"Murder at the Royal Hotel" can be said to be the new film that surprised me the most recently. After the director of "The Cabin in the Woods" has subverted ordinary horror films, this time, the usually serious suspense film is full of laughs. The whole movie is full of divine unfolding, reversal, and subversion, which is really restrained and crazy.
1. Don't want to spoil, talk about the structure (there are still spoilers later)
In the first 20 minutes of the film, all the protagonists except the hidden characters are basically introduced, and then the beautiful narrative style with the theme of the room number begins.
Four tenants, four rooms, everyone has their own abacus, so they first meet each other with short swords, and then the survival of the fittest continues.
The first half is such a twist, everyone's own story will introduce part of the truth, and then they will be madly involved in another incident, so everything is actually connected, which makes the first 2/3 of the film. The structure is very interesting.
2. Brother Hammer is here
In the next 1/3, Brother Hammer is here. This can be regarded as the supernatural development of the film, although the appearance of Brother Hammer himself will bring together the branch lines, the original structural intention of the film will come to an end temporarily, and then it will become Brother Hammer's personal show time.
This paragraph reminds me of Mandy, but Brother Hammer is not a serious growl like Nicolas Cage, but twists his waist, twists his legs, twists his arms, shows his chest, shows his breasts, and shows his abdominal muscles.
You are so naughty.
You are so naughty.
3. Super God unfolds to cover up loopholes
This film will undoubtedly sacrifice some things for his gods one after another, for example, the rationality of certain plots, or the coincidence of time.
For example, the biggest confusion is that the black singer stunned the fake priest and ran out, and then saw the time when the detective was beaten to death. In another story line, the stunned priest woke up and chatted with the handsome guy at the front desk. After a long time, I ran to find the key again, and then slowly walked over to find the secret period of the hotel.
These two periods of time obviously don't match up.
Of course, in addition to this, the plot kills of some characters are also very stupid. For example, the police detective knocked out Da Mei and was instantly killed. For example, the front desk guy who just finished showing his marksmanship went directly to take care of the villain. Hey, people It's with the people who want to kill you, so why don't you kill people just because they're pretty? Deserves to be stabbed to death.
As for whether it is politically correct for black people to live to the end, I will not delve into it.
In short, this film is very happy, and there are loopholes in the logic that do not prevent us from being infected by this happy emotion. What to do when you are the most nervous, singing, what to do when you are held hostage by bad guys, singing, there is nothing that cannot be solved by singing. If there is, then another paragraph.
In fact, it's not bad to change the title to good time at the El Royal. Who wouldn't want to do it again in a hotel where everyone can play roulette together.
Only next time, do you want to live in California, or Nevada, or do you want to stand in the middle and learn to dance?
In the end, Damei's ass is so upturned.
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