"The Whistleblower" film review: Qi Xi as a good wife, contracting emotional jokes

The suspenseful thriller action film "The Whistleblower" directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Lei Jiayin, Tang Wei, Qi Xi and others is officially released this week. Vicious Tongue has seen the premiere before and I feel this The standard of this film is far beyond expectations, so I strongly recommend everyone to watch it. In addition to the Hollywood fan’s commercial elements such as suspense, conspiracy, horror, action, etc., the emotional elements that Xue Xiaolu is good at in "Beijing Meets Seattle 1 and 2" are also very brilliant in this film, and they also follow the suspenseful plot. The combination is also very close.

The male protagonist Lei Jiayin not only has an emotional line intertwined with Tang Weiyou’s love and betrayal, but also has a family drama that combines contradictions and understanding with Qi Xi, and even has a lot of laughter, becoming The unique features and highlights of "People". You may think that the conspiracy and suspense elements of this film will be very explosive, but you never expect that some emotional scenes will be so funny; you may focus on the male and female protagonists Lei Jiayin and Tang Wei, but you never expect Qi Xi in this film The performance in China is also very eye-catching and brilliant.

As a commercial film focusing on suspense and action, the emotional drama can be a highlight, which is definitely a plus point for the film. Qi Xi also bears emotions An important role in the play. In the beginning, she appeared in the film as a good wife and hosted a birthday surprise party for her husband Lei Jiayin. This scene also played a role in laying the foundation for the main storyline. Qi Xi replaced Lei Jiayin's broken cellphone with a newly bought cellphone, paving the way for her husband to be cheated after she repaired the cellphone. Her youngest son shaved his head because of a broken love. She casually mentioned that when he first met Lei Jiayin, he also shaved his head. This little detail is a strong hint that Lei Jiayin was after he fell in love with Tang Wei. It was only when Qixi came to get along with her that Qixi was a "substitute" for Tang Wei. The following plot even mentioned that Qi Xi and Tang Wei "look alike", and further linked to Lei Jiayin and gave Tang Wei his wife’s passport so that she could pretend to be Qi Xi to go abroad, thus showing the film’s ingenious design in details, emotional drama and The main story is closely related.

At the same time, through some plot details including this birthday scene, the film establishes Qi Xi as a housewife who cares about her husband and an independent woman working at home, a distinctive role image . When she learned that her husband was going to replace the colleague who committed suicide to complete the company's big project in China, she complained that the company should not suddenly hand over such an important work to him, and then said to Lei Jiayin, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You are not the same as Peter. You drag your family with you.” Such thoughtful words are obviously hinting to your husband, don’t be like a colleague because you can’t think about it because of work pressure. You have a family, so think about your family. people. ​

Later, when Lei Jiayin came to China, Qi Xi also talked with her husband through mobile phone video to keep abreast of her husband’s dynamics and mood. At the beginning, he deliberately used mobile phone special effects to pretend to be a "big monster" "This little detail actually has many effects. One is to jokingly relieve her husband, and the other is to tell the audience that she is not only a housewife, but also an independent woman who works at home and has special skills. Moreover, her special skill and the monster headgear have also become a horror element in the subsequent plot, and pave the way for an important suspense reversal at the end of the film.

Of course, Qi Xi’s most brilliant performance in this film has to be said to be facing a cheating and lying husband, that kind of ridicule, resentment, and at the same time emotionally The complex emotions that are difficult to part with are performed vividly by her. It can even be said that she has undertaken most of the outstanding emotional drama of the film. At the same time, she has contracted the laughter of the emotional drama of the film with Lei Jiayin's three rival dramas, which has become the most impressive in the film. Details and bridge segments. One was when Lei Jiayin came home after helping Tang Wei escape a chase and lied to his wife that his mobile phone was lost. Unexpectedly, the disposable mobile phone tied to his leg was used to talk to Tang Wei. Suddenly, the battery was low. The bright screen reminder sound made the atmosphere suddenly embarrassing and made many viewers laugh. After Qi Xi exposed the truth about her husband’s derailment, Lei Jiayin had no choice but to stop lying to her.Frankly, Qi Xi excitedly said "Why didn't you lie to me this time?" and left Lei Jiayin to go upstairs, showing that she hates her husband's cheating and lying, and does not want to face the complex psychology of her husband's cheating.

