The film tells the story of a killer. Arthur is a shrewd and sophisticated killer who is proficient in all kinds of mechanical weapons and good at manipulating people's psychology. Harry is Arthur's teacher and partner. Arthur's employer Dean asked Arthur to assassinate Harry because Harry leaked the information of the secret contract and violated the regulations, so he sent Arthur to assassinate Harry Arthur used human psychology to successfully kill Harry. After Harry died, he left behind a rebellious son, Steven. Steven has always wanted to enter the killer industry, but his father did not choose him, but chose to train Arthur as a killer After his father died, Steven always wanted to take the opportunity to kill people as a test for entering the killer industry, so he begged Arthur to accept Arthur because of guilt After accepting this crappy apprentice, after his training, he became a master who can stand alone. In an assassination, Arthur discovered the truth that his employer Dean was using and deceiving himself to kill his partner Harry. At the same time, he also set a trap for Steven to find his father's pistol in his mechanic library and wanted to test Steven to know the truth. What will be the choice after that. Then Arthur and Steven team up to defeat the employer Dean. After knowing the truth about killing his father, Steven still chose to kill Arthur. Steven, who thought he killed Arthur, returned to the villa proudly and turned on the car that Arthur never let him touch. Finally, the car and the connected music played. The record player exploded together and everything was gone...except the story that Arthur was still alive.
The main contradiction of the film is: 1. Arthur kills Harry and Steven avenges his father 2. The employer Dean deceives Arthur to kill Harry
The suspense of the film: 1. Arthur kills Harry (expectation suspense) 2. The group employer deceives Arthur to kill Harry (sudden suspense) 3. Steven after learning the truth (expectation suspense) 4. Arthur not dead (sudden suspense)
The main line of the film: Arthur trains Steven to be a good killer and finally join forces to kill Dean.
Advantages and disadvantages of the film: ingenious narrative techniques and reasonable plot arrangement, the protagonist is too like a weapon that can't go wrong, and others can't see it...
In fact, the whole film is about how the protagonist will use people's psychology to do things. For example, killing Harry is using the trust of his long-term partner to trick Dean into the building to escape and set a trap to test Steven (actually, he gave Steven two choices. Is to go with him one is to kill him, he knows that Steven's character will definitely choose the second, so he set a trap at home early)
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