Simply put, this is a movie about "road rage".
Going deeper, this is a film reflecting on the mental health of contemporary people.
For a long time, incidents like "stabs wounding people", "driving into the crowd", "girlfriends and wives" and other incidents have been listed on hot searches every once in a while, and you can get one by simply searching for "road rage" With a long list of topics, it seems that people's emotions are gradually on the verge of losing control.
The movie "Insanity" focuses on the road rage in this modern emotional out-of-control. It tells the story of a person facing life crisis in the madness of road rage killing people continuously.
A montage from the 5th minute of the movie presents this kind of social reality absurdly. This is a very common morning rush hour, congested traffic, car broadcasts, morning news... Violent news and entertainment news alternately appear in a trance. This is no longer a modern civilized society, but a let-off. Violence breeds but only cares about the barbaric era of entertainment. From the original traffic congestion to the escalation of violence, the mixed entertainment news has gradually turned into a ridicule and recognition of road violence. It is not a huge irony.
These things may be attributable to a person's low level of education, or a person's low quality can be blamed, or an excuse can be found to say that this person has suffered a great impact in life in a short period of time and caused a mental breakdown.
However, with these reasons, can one understand why one can hurt others at will? Does not.
From a psychological point of view, if it is not for mental disorders, direct killing is almost a psychological hurdle. Even people who can stand on the sidelines can't help but hesitate before taking their own hands. Moreover, I have reason to believe that a sane and mature person can handle emotions without choosing to kill.
Continuing to trace the causes of emotional out-of-control can be analyzed from the general environment, that is, part of the reason is that the fast-paced society invisibly brings more pressure to people, which makes people have no time to pay attention to their own emotions and behaviors, and thus produces violence The consequences of this.
I also read a similar point in a book before. Humans have invented technological products to reduce human labor. The development of science and technology has accelerated the process of production and brought more people into a faster pace of science and technology. . In the end, I don't know whether people use technology or technology enslaves mankind.
The protagonist of the movie is played by Russell Crowe, and only his fictitious name appears in the whole story. The cast also shows that his role is The man, and this person is used to refer to the entire "Road Rage".
Russell Crowe is beyond doubt in acting. He has won two Oscar nominations, won the Oscar for Best Actor with "Gladiator", and later won the American Golden Globe for Best Actor with "Beautiful Mind". At the beginning of this year, he played the role of former CEO Roger Ayers of Fox News in the miniseries "The Loudest Voice", and once again won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
The very beginning of the film was a scene of his. This scene is very important, which established the tone of the whole film and also led to all the stories afterwards.
In a rainy night that is common in a thriller, the camera's angle of view is pulled from a very low angle, revealing a waiting car. This feeling of approaching tracking always has a creepy feeling.
Next, in the gloomy car light, a mobile phone screen lit up at 4:03 further strengthened the person who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, almost earnestly waiting until the family was asleep. Then there are headaches, medications, clumsy and slightly rude movements that portray a person who is irritable and in poor mental state. The ring on the hand heralds a marriage dispute, and throwing it away is a determination. Sure enough, a gloomy and bloated face looked at the door, and the match opened with one hand lit up the face, but it didn't make people feel bright. When the match burned out, Russell Crowe blinked one last tear, got out of the car, took off his suit jacket unhurriedly, and folded his suit in an orderly manner, as if to do a normal physical task, just like that with a hammer. Smashed the door, smashed the hostess who came out to death, poured gasoline, lit the fire, and drove away.
From the actions inside the car to the killing outside the car, all the actions echoed. When the ignition was in the room, it was even reminiscent of his one-handed match in the car. And all the motives for acting are explained clearly, all the props are useful, it can be said to be a very exciting scene.
In the following story, Russell Crowe is the most vivid interpretation of a road rage perversion. Unstable emotions, true accountability for honking the car horn, tireless pursuit of the car, and even careful-thinking of mobile phones to exchange cards, locate, and hunt down relatives and friends of the parties involved. From the beginning to the end, it is difficult to judge whether this person is insane or deliberately planning to kill serially. It is this kind of uncertainty that makes it impossible to predict Russell Crowe's behavior. It is likely that the heroine's actions are in his trap, which makes the film more horrifying.
The tracking in the movie uses the positioning systems of mobile phones and computers, which may even make the audience mentally collapsed. For the convenience of life, I believe that many people will locate each other when using connected computers and mobile phones to avoid loss. It is precisely in this way that the heroine's vehicle is being tracked all the time, bringing a sense of terror that is pressing every step of the way.
"The Invisible Man" also uses a similar technique, that is, a large number of heel shots show an unknown and ubiquitous sense of tracking. However, the tracking is the use of optical imaging to hide people, so that they can be lurking around the protagonist for tracking and monitoring. The two are different in the same way. The protagonist is in the light and the perpetrator is in the dark, making people always worry about the fate of the protagonist.
In addition, the film also contributed a very exciting chase scene. It was during Russell Crowe's crazy pursuit of the heroine that the two performed a fierce chase on the road. Among them, the expressions and reactions of the heroine, heroine son, and Russell Crowe are presented in close-ups. The stacking creates a sense of tension, and then uses a third-party perspective to express the general environment of the car chasing, using a low camera perspective Show the speed of the car.
At the end of the film, the heroine will assassinate Russell Crowe, which can be regarded as lifting her own crisis. But when she was almost hit by a red-lighted vehicle, the hostess raised her trembling hands above the steering wheel amidst the other party's verbal abuse, but she never pressed the horn. Her son also said "Good chioce". This scene seems to have achieved Russell Crow’s goal of using violence to curb violence and teach others to be polite. But does true politeness need such a high price? This has triggered new reflections.
On the whole, the film’s narrative rhythm is moderate and relaxed, and its theme selection is also based on the exaggerated presentation of realistic road rage, and the realistic content makes the thriller experience even more. The highlight of the whole story is in Russell Crowe's acting skills. When you think about it carefully, the drama tension of the heroine is weak, and the overall situation is slightly out of balance.
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