In the past two months of broadcasting film and television dramas, police and gangster dramas are a landscape that cannot be avoided.
unexpectedly emerged as a dark horse, and finally succeeded in making a big fame " hunting crime picture book " with a small profit; focusing on theft industry and becoming the second popular drama " Rebirth " of Youku; directly attacking the anti-gang battle and solving the problem with strong plots; and " duel " of the drama, as its name tells about financial crimes and targeting the economic investigation front.
Although these dramas are of different types and materials, they belong to a common category: police and gangster dramas.
As a comprehensive category, police and gangster dramas cover a wide range, and elements such as cases, emotions, inspiration, era, and life can all become the focus of narratives. In recent years, criminal investigation, drug control, and crackdown on gangsters and evil have become popular again.
However, police and gangster dramas are inherently risky. If you are not careful, you may lose all the money.
Since the introduction of the policy of restricting broadcasts for the prime time of satellite TV in 2004, such works have been dormant for a long time. It was not until 2015 that "Criminal Police Captain" was launched on Jiangsu and Chongqing TV that the creative order of police and gangster dramas gradually returned to normal.
At the same time, pointing the camera at the people's police, and considering the high expectations of the audience.
It is undeniable that compared with conventional life dramas and urban dramas, the high plot density police and gangster dramas have greater chances of making "hot" products, but they face greater public opinion pressure. Overall, it is a high-risk and high-return category.
Three new rules of police and gangster dramas
List of the popular police and gangster dramas in the past two years, we can find three rules in them.
One, is more diverse and more complex than the police and gangster dramas that tried to "wade through the river" in previous years and seek victory as stably as possible. To a certain extent, is the result of the platform's efforts to dominate.
In the era of online dramas, vertical and superposition have become popular words. The former is a new measure drawn after continuous trial and error. If the public cannot get the "hot products" but cannot get them, then keep the audience in the circle in their hands. The latter is a necessary condition for the short video era . A single type is already difficult to satisfy all viewers, and fried chicken must not be less delicious.
is divided into types, and today's police and gangster dramas can be divided into at least seven or eight branch types. The most common one is criminal investigation drama.
In the hearts of many viewers, criminal investigation dramas are synonymous with police and gangster dramas, and are also one of the "three major online dramas" in the past (love, criminal investigation, fantasy ). " White Night Chasing Murder " and " Undocumented Crime ", which made a name for suspense web dramas, belong to this category. Criminal investigation dramas can be continuously subdivided. For example, " Silent Truth " is a suspense criminal investigation that focuses on the atmosphere, " Double Exploration " is a criminal investigation that emphasizes human nature entanglement, and a criminal investigation that focuses on logical deduction.
anti-drug drama is also a popular field. The most popular one in recent years is " Icebreaker ". It goes further than the "Mekong Case" and " Goodbye to Live " in previous years, and aims the camera at domestic drug manufacturing groups. The upcoming " Dark Night Walker " is also a standard anti-drug drama, although it is still aimed at Southeast Asia.
Economic detective dramas are the rising stars in the past two years. In the past few years, P2P bursts occurred frequently, and investors lost all their money. The stock market, which has gradually reached a trough in the past two years, has also been increasing pressure on public sentiment. This provides realistic convenience for the creation of economic investigation dramas. However, economic investigation cases are not as good as criminal investigation and drug stimulus, and it is easy to be tepid. Several economic investigation dramas have been broadcast in recent years, but the depth of digging into reality is not enough.
Life theme is often played in police and gangster dramas. This type of work does not deliberately pursue intensive cases and plots, but writes about the growth path and life trajectory of a person or a group of people. The time span can be very long, and cases can be trivial. The farthest ones are " Yingpan Town Police Affairs " in 2012, and the recent ones are " Trident " and " Police Officer Wang Happy ".
