the criminal investigation suspense and anti-drug drama "snow labyrinth" has started airing. cctv channel 8 premiered 2 episodes, and the online platform premiered 5 episodes. i have watched the first 3 episodes and will write a review first.

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it is a suspense drama produced by zhang yimou and directed by lu xing. it is interesting and full of life!

but as a criminal investigation suspense drama, the plot of the first three episodes feels rather clichéd, with a lack of freshness and tension, and nothing that is eye-opening.

i feel that "snow labyrinth" is not a fast-paced, crime-solving suspense drama, but rather integrates crime solving and drug enforcement into the daily lives of criminal police.it not only shows the thrilling process of drug enforcement, but also slowly unfolds a picture of ordinary life in northeast china, which is full of the unique humor and funny taste of northeastern people.

therefore, the drama has a slightly slow pace, and there are no obscure hidden clues. it is estimated that this drama is suitable for men, women, young and old, and the audience should be quite wide, but the ratings may not be too high (but the plot may become more and more exciting in the later stages, and i look forward to the reversal).

producer zhang yimou and director lu xing chose huang jingyu to play the leading male role instead of choosing a powerful middle-aged actor to play zheng bei, the criminal police captain and head of the anti-drug task force. in addition to the fact that huang jingyu is an actor from northeast china, they may want to use huang jingyu, a popular star with many fans, to attract young fans and audiences to watch the drama together and expand the audience group of the drama.

in fact, as long as the plot of a drama is good and the actors’ acting skills are good, even if there are no star actors, the ratings and reputation of the drama will still be high.

however, for producers and directors, they naturally want to use various buffs to attract as many audiences as possible.

let’s talk about luzhu’s impressions after watching the first three episodes of “snow maze”.

1、 a suspense drama about life in northeast china. the plot is a bit old-fashioned and the pace is a bit slow, but it is still good to watch.

in the first three episodes, the story mainly uses a double murder case of brothers at the halandong iron and steel glass factory to lead to a drug case and then to the establishment of an anti-drug task force, allowing everyone to first get familiar with the five members of the task force and their respective strengths and personalities.

in the first episode of the drama, there are two timelines and two locations where the case took place.

the first timeline, 1997, halan city in northeast china.

a murder occurred in a glass factory, and solid methamphetamine was detected in the pocket of the deceased, which led to clues of a drug trafficking case.

the second timeline, 1993, huazhou city in the south.

wang ziqigu yiran, played by gu yiran, graduated from the police academy. his neighbor's sister died of drug abuse and solid methamphetamine was detected in her body.

because gu yiran's mother died early and his father, professor gu, was busy with work, gu yiran was raised by his neighbor's aunt and sister, so he has a deep affection for his neighbor's sister.

after graduation, gu yiran stayed on to teach at the school because of his excellent academic performance. he devoted himself to studying the composition of synthetic drugs and assisted the police in solving cases.

the two timelines merged and returned to april 1997.

ha lan formed an anti-drug task force. because criminal police such as zheng bei had no knowledge of drugs, director gao specially asked zheng bei to go to huazhou and hire drug expert gu yiran to join the task force to assist in solving the case.

when zheng bei heard that gu yiran was an expert who had assisted the police in solving many major drug cases, he naturally thought that gu yiran was an old man, so he didn't want to ask him for help, but was forced to go by director gao.

gu yiran had not planned to come, but after discovering that the drugs in ha lan were the same as those taken by his neighbor's sister, he changed his mind and followed zheng bei to ha lan.

all five members of the task force are present.

these five people all have their own personalities, and the contrast is huge.

zheng bei is a hardcore criminal police captain. his uncle is the former criminal police captain and his father runs a chicken rack shop. he is considered the chicken rack prince of ha lan.

zhao xiaoguang, who looks like a simpleton at first glance, is a yes-man and a little fanboy of zheng bei. he also has a crush on zheng bei's sister, zheng nan, who runs a barber shop.

trace expert ding guozhu is tall and mighty, so zhao xiaoguang thought he was a master of boxing and kicking at first sight. in fact, he is just a show-off, a timid, shy and crybaby.

the martial arts expert that zheng bei specifically asked the director for was a beautiful young girl, his junior sister zhang xueyao, nicknamed "mad dog yao".

in addition, gu yiran, a well-educated and sharp-tongued southern drug expert, started giving a lesson to the task force as soon as he arrived, which made zhao xiaoguang so angry that he just wanted to send him back to the south.

the first three episodes of "snow maze" are not in a hurry to solve the case, but give the audience some time to get familiar with the main characters.

of course, there are two scenes in the middle where zheng bei disguises himself to catch people. the fighting scenes are okay, but the scenes do not seem to be tense and are not as exciting as imagined. the main reason is that zheng bei is trying too hard to look cool.

the five people in the task force are all young actors. their acting skills are not particularly good, but they are watchable.

there is anotherzhang yuhe plays jiang xiaohai, who is currently a suspicious security guard and will join the task force later.

although zhang yu appeared very few scenes in the first three episodes, his acting skills are obviously much better than these young actors. looking at the cast list, he is the second male lead, and he should have many scenes in the later stages, so we can look forward to it.

huang jingyu is responsible for appearance, while zhang yu is responsible for acting skills. they each do their own job, which is not bad.

2、 netizens' ratings are polarized, some like it, some criticize it

after looking at the comments from netizens on the rating platform, the reviews on "snow labyrinth" are polarized.

netizens who gave it 4 or 5 stars thought that the drama was entertaining, the characters were vivid, and full of life. it was not a brain-intensive suspense drama, and the details were interesting.

netizens who gave it one or two stars thought that the actors' acting was exaggerated, the fighting scenes were fake, the pace was slow, the male lead's acting was homogeneous, and the different characters in the play all seemed to be cast in the same mold.

all in all, i personally feel that "snow maze" has distinct advantages and disadvantages. although it is a bit old-fashioned, it looks relatively relaxing and is still quite interesting and worth following.

moreover, the drama has 32 episodes, and the plot may become more and more exciting in the later stages, so you can look forward to it and watch it.

(text/the first dewdrop)