Later, Lei Jiayin took the "fake-death" Tang Wei home to avoid hunting down, and the "laughing fruit" made was even more explosive. Because the killer who chased them in the previous scene also said that he could not bring his lover home, the next scene was Qi Xi facing the camera with a dazed expression and asked Lei Jiayin in English: "How could she be alive? "Then the camera was taken to Tang Wei, and then Lei Jiayin awkwardly said in Chinese Qixi: "She understands English." This embarrassing situation is really indispensable to laugh out loud. Qi Xi continued to ask Lei Jiayin in an awkward tone: "What's the situation? You brought her home, do you want me to go, or me, we want to be together?" Qi Xi also performed very well in this scene. The embarrassing tone of grievance and panic, as well as the small pause in "It's still me, we want to be together", made this sentence a lot of laughter in this scene.

Moreover, when facing the incident of her husband bringing the derailed object to the home, Qi Xi also performed the level of emotional changes. At first, her emotions were incredibly embarrassing, aggrieved, and angry. Then she left home to pick up the child from school and found that the child had been taken away by her husband’s colleague. She suddenly wondered if her husband would take the child away from her. So she called her husband angrily to question. At this time, her emotions were no longer embarrassing and grievances, only impulse and anger were left, her tone of voice also increased by a few decibels, and she yelled "fuck" when she hung up the phone. Come to vent your resentment.

That night when Lei Jiayin took the child to Qixi's best friend's house to meet Qixi, Qi Xi's performance continued to show an accurate grasp of the outdated emotional mentality of the character's anger. At this time, her heart was full of anxiety about facing the failure of her marriage. At first, she no longer yelled at Lei Jiayin, thinking that her husband was here to persuade her to go home. She first expressed grievance that these things happened and she couldn’t talk to him. Going home, in fact, I was expecting her husband to beg her to coax her home, but Lei Jiayin still kept her at home in order to protect Tang Wei's safety, so he said in aggrieved "I can't When I went home with you," Lei Jiayin didn't expect Lei Jiayin to immediately answer the sentence: "My wife, I want to say, you have to stay here for a few more days." Qi Xi was taken aback for a moment, and found that she was thinking about things. Completely different, then furious, shouted: "Ma Ke, you are so fucking brazen to say this." This emotional contrast effect immediately creates a strong sense of joy, which can be called the biggest comedy explosion in the film. point.

The film gave a convincing and reasonable explanation for the ending Qi Xi was able to forgive her husband Lei Jiayin. Although her husband’s derailment hit her hard, she also found out that her husband was risking her. Life-threatening acts as a "whistleblower" to expose the conspiracy and hidden dangers of big companies, and his personality is very noble. So she forgave her husband's impulsive derailment, and even helped her to expose the conspiracy and true colors of big company bosses to the world, and finally accept her husband to return to the family, which is regarded as a warm end to the film.

Throughout the film, it can be said that Qi Xi is the only one with the male and female protagonists, Lei Jiayin and Tang, and is an indispensable and important role in the film. The content of the family drama and emotional drama she undertakes has become a unique highlight and highlight outside the main storyline of the suspense action. In this film, she also continued to dedicate the outstanding acting skills of a powerful young actor, and the character is very vivid and full of brilliance. She has accurate and precise interpretation of the changes in the mood, mentality and tone of the character, thus Has a strong appeal to the audience. She and Lei Jiayin's rival dramas are also very sparkling, and the audience can fully get several laughs of emotional dramas, which is also closely related to the wonderful interpretation of Qixi and Lei Jiayin's contracted laughs. (Text/Leven)