Those who come from behind also have the theme of cracking down on gangsters and eliminating evil.Its expression is stronger than that of criminal investigation dramas and drug-killing dramas, and it is easy for the audience to watch it. The typical representative is " Anti-Black Storm ".
according to the reasoning subject matter, "The Gate of Rebirth" is 's original reasoning . But if it is classified according to the police and gangster drama, it is the first police and gangster drama in China with theft theme. In the past, whether it was stealing or tomb robbing, it was often just a flavoring agent. Its success provides reference for small incision police and gangster dramas.
Love and workplace elements are also indispensable in police and gangster dramas. The former still follows the path of emotional dramas, such as "The First Encounter, The Last Farewell"; the latter includes "The Fire" portraying railway police officers.
Secondly, More and more police and gangster dramas choose to work hard on narrative skills. In the past few years, the "film sense" became the threshold for online dramas. The traditional narrative narrative style of police and gangster dramas has gradually been replaced by dazzling skills. For example, the anti-drug drama " Black and White Forbidden Zone " starring , , Liu Xiaojie, , and , Xu Honghao, .
In this drama, Gan Tianlei, the police undercover agent played by Ou Hao, is trapped in a tear state of restoring memory, restoring physical strength, and restoring the police's identity. Real time and space are intertwined with different time and space in the past, and flashback lenses are used in large quantities.
"The First Encounter, The Last Farewell" adopts a unique AB dual perspective. The male protagonist is responsible for drug control, and the female protagonist is responsible for love. Through switching from different perspectives, the anti-drug line and love line form an information superposition, breaking the narrative model and plot ratio of traditional TV series, and maintaining a balance between soft and hard.
Third, police image creation is more vivid and has richer personality. The police and gangster dramas in the early years like to work hard on criminals. Compared to positive characters with many frames, villains often leave a deeper impression on the audience. For example, Nie Mingyu in " Black Hole ", Guo Xiaopeng in " Black Ice ", Liu Huaqiang in "Conquest", etc.
The police and gangster drama in the new era, the positive characters add a bit of fireworks on the basis of integrity.
For example, three old policemen in "Trident". They are over 150 years old and are almost at the age of retirement. When I don’t go to work, I wish I could fish every day. I am also afraid of old age, death, and trouble. They have various shortcomings, traces of the era, but they have a special attraction to the audience.
and Cai Yongqiang and Ma Yunbo in "Ice Breaking Operation". The former demonstrates the "secret and great" of a grassroots anti-drug police . He is meticulous in logic and rigorous in his actions. He never takes risks alone. He once seemed to be a villain, but he always insists on his innocent ethics. The latter is full of contradictions between anti-drug heroes and the "protective umbrella". His anger towards the drug dealer and his emotions towards his wife fully explain the complex fate of this character. What new dramas are worth looking forward to? If sweet pet dramas are eternal sweet chasers, then police and gangster dramas can be said to be one of the fastest updated dramas. The types of police and gangster dramas on the film lists of major platforms in 2020 are completely different from those on the film lists to be broadcast and booted this year. Even the "Evergreen" criminal investigation drama has shifted its focus. 2022 police and gangster dramas to be broadcasted
2020 police and gangster dramas to be broadcasted
The only similar drama in the two tables is " Ice Rain and Fire ". This is a drug-killing drama that tells the story of the "two heroes". The two brothers invaded the drug trafficking group one after another, fighting side by side, and finally defeated the drug trafficking group in one place.
When "Operation Icebreaker" was broadcast, drug dramas were still a blue ocean. The most popular film and television work before was the movie "Operation Mekong". Two years have passed, and anti-drug dramas have been broadcast one after another. If you want to attract audiences, you can only rely on reputation.
The "Dark Night Walker" mentioned above will be launched on iQiyi on May 22. Similar to "Ice Rain and Fire", the protagonist Luo Xiang is also an undercover agent who broke into the drug trafficking group.If you impersonate yourself, take risks alone, and deal with enemies and relatives, you will fall into many crises if you are not careful. Undercover Infernal Affairs is the biggest highlight of this type of drug-killing drama.
replaces the blue ocean of drug anti-drug dramas, which is popular in the past two years to crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil. "Operation Dawn", " Flying " and "The Disappearing Eleven" (formerly known as "Chasing the Wind"), all three dramas are very exciting.
