I think Director Luo Hongzhen should laugh at this moment: fish, you are finally hooked.
Because for fans who came to watch "The Cry" with the mood of "going to see the exorcism zombies and pouring blood", in the long film of more than 155 minutes, the most satisfying "sensory curiosity" enjoyment is just a short period of time. Five kinds of zombie attacks and the climax of the last twenty minutes. The loud noise of rain at the beginning and the dull and bleak tones create a low-pressure impatience (I don't know if the director did it on purpose, or if my aunt is coming soon).
The one-sided "crying" is actually just a transliteration of the place where the incident occurred - "Gokseong", a real Korean hill town. Of course, the director specially added the Chinese character "crying" next to the title in Korean, which also deliberately set a tragic tone for the film. Tell us it's definitely a movie with a less-than-beautiful ending.
The male protagonist Zhong Jiu (played by Guo Daoyuan) is an ordinary mountain city policeman who is involved in a mysterious murder case on an unfortunate rainy day. Killings followed one after another, and his submissive, indecisive character kept pushing events to the point of no return. An ordinary human being surrounded by "ghosts and gods", challenging the limit of IQ all the time, so that he loses his own judgment. But this is not the feeling of Zhong Jiu alone. Everyone who has watched "The Cry" will be in a trance for a moment: .... The murderer is...? The
female ghost in white? The shaman? The old Japanese man?
At the same time, this is also the most fun part of the film
. Director Luo Hongzhen seems to have designed an interactive game for us to "solve cases for all". Is there really only one truth?
In the murder case, the deceased died tragically, and the mad person seemed to have a strange skin disease, and finally died in extreme pain. There is no connection between the cases, no witnesses, and no motive for the murder. The only thing left is people's suspicion:
Since the old Japanese man came here, everything seems abnormal.
So the appearance of this sentence naturally pushes the audience to the first trap: the old Japanese man is the murderer. But we, who are familiar with the path of suspense stories, know well that the first person to be suspected is often not the last prisoner, so the inference that the old Japanese man is the murderer seems to be untenable.
However, when the shaman called Zhong Jiu again in the last thirty minutes of the film, he overturned the previous divination and said: I made a big mistake, in fact, the woman in white is the ghost!
The audience of "I believe the Japanese are murderers" began to faint, and the audience of "I believe that the female ghosts are the murderers" began to feel proud. However, in the end, when Zhong Jiu was going home to save people, the "female ghost" said: (It is said that Referring to the biblical allusion that Peter denied "Jesus" three times) After the cock crows three times, you go home. , and Zhong Jiu couldn't wait for the third rooster crowing. When he returned home, he found that his wife and mother-in-law had fallen in a pool of blood. Seeing Zhong Jiu's departure, the "girl ghost" sat on the ground in despair, as if trying to save Zhong Jiu backfired. It seems that the "girl ghost" is not a bad person.
In the final scene of the film review, the old Japanese man shows the image of the devil in front of the deputy priest. The shaman left with a box of photos of the dead. There also seems to be some elusive and eerie connection between the shaman and the old Japanese man.
It's messed up, it's messed up, it's messed up!
This is because, just like Jong-joo, we are all swayed by the information given in the movie. The choice of believing and doubting is constantly changing. Just imagine if this movie is sending us a message: Please believe what you believe and don't waver.
Don't be a Peter betraying God.
Because what you believe is already one of the answers.
Answer 1: The "ghost in white" is the real murderer. The old Japanese man and the shaman are a joint "exorcist group".
This is the answer given by many movie Vs: the woman in white is a real ghost, the culprit of murders and strange diseases. The shaman is a group with the old Japanese man and helps the old man to exorcise the devil. The real identity of the Japanese old man is "God". He came to Gucheng just to rebuild people's belief in God and help those who died to resurrect. The zombie is just a half-finished product that failed after the ceremony was interrupted by a female ghost. It is a pity that people's abandonment of their beliefs and their distrust of him have led to tragic occurrences, and the "last god" has also become a "devil" with the collapse of belief.
Evidence 1: After Zhong Jiu's daughter fell ill, she was awakened by a nightmare and shouted, "An auntie has been knocking on the door and wants to come in.
" A different dress was approved, and at the end of the film, Zhong Jiu suddenly remembered that the jacket the woman was wearing was the dress of the deceased in the case.
Evidence 3: The shaman went to Zhong Jiu at night, and suddenly there was a nosebleed in front of Zhong Jiu's house. It was the woman in white who came out of the alley and said to the shaman, "Go!" Then, the shaman was frightened. Running home, a crow flew in. And the crow once appeared in Zhong Jiu's house.
