This movie is a test, and if you think it's an absurd comedy, congratulations, you should experience loneliness very rarely in your life. If you burst into tears after watching it, congratulations, you understand the true meaning of this movie.
Hank was trapped on an island because of a storm. He was bored using leftover milk cartons as drifting bottles, and threw the drifting boat into the sea with his words for help written on it. But no one came to save him, and he felt bored to death on the isolated island, so he decided to commit suicide.
He took one last look at the world before committing suicide and found a man on the beach. For Hank, who was about to die of boredom on an isolated island, the discovery made him rejoice. But soon he was disappointed, it was a corpse (this corpse is played by the male protagonist of my favorite movie "Harry Potter", not to mention that he was killed by Voldemort and floated ashore, okay? ), in addition to the non-stop farting, has died quite. So Hank had no choice but to commit suicide again.
Another last look before committing suicide, he saw that the corpse would move forward in the water by farting. So he was so inspired, he simply gave up the idea of suicide and drove the corpse as a motorboat in the sea . Overjoyed, Hank fell into the water and fainted. When he woke up, he found that he was no longer on the isolated island, he should be somewhere near the forest by the sea. Thinking of the corpse to help him escape from the island, he decided to take the corpse with him.
Along the way, Hank found a lot of human garbage, which he used to store water, and hid in the cave with the corpse for shelter from the rain. After one night, Hank was horrified to discover that the body could speak. The frightened Hank first punched the corpse, and then ran back. After all, a talking corpse can also relieve loneliness. The corpse told Hank that his name was Manny, and he didn't remember how he died or who he was. He's like a newborn baby who doesn't know anything. In addition to speaking, the body still can not move.
Hank said he was going to take Manny home. Manny didn't know what "going home" was, but his private parts (do you understand) had the function of guiding the way. As long as Hank shows him the bikini girls from the magazines he picked up from the trash, Manny can take him all the way. Not only that, but Hank also found that Manny couldn't be any better . His teeth can be used to shave his beard, his body can store water, his farts can make a fire, his mouth can fire anything, and his head can be used as a hammer. The reason why this movie is called "Swiss Army Knife Man" is because this corpse, called Manny, is as versatile as a Swiss Army Knife.
In order to let Manny understand what "going home" is, Hank takes a bus with branches and rags and interprets his secret love story. He met a woman in the car and fell in love with her, but never had the courage to confess. So he dressed himself up as the woman and let Manny play him. Probably because he did too much work, Manny also fell in love with this woman, and they had a common goal of "going home".
Finally approaching the range of human activities, Hank's mobile phone also has a signal, the first thing is to look at the ins of the woman he has a crush on. As a result, he found out that the woman already had a better half, and when he wanted to tell Manny about it, a raccoon appeared. He thought he would die, but Manny was actually able to move and stood up crookedly. He used his magical farting ability to drive away the raccoon.
At this time, the two of them discovered that they had fallen into the backyard of a certain family, and the hostess of this family was the woman Hank had always been in love with, and of course Manny loved her very much. But when Manny understood that the other party could not belong to him, he turned into a corpse again, motionless.
The police came and they were going to remove Manny; the TV station came and said they wanted to interview Hank. But the female reporter of the TV station kept calling Hank "Manny", and the police also believed that Hank's cell phone belonged to Manny. When Hank was determined not to let the police take the body away, everyone found a simple living facility built by Hank in the woods behind the house of his crush. Maybe the smart audience should understand at this time, there is no drama about surviving on a deserted island at all, our hero has always lived near the person he secretly loves. Why did other people get their names and mobile phones wrong before, because they were the same person at all.
Now I'm going to restore the truth!
Hank is an introverted and lonely person. After he accidentally started masturbating as a child, his mother said to him, if you keep masturbating, maybe you will die at the same time as me. This was originally a joke to stop him from excessive masturbation. Unexpectedly, the premature death of his mother made Hank associate masturbation with his mother's death, always thinking that his mother died prematurely because of his masturbation. After that he couldn't masturbate because he was always thinking of his mother and then full of guilt. Gradually he became inferior, introverted and sensitive, without self-confidence.
When he met the woman he liked on the bus, he couldn't express his love, so he could only choose to hide in the woods behind the other party's house. This isolation makes him more and more lonely, just like the island at the beginning of the film. For Hank, although he lives in the city, his heart is but an island , and he wants to escape but can't get out. So, he thought of death.
In fact, he is already dead, and the corpse that appears at the beginning of the film is his own heart, another self, a more real self. Hank's outside still has human behavior, but inside has been killed by loneliness. Therefore, the film never explains how Hank ended up on the island, nor the origin of the corpse, because it is not necessary.
When Hank faced another self "Manny", through the dialogue with Manny, Hank began to repair and rebuild his heart. Manny said why you can't think of your mother when you're masturbating, why you can't fart at will, and when you see a woman, you have to express the idea that you want to have sex with the other party. Manny's nakedness is a whole new experience compared to Hank's step-by-step. Manny thought that his lover would burst into tears, and he bluntly said that he went home to find his lover. Compared with Hank's avoidance of love, it is much more straightforward and brave. In getting along with Manny, Hank can see what he really desires in his heart, so he can leave the isolated island and slowly approach the area of human activities.
The raccoon appeared when Hank discovered that his crush had a family. Perhaps Hank's self-isolation started when he learned the news, so he avoided this fact, preferring to believe that he was living on an isolated island, so that he would not have to accept the reality of his lover's marriage. Why can only lonely people understand this movie, because lonely people understand the unspeakable painful experience. When a person cannot seek an outlet to relieve their various painful emotions, they will seek inward, imagine that all this has not happened, and create a virtual reality in their inner world. In psychology, this is called "defense". In order to avoid the emotions we don't want to face, our human brain will magically develop various defense methods. Sometimes defenses work well enough to shield us from a psychic onslaught before we're ready; sometimes defenses are worse, and one day we lose ourselves and get into more serious trouble.
Going back to the scene where the raccoon appeared, Manny was able to stand up at this point, indicating that he was finally ready to accept the truth. He chased away the raccoon, so Hank realized that he was not living in the wilderness, but was only near the woman he had a crush on. He no longer chooses to avoid the "raccoon", which is very scary to him, so he can return to reality. In the end, when Hank dragged Manny to the beach and dared to fart in front of everyone when he was handcuffed by the police, Manny also came back to life and walked away (not an exaggeration). It is also wonderful to use farting, a seemingly unpopular expression, to present a release of Hank's heart. If you see the smile on Manny's face and tears in your eyes, it may be because you understand how difficult it is for a lonely person to come back out.
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