There are a lot of movies released around the Dragon Boat Festival. Hollywood blockbusters include "Godzilla 2" and "X-Men: Dark Phoenix"; domestic movies include the romance "The Best of Us" and the police and bandit movie "Chasing the Dragon 2". Some of the films that have already been released, the entire Dragon Boat Festival can be described as very lively. But what is surprising is that the two major Hollywood productions and Hong Kong films that have high expectations have suffered negative reviews, and their scores are hovering around the passing line of 6 points, which is not satisfactory.
The only Indian film "Omnipotent" broke through the siege. Although the box office was only more than 20 million five days after its release, the online score was as high as 7.1 points, which still showed the good overall strength of Indian films.
The story design of the film is similar to the combined version of the other two high-scoring Indian films "The Tuner" and "A Mother's Revenge" . "The Tuner" tells the story of a pianist pretending to be blind who accidentally bumps into a murder case and gets involved in a series of bizarre pursuits; "A Mother's Revenge" is adapted from the "Delhi bus case" that shocked India. Her own abused daughter seeks justice and embarks on an adventure on the road to revenge.
"Omnipotent" combines the story structure of the above two films, telling the story of a blind man Luohan seeking justice for his wife who committed suicide after being humiliated. The male protagonist is set as a blind Luohan with superior intelligence. Luohan's nirvana is the ability to imitate other people's voices at will . The first act of the film is a romantic to the leg-crunching romance mode.
First of all, it must be said that the two male and female protagonists are indeed too seductive. Hrithik Roshan, the Indian male god who was omnipotent in the "Indian Superman" series, played the hero Rohan. Hrithik Roshan was once named "India's Most Handsome Actor" because of his handsome looks and is recognized as a Bollywood superstar who is good at singing and dancing.
And Yami Gautam, who played the heroine Su, used to be Miss India , with fair skin and beautiful temperament. Although both of them played blind people, they still couldn't hide the appearance of "a talented man and a woman".
The first act tells that Luo Han meets the heroine Su, who is also blind. Although Luohan "falls in love at first sight" with Su, and treats him sincerely. But Su, who is also blind, is afraid that the two people living in "darkness" will not be able to take good care of each other. But some series of "feeding dog food" romance scenes not only let the sweet audience slump on their seats, but also let the heroine Su be completely moved by Luohan's sincerity. sentence.
"Darkness illuminates the darkness" is not only reflected in the hand in love, but also lays the groundwork for the sudden turn of the plot in the second act. After marriage, Su fully supported Luohan's career and stayed home alone for a long time, which gave Amit, who had been watching her for a long time, an opportunity. Amit broke into their house twice and violated Su.
What's even more frightening is that Amit is backed by his elder brother Sherard, a member of parliament. From the police to the chief, they avoid investigating the case. Su, who was continuously humiliated, committed suicide in anger. Senator Sheral even went to the door to threaten Luohan, ignoring his grief.
This completely angered Luohan, and the "darkness illuminates the darkness" turned into a lynching revenge of "violence with violence". The story of "Omnipotent" is extremely solid, and it cleverly exaggerates emotions, making lynching and anti-violence a natural act of justice.
The film conveys the idea that since people cannot directly confront the bureaucracy, it is feasible to cause qualitative changes within the bureaucracy through tricks and collapse. When the male protagonist, Luohan, was unable to rely on the laws within the system to exercise his rights, he used his wisdom and stunts to make the system form infighting, causing it to collapse and complete his revenge, showing his dignity as a blind man, and the hero thus birth. It is the depiction of love in the first act that allows the audience to witness the tragic destruction of beauty, and that will generate strong empathy in the process of Luohan's revenge.
Coupled with the film's collusion between officials and the alliance of power, the individual audience dislikes the villain even more, and sympathizes with the weaker Luohan, hoping that he can kill the enemy and avenge his wife. "Omnipotent" reflects the film's emphasis on story. From the first act, the film has been laying foreshadowing, providing logical support for Luohan's revenge, but abruptly rendering personal heroism.
For example, in the first act, the audience knew that Luohan's hearing was acute, and he already had his amazing ability to imitate and dub. Imitating the voices of others, thus seducing and provoking the villain, became the key to his revenge. What is even more surprising is that how to cover up evidence of revenge and murder is also related to "voice" and "blindness".
At the climax at the end of the film, the so-called "everyone is blind" not only allows Luohan to successfully escape the pursuit of the police, but also closes the theme, allowing the two elements of hearing and vision to run through the entire film. The design of foreshadowing is even reflected in scenes that seem to be less important. For example, in the first scene, Luohan and Su are playing in the playground. As a blind person, Luohan can listen to the sound to identify the position, hit the target with the iron ball accurately, and win the gift.
There was also the elevator shaft where my friend almost fell when he went to see the new house with Su for the first time, and the safety rope hanging by the side. Iron balls hitting targets, elevator shafts and safety ropes and other foreshadowings have become important props for Luohan's enemies. The romance at the beginning has evolved into the killing later. This is the role of details and foreshadowing, which reflects the Indian film's importance to story and logic. of attention.
In addition, the film did not portray the male protagonist Luohan as a flawless superhero. Various occasions in the process of revenge would make him fall into a passive position unexpectedly. The decisive and tragic "kill one thousand enemies and self-destruction eight hundred" It appears many times, enriching the characters and stories, and arousing the empathy of the audience.
The success of "Omnipotent" proves that the quality of a movie is not necessarily proportional to the high investment . Take Indian cinema as an example. Released in China at the end of last year, "Thugs of India" starring big-name superstar Aamir Khan, as one of the most highly invested blockbusters in the history of India, encountered Waterloo in word of mouth and box office, and Aamir Khan finally had to do this. Apologise in person. On the other hand, this "small film" "Omnipotent", which wins by story, can better reflect the soul of the film is always the story, and how to tell a story well .
The last thing that needs to be mentioned is "Omnipotent"'s bold disclosure of the current state of the country's society, whether it is the previous "Mysterious Superstar", "Wrestling!" "Dad", "My God", and most recently "A Mother's Revenge" and this "Omnipotent", the stories are constructed from the social status quo of religion, power, gender, class and so on. system, this "realistic" approach is not only very appealing to Indian audiences, but even Chinese fans have praised it.
Because this kind of "realism" is precisely where mainland films are the most scarce. Last year's big sale of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is the best proof. It has to be said that the many Bollywood Indian films released every year actually provide a template for reference and reference for mainland films. There is already an answer to what the audience likes and what they need.
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