The spy battle of "Autumn Cicada" is mixed with "idol taste"
Our reporter Li Xiazhi
The spy war suspense drama "Autumn Cicada" is currently popular on Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV. As a long-lost theme of spy warfare, this play is still excellent in overall production level, and it was listed on Weibo as soon as it was broadcast.
The "sandalwood" played by the tough guy Zhang Hanyu, after passing on the organizational task to the actor Ye Chong, went down tragicly; the young actor Han Dong played "osprey", and he was betrayed by the traitors before he could connect with the "Qiu Chan" A heroic sacrifice; He Zhonghua, who is familiar to everyone, played "Uncle He", and was also killed by the enemy because he accidentally exposed his identity after connecting with Chi Cheng. There were so many familiar faces in the opening chapter, but they were "off the assembly line". Obviously, many audiences felt that "the feelings were hard to flatten." They also had to sigh: "Qiu Chan" has set such a cruel background for the protagonist.
"Autumn Cicada" is about Ye Chong, a senior Japanese army staff officer played by Ren Jialun. In fact, he is an underground party member code-named "Autumn Cicada". He came to Hong Kong from Shanghai with Japanese intelligence agencies. Bloody story. The Japanese occupation period from December 1941 to August 1945 was the "darkest moment" in Hong Kong's history. This period of history has rarely been shown in film and television dramas. This time it was displayed in the form of spy warfare drama. An innovation.
Judging from the line-up of the main actors Ren Jialun, Li Man, Liu Huan, He Dujuan, and Suga Renzi, "Autumn Cicada" itself has also continued the trend of idolization in spy war dramas in recent years. Starting from "Pretender", "Sparrow", "Decryption" and other spy warfare dramas have adopted the "idol + spy warfare" line, hoping to promote the youth of spy warfare through the appearance of young idol actors. Judging from the current premiere performance of "Autumn Cicada", because of the appearance of actor Ren Jialun and others, there are indeed many relatively young audiences who have become interested in spy warfare dramas, and related hot searches have also revolved around the performance of actors. Unfold.
Despite the actor's own appeal, the first few episodes of "Autumn Cicada" are generally above the narrative ability and video expression. However, Cheng Ye's idol defeated idol, although Ren Jialun has been regarded as a powerful actor among the niche actors, but combined with the protagonist Ye Chong's "human design", it is not difficult to see that there are still too many auras around the actor in this drama. Ye Chong (Ren Jialun) has warned each other in several confrontations with underground party members. Although he has been suspected by Japanese intelligence personnel, he can still resolve the crisis through time and again, and sometimes it is difficult to justify himself.
This returns to the old problem of idolized spy warfare dramas. Idols can bring young audiences to the episode, but as a spy warfare drama, the primary criterion for audience evaluation still comes from the integrity of the narrative and logical reliability. "Autumn Cicada" has only aired a few episodes now, Ye Chong has been suspected by the Japanese, and the heroine appeared to be shot in the chest even when he appeared, and he can still be interrogated without being healed in time. It still needs a lot of scrutiny.