Evidence 4: The Japanese old man finally showed the "stigmata" to the deputy, and quoted the subtitle of chapter 24 of the "Gospel of Luke" at the beginning of the title: "You can see my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is really me. Touch me and see, the soul has no bones and no flesh, you see, I have it." This dialogue related to the Bible can determine that the old man has a certain relationship with "God".
And the connection between the shaman and the old Japanese man is also hinted in many details in the movie, such as their French way, the same wearing Japanese "diapers", and the box of photos of the dead, all of which prove that they are a team A: Shamans mainly help the living to exorcise evil spirits, while the old Japanese help the dead to come back to life.
However, if this is really the case, then why does the female ghost keep keeping Zhongjiu from going home to die? "Why can't two exorcists fight a female ghost? If the Japanese old man takes pictures of dead people to save the dead, why are there still pictures of living people? Why are the daughter's shoes in the old man's place?
Answer 2: Everything Everything is "Devil's Deal" and "The Woman in White" is the good guy.
When the collapsed Zhong Jiu asked the woman in white: "Are you a human or a ghost?" The
woman in white said word by word, "I am the woman who saved your daughter."
When they first met, the woman in white told Zhong Jiu: "The grandmother of the deceased said that the Japanese are not humans but ghosts! They can suck blood and eat people." Zhong Jiu was dubious, then had a dream, and saw a naked old Japanese man squatting on the ground eating raw meat, walking towards him with blood on his face Come.
It can be speculated that the woman in white may have the ability to talk to ghosts, and she is wearing the clothes of the dead, just because this is her medium for channeling. And even if it is really a "ghost", she may be a kind messenger, trying to lead Zhong Jiu to the other side of redemption.
In the first case at the beginning of the film, at the first scene of the death of ginseng Zhao Shi, the police found a strange huge bird's nest in a candle-lit room. This heavily religious scene seems to suggest that the disaster seems to be related to some kind of faith. At the same time, Zhong Jiu saw a strange plant on the beam on one side.
If you look closely, you can see a strand of hair on the plant. (I can't really see if it's white or black, but the length is worth thinking about). Careful audiences should remember that in the last confrontation scene, the woman in white told Zhong Jiu that she had set a trap, and when a ghost came in, the chicken would croak three times. At this time, the camera cuts to the door of Zhong Jiu's house, and the string of plants is hanging on the door beam. At the end of the movie, the woman in white failed to persuade, Zhong Jiu's house was destroyed, and when the shaman entered Zhong Jiu's house, the plants suddenly withered.
So the "woman in white" might really be doing everything in her power to help Zhongjiu and his daughter.
It's just that the road is one foot high and the devil is ten feet high. The shaman broke the crow in the jar and won the trust of Zhong Jiu's family, and then in the end he persuaded Zhong Jiu not to believe in the success of the "female ghost". Zhong Jiu stepped into the trap woven by the shaman and the old Japanese man.
And what is the purpose of the shaman and the old Japanese man? An evil devil deal! ?
The Divine Comedy tells us that demons like to make a deal with humans.
A shaman helps an old Japanese man (devil) find a small village with plenty of "food" and relatively closed folk customs. Because the mountain village is closed, there are two advantages: First, the Japanese old man can hide his identity very well and carry out "beast-like foraging". This corresponds to the "naked old Japanese man sucking blood and eating flesh in the mountains" scene that always appears in movies. However, his appetite was not only satisfied with the game on the mountain, but the fresh blood below the mountain was also tempting him all the time, so he picked up the camera and locked a feast for himself.
Secondly, when villagers go crazy or get killed for no reason, they will be naturally associated with "superstition of evil spirits, evil spirits, etc.". In this way, the work of shamans will come, and "resources of money" will also be available.
In this perfect deal, one can get the prey, and the other can get the money.
Therefore, it is not necessarily "God" who can be reborn, nor is it "Jesus" who has flesh and bones. The devil likes to use hypocrisy to deceive people's eyes. As long as your will is shaken, they can capture your soul. .
But which one is the answer?
A hundred people have a hundred Hamlets in their hearts.
Does it really matter which is the truth?
All that matters is whether you believe it or not.
And director Luo Hongzhen has already used a "blood movie" to tell us: the collapse of faith is only in the day and night. If you believe it, don't doubt it.
Otherwise, you will be the "fish" that takes the bait next time.
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