should have.
Because calm means being calm in the face of danger after experiencing big scenes, it also means that the character has a deep understanding and will quickly regain his position in the following actions, or plan larger actions.
In addition to being unable to control his emotions, Guan Xue also has the problem we mentioned before - too many small moves.
She likes to scold her subordinates to find a sense of presence as a leader, but because her lines are unclear, her words are not to the point, and she makes too many small moves, she loses her majesty, giving people a sense of fake authority.
treats female subordinates with a big slap in the face without saying a word. Not only does it fail to win people's hearts, it also easily makes enemies for itself.
When she curses someone, she either blows her face and glares, or points her finger at the other person. It is like a parent lecturing a student. It shows more of her powerlessness and helplessness as a leader, and her loss of control over her subordinates.
This series of character traits greatly diminished Guan Xue's identity as a "section chief". In comparison, he did not look like a well-trained senior spy who climbed out of the dead and climbed to the position of section chief.
On the other hand, Gao Bin in "Cliff" is completely different.
Gao Bin is not a pretentious person, but his calmness and aura are often based on his calm eyes and aura.
When he went to pick up Zhou Yi and his wife at the beginning of "Cliff", Gao Bin was all smiles, looking like a kind old father, as if every wrinkle was welcoming the arrival of Gu Qiuyan, which caused Gu Qiuyan to treat him Very good impression.
But in fact, when Zhou Yi left, Gao Bin's face changed drastically, which made people feel eerie for a moment. At the same time, he ordered to continue to pursue various clues that Zhou Yi was a traitor.
Facing the mistakes and mistakes of his subordinates, especially when facing Zhou Yi, Gao Bin never yelled to vent his emotions. His sense of oppression was reflected in the threats between the lines and his eyes.
His intimidation never relies on emotions or words, but is completely integrated into his personal temperament.
In terms of action, Gao Bin also obviously has more leadership skills and a sense of spy.
was chasing Lao Wang's big truck, and the person involved was accidentally killed. Zhou Yi asked people to rescue him, but he was not saved in the end.
Gao Bin was very angry because of this incident, but he did not get angry. Instead, he determined the Madier Hotel as the focus of the subsequent investigation. He also personally led a team to check the medicines and radios. After confirming that they were not in the car, he immediately realized that the items had been packed separately, and then arranged an action plan and conducted road inspections.
Because Gao Bin is so scheming and ruthless, even if he is indifferent to everything, he will still be cautious when his subordinates make mistakes.
Because compared to yelling or scolding in front of someone, the punishment behind the scenes may be more frightening. This is the brilliance of Gao Bin.
In many scenes, as long as the audience sees his eyes rolling, or squinting, or staring with death, he will feel a heavy sense of oppression. This is the evil charm of the Secret Service Chief.
At this point, if Guan Xue encounters a tough opponent like Gao Bin, how can he win?
03, IQ and city government: Guan Xue’s intelligence is almost zero, while Gao Bin’s intelligence in the atmosphere
is a necessary skill for a spy section chief.
If you are not a smart enough and experienced person, you will simply not be qualified for this career of licking blood at the edge of a knife.
Even in terms of IQ, there is a gap of 10 Wang Manchun between Guan Xue and Gao Bin.
On the one hand, this is related to Yang Mi’s performance in the TV series; on the other hand, it also has a lot to do with the screenwriter of the TV series, because there are so many unreasonable plots and deliberately arranged coincidences in the film that Guan Xue sometimes Seems a bit silly.
give a few simple examples.
Guan Xue began to doubt Song Zhuowen's identity from the earliest. In order to test him, she did not hesitate to invite him to her home for dinner, and even made the hotpot pork that Zhuowu liked back then.
Even though Guan Xue had deliberately handed this plate of food to Song Zhuowen several times, Song Zhuowen refused to take a bite.
This made Guan Xue begin to doubt Song Zhuowen's identity and whether he was the savior back then.
One was forced to eat, the other refused to eat. The two of them worked together to complete this seemingly test.
I originally thought this was a big hole planted by the screenwriter, but later in the plot, Song Zhuowen explained it in one sentence, and Guan Xue believed it, as if it was a joke.
