"The Antidote" is a suspenseful thriller released in the United States in February 2017, starring "Little Green Goblin" Dan Dehahn and directed by Gore Verbinski.
The film mainly tells the story of a young supervisor who was dispatched to a "rehabilitation center" in the Alps to pick up people. Unexpectedly, after stepping into this "rehabilitation center", the young supervisor discovered that something was wrong, and then he became a patient here.
The trailer for the film is captivating, starting in high-rise New York, with the narration of "You're All Sick", and moving with the train to the scenic Alps. However, in this mountain-top castle, the "disease of modern society" alternates with legends from 200 years ago. After watching such a trailer, most viewers must be wondering what kind of secrets exist in the nursing home.
I am also puzzled.
After watching the film, I found that the two-and-a-half-hour feature film is not as attractive as the trailer. The first half of the film combines the concept of "disease in modern society" with the protagonist's imagination, which is a bit like "Shutter Island" and "Hell Hospital", but as the protagonist wanders around in the sanatorium, the plot of the film gradually changes. Procrastination and slightly baffling. The film does give an ending that can hold all the foreshadowings at the end, but it gives the feeling that there is only an empty answer, and there is no surprise and refreshing like "Escape from the Dead".
The starring "Little Green Goblin" Dan Dehahn "requests" the dean "Lucius Malfoy" with only a bluffing tone in the film. Against the background of his frail body and pretentious attitude, there are medical staff who don't take him seriously and the nursing home itself, which is so large and empty. Although the director does not necessarily want to show a protagonist who is strong on the outside and hard at work, the effect is obvious because of the actor's aura that is almost like nothing.
146 minutes is indeed a bit long for a suspense thriller, plus a little story with a lot of thunder and rain, a chaotic and uninteresting plot in the middle of the film, and a relatively old-fashioned and subtle ending, although the "Caribbean" With the blessing of the "Pirates" trilogy, I have to say that the performance of the great director Gore Verbinski this time is really not ideal.
Maybe it will be better to change to a protagonist with a strong aura, slowly questioning himself as the story progresses, and finally "collapse". Maybe change to a more capable director, make the story tighter, add a larger scene, and a more dramatic ending that will leave a deeper impression on the audience.
With a relatively weak starring and an unstable director, there is no need to talk about who leads whom.
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