Sometimes the less you know, the better

Clarissa 2022-04-19 09:02:40

I am used to watching things while eating. Delicious food is matched with wonderful plots, and all the senses of the body can be satisfied. What a happy thing it is. I ordered the wontons, turned on the computer, and randomly picked this movie. The Chinese name is very exciting, "Fateful Memories", but I prefer the original English name, "UNKNOWN".

At the beginning of the story, Bafen was like "SAW", woke up from a coma, and found that he was in a completely unfamiliar environment. The confined space was full of uncertainties, and it seemed that danger would strike at any time. These uncertain factors also stimulate the nerves of the spectators, as the protagonist gradually enters the situation and solves the mystery together.

Although it is a reasoning and suspense film, the storyline in this film is not complicated. There are two lines inside and outside the secret room, and the structure is roughly explained shortly after the beginning of the story. A group of kidnappers kidnapped the young rich man and his partner in the place. The kidnapper boss took some people to get the ransom, and the remaining three guarded. During this period, the rich man and his friends broke free and overturned the canister containing the poisonous gas when they scuffled with the gangster, and the leaked gas fascinated everyone. Affected by the gas, when they woke up, they all temporarily lost their memory.

Being locked in a secret room is already scary enough, let alone with four people who are both enemies and friends. The suspense in the film did not put on a thick fog coat. From everyone's brief recollection, we can see clues, and the identities of the bandits and victims were revealed one by one. The male protagonist of the film is destined to be more exciting, so he must be one of the kidnappers. Even so, he is also a kidnapper with many stories. Sure enough, he not only helped the rich escape the clutches of the kidnapper boss, but also turned into a drug policeman who has been undercover for many years.

If you get here, this movie can only be regarded as a mediocre work. The reversal in the last three minutes is the real icing on the cake, making it a pretty second-class top grade.

When he meets the rich man's wife who embraces the rich man in his eyes, all is really explained. It turned out that the person wearing the mist coat was an extramarital affair and colluded with a lover to murder her husband. Even a policeman had a painful experience, and even a beautiful wife seemed to be in love like honey, but human nature could not escape the pursuit of greed. Use everything at your disposal to complete your worship of desire. But the original poisonous gas makes people forget the original intention and return to the right path. It is not only the key to the plot setting, but also a prop that is extremely ironic to human nature.

The real UNKNOWN part is actually human nature. Kind and virtuous, cruel and ugly, do you know which one you are?

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Extended Reading

Unknown quotes

  • [last lines]

    Eliza Coles: Can I trouble you for a cigarette?

    Jean Jacket: I don't smoke.

    Eliza Coles: [noticing his cigarette lighter] Wouldn't be lying to me, now would you?

    Jean Jacket: And if I were?

  • Bound Man: [after Jean Jacket guy falls as two others try to lift him] You're too heavy you fat FUCK!