ARQ: interpretation and thoughts

Golden 2022-05-29 16:43:29

Someone will definitely look confused after watching it. I will write what I understand. It is a strong spoiler. Don't watch the movie after watching:

1. The machine ARQ will reset the time, loop from 6:16-9:25. During the period, the time will go faster and faster, and the speed is as fast as 1 second per minute until 7 o'clock, so the actual time experienced is far less than 3 hours.
2. N loops form a series (n is not counted, it is not important). In a series, the protagonist, heroine, Sunny and Cuz (two at the same time), Grim and the second brother (all in the last one) start one after another. Realize that you are in a loop and have the memory of the previous loop.
3. At the end of each series, everyone's memory is erased, so everyone's behavior starts from the beginning, which is equivalent to a big cycle packed with n small cycles.
The above is the basic setting of domineering, as for the specific time and frequency:
4. Why start at 6:16? Because Cuz (the one that fell on the ground at the beginning) saw the machine killing the cat with curiosity, but caused ARQ to go wrong (it seems to be related to the power supply, it leaked, it doesn't matter). Someone might ask if Cuz is not dead? Cuz was dead in the first few loops, but his colleague Sunny also remembered later, reminding him not to touch him to avoid death at the beginning.
5. Why does 9:25 end? Because the power supply is dead by then, reverse charging in a cyclic manner (seems to be the reason).
6. In the last loop, the protagonist has turned off ARQ, but Sunny restarted it, causing it to appear Interruption Error, and then a series.
7. The hostess immediately discovered that he had gone through an unknown number of series, possibly thousands of them. They seem to have only discovered this fact, but in fact they have discovered it many times. Every time the series goes to this point, they will find it, but when the series is over, they will lose all the memory of the cycle.
8. The male protagonist left a video to warn him at some point before, and he saw it, but because Sunny and the ZMP called by them rushed in, the information was recorded halfway through unintelligible and failed to come in handy.
9. At the end of the film, the male protagonist tried to record the video again. He wanted to make a change. He did it. Finally, he said more Trust Hannah, and then the female protagonist woke up first (every loop in the film is the male protagonist wakes up first ).

The above are some interpretations of the plot. I don't want to discuss whether the plot is logical or not. Once I discuss it, I don't have a bottom line and the discussion is not clear. To say something else: the
plot of the movie is reminiscent of Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt's edge of tomorrow, but all the characters in the film realize that they are in a cycle sooner or later, and there is only soup in the edge of tomorrow. Only a handsome character can have a personal experience. After just a few cycles of this difference, people gradually substituted into the plot, and began to show the weirdness of the script itself.
In order to make the story more attractive, the plot is arranged between different characters in each cycle, and providing different information in this way is a clever form of statement.
And the most commendable is the large number of shots following the protagonist in the narrow and cramped rooms and walkways to follow the hero to avoid the enemy. The narrow sight line gives people a strong sense of substitution like the first person, making the audience feel Faintly nervous. The soundtrack uses low, short, and slightly undulating electronic sound, which fits the film's conspiracy story, most of the scenes in closed rooms, and the tense rhythm of science fiction action films. The overall rhythm is relaxed and relaxed.

After watching the film, another philosophical question comes to mind:
if we start over from a certain point in time, will we behave in the same way? And lead to the same result? The film attempts to elaborate through the arrangement of large and small loops-Grim says the same thing every time he threatens (small loop), and the glass that is broken by a gun has the same pattern every time (large loop). It seems that we can't Breaking out of the inherent mode; but at the end of the film, it seems to say "However".

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Extended Reading

ARQ quotes

  • [first lines]

    Renton: You okay?

    [flex-cuffs zipping]

    Father: That guy you fried with your clever little trap? That was our cousin.

    Brother: Cuz.

    Father: That's Brother. Sonny. You can call me Father. And you two? You two are the kids.

  • [Renton has overpowered Hannah while the guys were upstairs eating and has left her tied to a chair. He has taped her mouth shut with a strip of black duct tape in order to allow him to escape without her being able to alert anyone. Hannah shouts for attention but it is muffled underneath her gag]

    Sonny: Where'd he go?

    [Hannah shrugs, Sonny tears the strip of duct tape off her mouth]

    Hannah: Argh! He escaped while you idiots were stuffing your faces

    Sonny: It was your idea

    Hannah: Yeah, well you took too long

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