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When the topic of spy warfare is brought up, I wonder if everyone's mind will come up with "Harbin 1944", which Yang Mi participated in before, and "Lonely Battle in the Lost City" led by Xin Zhilei recently?
I don't know what kind of understanding you have of the current spy war drama after watching it? The editor still sighs a lot.
Dramas such as "Latent" and "The Pretender" have created the glorious peak of domestic spy war dramas. However, in recent years, spy war dramas have "failed".
Even if a dark horse like "The Wind Chaser" appears, compared with those classics, there is a big gap in terms of quality and reputation.
On the other side, in the field of theatrical films, the situation is also not optimistic.
The release of "The Wind" in 2009 once made the audience look forward to the rise of domestic spy warfare, and received a high score of 8.4 from more than 600,000 people.
It's a pity that it was just a flash in the pan, even "The Tip of the Knife", which was polished by Gao Qunshu himself, suffered Waterloo in word-of-mouth and box office.
Since Chen Sicheng became a director, starting from his first film "Beijing Love Story" in 2014, as of 2023, he has participated in directing, writing or producing a total of nine films, including three "Detective Chinatown" series of comedies, three suspense documentary films "Manslaughter", "Manslaughter 2", "She Who Disappeared", as well as a science fiction film "Mozart in Outer Space" and a romance film "Beijing Love Story", as well as a documentary crime film "The Three Teams", with a general reputation. But the box office appeal is quite good.
When director Chen Sicheng stepped into the field of the spy war movie "Decryption", could he lead the spy war drama to achieve a gorgeous counterattack? Let's wait and see.
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In the 40s of the 20th century, when the world situation was turbulent, it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner.
Rong Jinzhen (played by Liu Haoran), who has shown amazing mathematical talent since childhood, has been noticed by more people for solving the difficult problems assigned by the mathematics teacher Hiys (played by John · Cusack), and has entered the door of deciphering the code by mistake.
He was recruited to secret unit 701 to crack the cipher code, "Purple Secret".
In this process, Rong Jinzhen, with her unique ability to talk to numbers and letters, explores the mystery in her subconscious, but also falls into the dilemma of difficult to distinguish the boundary between dream and reality, and her fate is curious.
And shots such as Xiyis's lying on the ground calculus, Lao Zheng played by Chen Daoming pulling out a gun to shoot, and Xiao Li Li played by Wu Yanzu dodging the explosion also show the tension of that changing era.
In addition, in 2016, An Jian also directed the TV series version of "Decryption".
The play is remarkable in terms of character development, the protagonist Yung Jinzhen gradually grows from an ignorant genius to a staunch codebreaker, and his personality transformation is natural and convincing, allowing the audience to deeply feel his inner struggle and growth.
The plot is compact, full of suspense and reversal, and the process of code cracking is tense and exciting. However, in the handling of some plots, there may be some places where the logic is not rigorous, which makes the coherence of the story slightly lacking.
Overall, "Decryption" is a spy war work with highlights and shortcomings, but it is still worth watching.
As for whether the movie "Decryption" can surpass the TV series "Decryption", we have to wait for the movie to be released, let's talk about it again!
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In addition to Chen Sicheng, what attracted me more in the film was the male protagonist of the play, Liu Haoran.
In the movie "Decryption", Liu Haoran's performance is exciting.
His role as Rong Jinzhen is a very challenging role.
In order to create this role, Liu Haoran has made a lot of efforts and breakthroughs.
From the image point of view, he has undergone subversive changes, at first glance I can't see that it is Liu Haoran, the change is still quite big, and the previous image is full of youth.
The heavy glasses, the resolute gaze, and the back of the hairline, especially this balding hairline, caught my attention directly.
It seems that in reality, math geniuses are all "extremely smart", and the dense hair volume does not quite match the personality.
It is said that Liu Haoran lost 20 pounds because of this role.
In terms of performance, Liu Haoran needs to show Rong Jinzhen's complex inner world. Yung Jinzhen is a sensitive and restrained, powerful and fragile codebreaker with an amazing talent for mathematics and faces many difficulties in the process of deciphering the code.
Through his own interpretation, Liu Haoran strives to show the state of the character when he shuttles between consciousness and the real world, and talks to the password, including different emotions such as madness and confusion.
Liu Haoran also revealed in an interview that Rong Jinzhen is a very difficult character to create, and it is a great challenge to present the powerful power of words written by the Mai family in the picture.
Judging from the trailer and relevant information that has been released, Liu Haoran has interpreted the role of Rong Jinzhen well, making the audience look forward to his performance.
Of course, the specific performance effect still needs to be evaluated by the audience more comprehensively and in-depth after the official release of the movie.
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Chen Sicheng's casting has always been discerning, and in this "Decryption", he successfully invited many big-name stars to join.
Wu Yanzu's handsomeness is not the superficial superficiality, but a temperament that exudes from the inside out.
His handsomeness not only has the three-dimensional facial features of the West, but also contains the elegant charm of the East, which is a perfect fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics.
The years seem to be extraordinarily tolerant of him, even if he is nearly half a hundred years old, his charm is still undiminished, but it adds to the charm of a mature man.
When Wu Yanzu put on the national costume, he was still handsome and charming.
From the early handsome young student to today's mature and stable powerhouse, he filmed a series of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Pan Yueming proved his status and value in the entertainment industry with his strength.
From the trailer, he combed his oily hair, and the whole person exuded a sleek energy, from the image point of view, he should not play a positive role in the film, but his acting skills have never been worrying about the audience.
Male No. 3 - Chen Daoming. When Chen Daoming is mentioned, he thinks of the "Kangxi Dynasty" he played, and his domineering appearance is exposed, and he can't help but feel that there is no Kangxi after Chen Daoming.
In the film, Lao Zheng is a high-level intellectual who reads poetry and books, which perfectly fits Chen Daoming's image.
Chen Daoming has white hair, wears reading glasses and flips through the information, his expression is serious and focused, completely immersed in the role, and he never lets go of every punctuation mark.
Chen Daoming's own elegant aura and state cannot be imitated by others at all, it can be said that the role of Lao Zheng was tailor-made for him by Chen Sicheng.
It is worth mentioning that there are also actors such as Yu Feihong, Zhu Zhu, Chen Yusi, and Zhou You in "Decryption", hoping that they will not be overshadowed by Chen Daoming's light.
epilogue
The success or failure of spy warfare always lies in the story.
It is expected that director Chen Sicheng's adaptation can be faithful to the essence of the original work, and at the same time skillfully integrate the audio-visual expression of the film, and contribute a masterpiece worthy of savoring the spy war theme.