Copywriter | Thirteen
Editor | Soda
Mist Theater, I believe many viewers who like suspense dramas are familiar with it.
0's "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth" have become popular one after another, making Fog Theater famous and becoming a signature representing high-quality suspense dramas.
However, in the following years, Mist Theater lacked stamina and never had another hit like it did back then.
thought that this year, "The Boy Who Can't See a Shadow" starring Zhang Songwen could reverse the decline of Fog Theater, but it still failed.
Could it be that Fog Theater can no longer produce a decent suspense drama? Of course
is not!
"Twenty One Days" is among the third-quarter online dramas of Peach that have been reported online and is expected to be broadcast on in September.
The plot setting is novel and the storyline is compact. It seems that Fog Theater has really come up with its trump card.
01 suspense drama? Battle Royale!
"Twenty One Days" tells the story of a sudden subsidence accident in a long-established department store in Haizhou City, and thirteen people were trapped underground.
Police officer Ye Xiao ( Wang Zhiwen ) rushed to the scene of the accident, but among the trapped people, a test of human nature has quietly begun.
It can be seen from the trailer and synopsis that this drama does not start with a case, but uses a major accident as the trigger for the story. This kind of setting that combines disaster and suspense can be considered in a suspense drama. novel.
In the trailer, there are two major highlights that caught my attention immediately.
Highlight 1: The survival game in the pit
In the setting of a general suspense drama, small cases lead to big cases, cases connect cases, and the truth is finally revealed.
Apart from creating gimmicks in the case itself or working hard on the reasoning process, there is no other way to really retain the audience.
But the novelty of this drama is that it sets the entire plot as a "survival game", creating conflicts and creating a suspenseful atmosphere in the sense of urgency created by space and time.
After the building in the play settled, a confined space was formed that was inaccessible, and the trapped He Xiaoguang ( Ou Hao), Zhou Yi (Jiang Wu), Chang Xiangning (Kong Lin) and others were forced to Become a participant.
With enough time, space, members, and resources, all conditions are met, and the survival game triggered by an accident begins.
Highlight 2: The ultimate test of human nature
The reasoning and speculation about the case in the suspense drama are actually a peep and insight into the human heart.
So in this drama, the story directly focuses on people.
In the Western world, thirteen has always been regarded as an ominous number, and the thirteen people trapped in the play do have different thoughts.
He Xiaoguang took the lead in revealing his identity to win trust. Haimei stood on the opposite side of everyone during the vote, and everyone else also had their own agendas.
"In my opinion, that is the best crime scene in the world."
As Ye Xiao said, the darkness in human nature grows crazily in the dark pit. In the trailer of
, the corpse buried under the ruins, the secret that He Xiaoguang threatened others to hide, and the reason why Haimei stood on the opposite side, these scenes hooked the audience's thoughts like hooks.
has a novel plot setting and an exploration of human nature. The form is novel and the content is deep. The main creative team plays a big role in it.
director Xie Zhongdao once served as the photography director of the movie " Changjin Lake ", and screenwriter Kong Youyou served as the chief screenwriter of " Who is the Murderer ". The two main creators of
have joined forces to ensure everything from the graphics to the plot.
02 Wang Zhiwen leads the cast, with a strong lineup
If an excellent script determines half of the success of a suspense drama, then the actor's portrayal of the character determines the other half.
So the creative team also had good intentions in selecting the cast for this drama.
ranks first, Wang Zhiwen.
I believe no audience can question Wang Zhiwen’s acting skills.
Wang Zhiwen has frequently appeared in domestic dramas in recent years. From Gu Shenyan in "Rebel" to Uncle Zhi in "The Lost Elephant" to the upcoming "Dark Night and Dawn", there are decent villains. With his superb acting skills, his acting options are unlimited.
In the new drama, he plays the role of policeman Ye Xiao. He has a keen and upright personality. He is the first to imagine the scene under the pit, racing against time to save people and find the truth of the case. In the trailer of
, Wang Zhiwen is dressed in a police uniform, slowly raising his head, his eyes are determined, his expression is serious, and his gaze seems to penetrate the screen.
Wang Zhiwen's acting skills are already perfect.
is second, Jiang Wu.
It is indeed a big surprise to see Jiang Wu in the cast list.
Jiang Wu, who is usually active on the big screen, is definitely a powerful actor. He has many masterpieces such as "Let the Bullets Fly", " Live ", " Eight Hundred " and so on.
In the new drama, Jiang Wu plays Zhou Yi who is trapped at the bottom of a pit. The character looks calm and collected in the
trailer. I saw him sitting there without saying a word, but his eyes hidden behind the lenses were very sharp, as if he was silently observing the situation.
This character does not seem to have a strong presence, but his positioning in the entire incident must not be simple. There will definitely be no problem if Jiang Wu is given this complex role of
.
is third, Ou Hao.
During the same period when actors were still acting in idol dramas, Ou Hao had already begun his transformation. He has appeared in the movies "Eight Hundred" and " Heroes of Fire ", and his acting skills have become more mature as the works have been polished.
In the new drama, he plays He Xiaoguang, who seems to be a righteous retired firefighter who is selfless.
But when the camera turned, I saw that his face was expressionless, his expression was cold and without a trace of warmth, he was staring straight ahead, his complicated eyes were mixed with too many emotions, which made people's spine shiver.
The two sides of this character are extremely contrasting. Ou Hao’s performance in the play is worth looking forward to.
ranked fourth, Kong Lin.
Kong Lin is also an experienced actor. She played Yan Hong's mother in "South to North", and she played Fang Jingyun, the heroine's mother, in " Walking to the Wind ", which left a deep impression on the audience even though she didn't have many roles.
She plays Chang Xiangning in the new drama. In the trailer, she always lowers her head and stands timidly to the side, like the most inconspicuous presence in the crowd.
However, this character is too cautious, and it is difficult not to make people suspect that she is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. If the role of
is reversed, his role in the play will definitely be crucial.
In addition, actors such as Zhang Xueying, Wang Ting, and Bao Wenjing also join the cast. Their acting skills are the biggest guarantee for this suspense drama with a group portrait.
03 Conclusion
If " The Long Season " has brought the scenes and narratives of domestic suspense dramas to a new level, then this "Twenty One Days" has opened up a new path for suspense dramas.
unfolds the story around several tasks in a fixed space. Such a precedent has already appeared in " new ".
But the focus of "The New Life" is more about one person, projecting the sins of others. This drama relies more on the set scenes and relies on external conditions to reflect the changes in people throughout the incident.
This kind of multi-perspective development, combined with the superb acting skills of the actors and the novel settings of the plot, makes the plot more attractive.
Therefore, I believe that once "Twenty One Days" is launched, it will definitely become the biggest dark horse this year.