An agent should have a keen sense of subtle clues, but several times, Guan Xue was clearly being manipulated.
For example: Going to the hospital to arrest someone, Song Zhuowen was ordered not to participate because he was a new recruit.
As a result, the order was just like a joke. Not only did Song Zhuowen show up at the hospital, but he also grabbed Guan Xue's clothes, deliberately letting her see the other family leave, thereby inducing the tiger to leave the mountain.
In a hospital carefully controlled by agents, Song Zhuo Wenming was wearing a police uniform and escorted the target person away without finding anyone, which was puzzling.
There are many such loopholes. For example, Song Zhuowen wore a police uniform and got into the car of a comrade of our party on the street to meet him.
Another example is that he was almost discovered when he was stealing information in the middle of the night, so he climbed out of the window to hide, lying outside the building like a Spider-Man, but no one outside saw him.
After the people left, he still used the section chief's phone number to pass on information, which was outrageous.
Apart from these details, Guan Xue has almost no insight into the case and the suspects. Almost all the important clues she obtained were through reminders from her subordinates or coincidences. If it were not for Pan Yue, she, the section chief, would probably have been I can't do it anymore.
It can be said that Guan Xue has almost no professional ability as a special agent section chief. At this level, he is not qualified to be a soldier, let alone compete with Gao Bin.
In comparison, Gao Bin's IQ and government should be in the atmosphere.
First of all, Gao Bin observed words and investigated the scene. He is very intelligent and has practical experience in discovering clues. He has carried out many actions, including finding Zhou Yi's wife, catching comrades of our party, discovering Gu Qiuyan's identity, etc. They are all the masterpieces of Gao Bin.
He is like a hound, always suspicious of everyone and everything, and takes action, whether it is a test of life and death or torture to extract a confession.
There are few clues that he has bitten and he will not let go easily until the result is obtained.
His suspicion of Zhou Yi has never been dispelled from the beginning to the end. Although he has tested Zhou Yi many times during this period, he has never been completely reassured by Zhou Yi.
This is also the characteristic that led Zhou Yi to sacrifice himself under the muzzle of his deployed gun in order to protect his comrades.
In addition, Gao Bin is different from Guan Xue, who only has anger and venting emotions.
He wanted to catch the mole, but he never did it himself. Instead, he asked his subordinates to report each other, while he sat back and watched the fight.
He didn't trust anyone and even found an informant for himself to contact with without telling anyone. This also shows Gao Bin's caution and scheming.
Compared with Guan Xue, Gao Bin was at ease in the officialdom and the espionage battlefield. If Guan Xue played chess by taking one move at a time, he had already finished the whole game in his mind before he even made a move.
The best thing about Gao Bin is not arresting people and investigating cases to find out the culprits, but his flexible skills and superb self-protection ability.
After Zhou Yi's death, Gao Bin did not write anything special about it, because he wanted to be promoted to deputy director, and the rebellion of his subordinates was a scandal and could not be made public, so he let Gu Qiuyan go and gave Zhou Yi'an the honor of dying in the line of duty. He himself enjoys the fruits of promotion and wealth.
People often say that when a tree falls, the hozen will scatter. However, Japan was defeated and Manchukuo was destroyed. However, Gao Bin survived because he had already prepared enough secret information to save his own life. This information also allowed him to survive in troubled times. Live very peacefully.
This is the great thing about Gao Bin. When you think he is sinister and vicious, he often behaves kindly; when you think he is a good person, he immediately shows his fangs calmly.
If Guan Xue is as pure as a white lotus as the spy chief, then Gao Bin is Huang Laoxie who is full of five poisons and can play with everyone and everything in the world.
Overall, there is no comparison between Guan Xue and Gao Bin, just like there is no comparison between "Harbin 1944" and "Cliff".
Compared to a spy war drama, I prefer to call "Harbin 1944" a "spy war idol drama".
As for the spy war glory of "Cliff" and "Kite", we can't go back for a while.
(movie Rotten Tomatoes: Miaomiao)
