Above the standard, very good reasoning suspense drama (try not to spoil)

Imogene 2022-08-20 17:07:48

Peeling onions to solve puzzles layer by layer, and constantly overturning the facts that the screenwriter made the audience believe, is definitely a reasoning and suspense film above the standard.

When I saw it halfway through, I kept wondering, since the other party is so powerful, he almost opened his vision in the car, and he was brave enough to kill people, why did he rely on the male protagonist to find the "people who shouldn't be in the car"? And why are you looking for the "people who shouldn't be in the car"?

Because I couldn't figure it out all the time, I once misunderstood it as a mindless plot, and almost lost my temper (now, it seems that I am too conceited. The storytelling technique of solving puzzles is brilliant, so I continued to watch it. Fortunately, I didn't leave, otherwise I would have missed a good drama with superb storytelling techniques and justice being served.

The reversal of the gods at the end really has a feeling of enlightenment, and it is very relieved.

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The Commuter quotes

  • Alex Murphy: Mike, I get it. You wanna do the noble thing here. But I got news for you. There ain't no such thing as noble.

    Michael MacCauley: [glancing at Prynne] It was you.

    Alex Murphy: What are you talking about?

    Michael MacCauley: You called me. You knew about the witness. You... you knew what they saw.

    Alex Murphy: Yeah, I told you what happened.

    Michael MacCauley: It was a cop who killed him. You set me up.

  • Sofia: Ricky was a city planner, and some nights he would have to work late, so I-I would go to his office to finish my homework. I was waiting for Ricky by the elevator when these two men show up. I didn't see their faces, but they were looking for Ricky. I hid 'cause I didn't wanna get him in trouble. But they wanted something from him. Then all of them start yelling, and I hear this noise. They were hurting him. I could hear him screaming. And he tells them that he doesn't have it, that it's back at his place.

    Michael MacCauley: You took it.

    Sofia: Of course I took it. I wanted to help. And then I look through the doorway and I see this guy. He's holding Ricky, and he hits him, and he says something about being noble.

    Michael MacCauley: Noble?

    Sofia: He says that doing the right thing will get you killed, and that there's no such thing as being noble. And then, they just... I didn't... I didn't know what to do. I...

    Michael MacCauley: I know.

    Sofia: I just took it, and... and I ran.

    Michael MacCauley: Why didn't you call the police?

    Sofia: I couldn't call the police. The men who killed him were cops.