"Operation Dawn" is a black force of "local snakes". The starring actors invited Jiang Wu and Huang Zhizhong , which was launched in Chengdu in March. "The Eighteenth Floor" is a crime that is greater than sin itself. Jiang Zhuo was originally director, starring Pan Yueming and Chen Shu . It has now been completed. "The Crazy" is directed by Xu Jizhou and starring Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen . It spans 20 years. The group portrait narrative panoramicly shows the black and white competition and complex human nature under the changes of the times.
"People's Police" and "Police Honors" are representatives who write professions into the title of the drama, and you will know the content when you see the name of the drama. However, the focus of the two is completely different. "Police Honor" is a standard police-themed life drama, telling the story of four young young men who are starting to grow up in grassroots police stations with high incidence of police incidents.
Since it is a grassroots police station, it is naturally rarely involved in murder cases or major cases. In peaceful times, no matter how big a case is in a county-level city, it is not much bigger. At the moment when the police and gangster drama "Fighting Medicine" is crazy, such a drama that goes against the rules makes people full of interest.
"People's Police" is directed by Tianyi , written by Fang Ying and Hu Ya, and starring Lu Yi and Wan Qian . It takes the public security work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as the creative background and focuses on the process of comprehensively deepening police reform in recent years. It tells the story of the gradual construction of new smart police systems such as anti-fraud centers, synthetic investigation centers, portrait recognition systems, intelligent transportation system , and urban public security control systems at a time when new criminal means emerge in an endless stream.
also writes profession into the title of the drama, including " I am a criminal policeman " and "The Female Criminal Police Captain". But their profession is more specific. "I Am a Criminal Police" is directed by Hui Kaidong , starring Yu Hewei , and written by Xu Meng. It tells the story of three generations of criminal police officers in the old, middle-aged and young people solving major cases across the country. The time span is large and it has an epic feeling.
"The Female Criminal Police Captain" is adapted based on the deeds of the public security hero Liu Chengxiao. " Awakening Era " directed by Zhang Yongxin , and is still in the preparation period. Broadly speaking, this is an extension of the former heroic dramas.
" Obsession is like a shadow " is also a suspense drama of the two heroes, telling the life and death mystery caused by the accidental murder of Luo Song and Takahara in the police industry by chasing their mentor Cheng Fenghua; " Fire " is a drama involved in the case, telling the story of the public security special police force's passionate counter-terrorism; "The City Guardian" is the most special, it aims the camera at the Hong Kong police.
" The Water of the River " is a tax theme, and it should not be put into police and gangster dramas. However, tax inspectors and economic investigation police usually act together, and it is also possible to classify them. "Three Trees" is written by Gao Mantang and directed by Zheng Xiaolong . It tells a group of old policemen. "Operation Cloud Leopard" is an action criminal investigation drama, while " Fighting Thieves " is a theft comedy.
" Are you safe " is slightly similar to "Silent Testimony". Both works focus on the Internet.
"Are you safe" is the first online security drama in China. It uses Internet information security to enter the society and involves social hot topics such as marriage, education, elderly care, and workplace. "Silent Testimony" is adapted from a novel of the same name. It discusses the reconstruction of the Internet public opinion order behind the Internet violence. Its style is roughly similar to " Search " back then.
Whether it is network security or cyber violence, they are issues that need to be solved urgently in today's society.
The former loses matter, while the latter destroys spirit.Those who were cheated on money online, those who were transferred by mistake by clicking on the link, and those who were transferred due to online violence " social death " are everywhere in the news. What they need to do is to fully demonstrate the cruelty of reality. It can be said that both dramas have the potential to "break the circle".
【Text/Ma Er】
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