Editor's note: The film has the shadow of "Shutter Island", but the overall quality is not comparable, but if it comes to the novelty of the plot, it is the best thriller this year. For resources, please go to the official account SIXSHOU.
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The thriller that has attracted the most attention recently, one is "Raw", and the other is "Life-saving Antidote" we are going to talk about today. In addition to its audio-visual experience, the most attractive thing about this movie is the main creative lineup.
First, let's take a look at the main creative team of "Lifesaving Antidote".
Director - Gore Verbinski. Gore directed the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, and at the same time, he also directed the American version of "Midnight". And this film is also Gore's first horror film after 2002's "The Bell at Midnight", which naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Protagonist - Dane DeHaan. He is not only the "little green devil" in everyone's heart, but also the Dai Hanhan of fans. Han Han has starred in films such as "Super Power Out of Control", "Kill Your Love", "The Amazing Spider-Man" and other films. At the same time, he is considered by many people to be the young version of Xiao Li. I think it's not just because of his appearance. We can see some clues in Mr. Lakha he played in "The Antidote for Life".
The heroine - Mia Goss. She has participated in films such as "Female Addict". Although Mia is not too famous compared to other cast members, Mia must be the most suitable for the role of Hannah. In her, I seem to really see that unworldly and mysterious little girl.
Male No. 2 - Jason Isaacs. He was a prolific actor, best known to audiences for his role as the lovable and villainous Mr. Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, where he played The current sanitarium doctor, the former baron, is the source of all evil.
Next, let's take a look at a few pictures of "Life-saving Antidote".
There is such.
Such.
And this.
Just looking at the pictures is really beautiful. Whether it is composition or photography, we all want to see it. And the chant at the opening of "The Antidote for Life" is also very attractive. If the horror in horror movies is real, so is the beauty you see in them. Of course, the audiovisual experience of this film has nothing to say, but perhaps too much attention is paid to the embodiment of the Gothic style and some techniques, and some suspenseful logic is ignored.
As a supernatural horror film, there must be something that has nothing to do with science, and the supernatural in this film has to do with a story. The story takes place somewhere in Switzerland, which has always been owned by the Van Heckmore family. Two hundred years ago, the last baron was obsessed with the purity of his blood. He believed that only his own sister could have children for him, but the church forbade them. Perhaps because of the deformities of the fetuses conceived by the close relatives, they have been unable to have children. The baron began to conduct experiments, and the villagers found that more and more mummified corpses appeared, so they suspected the baron's head. It turned out that in order to cure his sister and let her give birth to a child with the purest blood, the baron used eel as a human experiment. Because he found that eel can purify the human body, and then purify it from the human body, and this thing he called "vitamin" can help them give birth to the purest child, and can delay aging. However, the villagers came to the door, cut open her sister's belly, took out the baby, and then razed the place to the ground in a fire.
Two hundred years later, a sanatorium was rebuilt here, and they used the method of hydrotherapy to relieve patients from the pressures of modern society.
People in nursing homes seem to be at ease, as they sometimes are.
Sometimes it does.
Sometimes it is.
Do you think it doesn't look bad, but it's just an illusion, and all patients are just like this in the end.
It turned out that this sanatorium was rebuilt by the baron, but it was just a facelift. Its purpose was to pursue the experiment of pure blood. The eel was still a medicinal guide. And the "special patient" in the sanatorium was the baby Hannah who had been cut open before. And the former baron, the current doctor's activities behind the sanatorium are also to let his daughter give birth to the purest child for him.
Do you have a vague feeling that something is wrong? Where is this sanatorium, this is the base of the cult at all. As the founder of the cult, doctors rule everyone from top to bottom. We often say that the most terrible thing besides physical control is mental control, but what if both are controlled? Simply chilling.
Here, far from the crowd, there is no signal, and there is no communication with the outside world. All the information you get is from the ruler here, and if you suspect you will be taken away for "further treatment." And it is the doctor who has the right to speak here. He tells you: "You are sick." You will believe it and receive treatment. In your opinion, everything he said is true, and you never doubt it.
Lakha here, is a heretic. He doubts everything here and is getting closer to the truth step by step. The closer you get, the scarier it is. It turned out that even the police in the town had already been bribed by the doctor, and they were embarrassed. And he kept being told that his leg was broken, which was also an illusion. The moment Lakha cut the cast, everything came to light. Just like a patient in a nursing home, when Lakha pointed out the truth, no one believed him, because in their hearts, they were "patients". And Lakha was once caught in such a whirlpool, and he even thought: "How could anyone want to leave here?"
Hannah is like a so-called "saint" in this cult, and its essence is a gift to the leader, a sacrifice. She is a container for doctors, just for her to give birth to the purest blood. And Hannah, who eventually became Lakha's savior, killed the doctor, her father, with her own hands.
Eventually, Hannah and Lakha got off, riding that bike, out of the nursing home. And the last scene - Lakha showing a weird smile, is this a relief, or a continuation of another way? We don't know.
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