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If the psychic detective is used as a suspense film, the story structure is too thin, and the plot advancement is inevitably far-fetched. Therefore, many people may feel that they do not understand. If you really talk about it from the perspective of suspense, this film actually sets up a few suspense, but it does not solve the doubt. And the story of killing and solving cases in the middle is nothing more than a thread that connects these suspense.
Let’s sort out the plot here:
John is a person who has the ability to perceive the past (stronger ability) and future (fragment), and has chosen a path of justice: assisting the police in solving criminal cases. So he became friends with Police Joe, and by the way met Catherine. And Charles, step by step, induces John to face his inner "righteousness" - that is, what Charles is doing, preserving people's happiness in life, avoiding avoidable pain, and realizing the ultimate highest value of life (the highest value compared with other causal lines) , you can refer to parallel space). Charles' ability lies in his ability to perceive the future (although there is a causal line) and screening ability (choose a causal line that conforms to his principles). At the end of the film, Uncle John got his wife's forgiveness expressionlessly (I think it was because John had been indulging in the past and lost hope for the future, which also suppressed his perception). But from the few words of his wife, it can be understood that John began to have a sense of the future, and the film came to an abrupt end.
The film involves a total of 7 dead people (without background information): the old man, the child, the young woman, the suspect, Joe, John's daughter, and Charles. And there are several parts: 1. The suspect was a criminal in a "traditional" case and was shot to death, and in Charles' eyes it was a "gift" for Joe's death, which indirectly led to Joe's death; 2. The old man, the child , A very important point about the death of the young woman is that they did not feel the pain of disease, the fear of death, and may even die in the embrace of happiness (after all, the film said that it was painless); 3. Joe's death was due to a work-related injury , but more special, Joe had regrets about life before his death, and also felt the fear of death and expressed that he did not want to be arranged to take such a fate (in this case, Joe personally wanted to choose the causal line of disease and death) 4. Charles died from being snatched by John to protect Catherine; 5. John's daughter was euthanized by Uncle John.
To sort it out, the suspects aside, the remaining 6 people were all terminally ill and except for John's daughter, all of them died under the arrangement of Charles. They have a common feature, which is in line with the principle of Charles: avoid all kinds of pain, die with dignity and honor, give the family the greatest financial help and the least trauma in the soul. The rest of the film has been explained aside, just talking about the death of Charles, is to let John realize that his way is a kind of righteousness, and Charles died for this kind of righteousness, which is also an honor in his opinion. And the death of John's daughter is something that John and Charles have in common. But in the face of Joe's death, John questioned Charles' principles (and his own original approach, possibly from his guilt after euthanizing his own daughter). However, after killing Charles, we saw that John was calm (no expression anyway), and at this time we could not directly know whether John was still on the side of justice. In other words, whether what John was about to do represented justice.
And this raises other questions: 1. Compared with the value of the individual, which is more important, the overall value of the family or society? 2. Compared with Charles fully exploring and using his own abilities, John restrained his extraordinary abilities as much as possible (including not going out, not speaking out, and dispersing energy), which is caring for ordinary people, or "righteousness"? 3. What is the role of medical treatment in the face of terminal illness? 4. Does life supported by machinery make sense? 5. How to face death? 6. If the future is destined to be miserable, is it brave or cowardly to choose to leave? ...
I think this is probably what the director wants to discuss. A single stone stirs up a thousand waves. Only when more people pay attention to aging and the imminent death, will there be more care for the elderly and sick patients, as well as the establishment of emotional and psychological relationships with sick relatives. protection, respect for death.
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