"Infinite loop" has always been a good model for thriller and suspense genres.
From the fantasy love theme "Groundhog Day" to the thriller and suspense theme "Lola Run" and "Terror Cruise", the "infinite loop" mode has been brought to the extreme by film creators.
"Happy Death Day" released in 2017 used this model even more, and finally received a box office of nearly 100 million US dollars abroad with a low production cost of 5 million US dollars.
In China, the Maoyan score reached 8.3, which has won a good reputation. It is also known as the "campus version", "Terrorist Cruise" and the "thriller version" of "Groundhog Day".
Let's briefly review the 11 tragic deaths of the heroine Xiaocui in the first part.
Xiao Cui, a school flower who combines beauty and green pond .
At school, with his good looks, he attracts bees and butterflies everywhere, and all kinds of old loves and new ones are stupidly unclear.
Because her date is too broad.
On September 18th, early in the morning on his birthday, he woke up from the bed of a strange man named Carter. He wanted to pat his butt and leave, but as soon as he opened the door, he ran into Carter's yellow-haired roommate.
However, Xiao Cui, who was not surprised, not only didn't care, on the way back to the dormitory, she actually remembered that she had kissed her roommate's boyfriend the night before.
In addition to these temporary ones, there is also a long-term shy object, a married handsome male teacher.
After her plastic sister Hua knew about it, she kept persuading her not to do this, and to be careful about getting on fire.
Xiao Cui, who was already dissatisfied with her roommate, could manage so much, so she went straight up, it's none of your business.
She even threw the cake her roommate gave her into the trash.
After confirming the eyes, it is the person that Xiaocui doesn't care about. She should go to the birthday party at night and is going to go to the birthday party.
Unexpectedly, the accident happened.
Xiaocui was killed by a man wearing a Bayfield baby mask .
You read that right, in the opening thirteen minutes, the heroine died, but in the next second, Xiao Cui returned to the beginning of the day - waking up from Carter's dormitory bed.
Everything was the same as it had happened, the same calls at the same time, the same people, the same people saying the same things, the same things happening again... and finally, being killed again.
Xiaocui is stuck on this day until the murderer is found.
But it's really difficult for her to find out who the murderer is because she is a bitch, and everyone around her is suspicious.
Fortunately, after 11 deaths in tricks, Xiaocui finally found the murderer, ended the cycle, gained love, walked out of the shadows, and Bichi has finally been cleaned up, congratulations!
However, in addition to the surprise, think about it carefully. Although the film has its unique charm, there are still many loopholes in the logic of the plot. Because the reason for the infinite loop has never been explained, it has attracted a lot of complaints from the audience.
Sister Tiao thought she would just let it go. Who knows, the sequel "Happy Death Day 2" was released after two years. (that is, filling in the hole )
The second part follows the end of the previous one, and Xiaocui just broke the time loop and started, focusing on Carter's roommate Ryan. (This yellow-haired boy who played the role in the first part)
A drunk Ryan wakes up from the car.
After receiving the call, I came to my laboratory to check the latest progress of the project.
It's a pity that the dean who puts money first is on the table.
The dean yelled at Ryan and stopped his research project.
The project was suddenly stopped, and Ryan became helpless, paralyzed on the sofa alone, thinking about life.
At this time, a picture came from the mobile phone-
Ryan couldn't sit still, the peeping was so open and aboveboard, it was a naked provocation .
Ryan followed in the direction of the camera.
The result... was killed by a knife.
Lane went back to the 19th again and woke up from the car.
I have to say that Ryan is worthy of being a scholar. After only one death, he noticed something abnormal and interrupted Carter and Xiaocui who were making out to ask for help.
Xiaocui, who died 11 times in the first part, is very experienced in this regard. After learning about it, she quickly helped Ryan catch the murderer.
But after removing the mask, what? Human clones ? Doppelganger ? Is this plot going to reverse the future ?
No, not at all. It turned out that Ryan's self-improving experiment created a time loop, chaotic parallel universes, and multidimensionality. This is really " self-inflicted, do not live " ah.
After Ryan knew the truth, in order to eliminate " self ", he took up the posture of "do not recognize six relatives", and despite everyone's dissuasion, restarted the machine and insisted on ending all this.
As a result, Ryan was fine, but Xiao Cui, who helped him, was sent to another dimension and returned to the 18th of his birthday.
In this dimension, all set encounters are subtly altered.
Not only the boyfriend is someone else's—
Even the teacher who cheated on him before belonged to someone else——
No protagonist aura.
The only gratification is that in this dimension, Xiaocui saw her long-dead mother. (In the first part, Xiaocui's mother died very early)
In order to continue living with her mother and experience the long-lost maternal love, Xiaocui chose to stay in this dimension, preventing Ryan from starting the machine.
Just when she was immersed in the joy of family reunion, she found that the killer still existed.
Xiao Cui, who has already experienced all this, came to the hospital to prevent this tragedy, but found that it was no longer Lori who planned all this behind the scenes, but someone else.
Sadly, the group collapsed.
At this time, Xiao Cui's mentality exploded. In order to break the cycle as soon as possible , eliminate the wrong variables, restart the machine, stay in this dimension, start the mode of tricks , and perform crazy self-sacrifice .
The bathtub was electrified and electrocuted—
Drinking detergent and poisoned to death—
Bikini skydiving to death -
Hanged in the Leaf Shredder—
Through continuous sacrifice, Xiaocui finally eliminated the wrong variables of the machine and restarted the machine.
But Xiaocui cannot end the cycle of two dimensions at the same time, and must make a choice.
Xiaocui ushered in a century-old problem. How should she choose between her boyfriend and her mother, between love and family ?
Facing the soul torture of her boyfriend, after a long talk with her mother, Xiaocui realized the reality and knew that she did not belong here.
At the same time, Carter was also killed by the murderer. In order to save Carter, Xiaocui chose the most splendid way of death before the machine started, ending the cycle.
After rescuing Carter, Xiaocui chose to say goodbye to her mother and passed her " last birthday " warmly.
As for who the murderer is, I won't spoil it here.
In addition to continuing the suspenseful and thrilling atmosphere of the previous film, many new elements have been added .
Like a lot of comedy elements .
In addition to the previous episode of tricks, and in order to regain the machine, everyone cooperated with the dean's office.
At this time, the dean is knitting a sweater
While stealing the key, Daniel did not forget to ravage the dean.
Not only that, the director also cleverly added science fiction elements , and finally filled in the big hole of the first " infinite loop ".
In terms of movie viewing experience, although "Happy Death Day 2" bears the title of a suspense thriller, the film is constantly funny, making people laugh and watch the whole movie.
Please give me a dozen of this kind of "thriller" for all ages!
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