Today, we will talk about the movie "Contest 2".
The title of the film is Drishyam 2 / Drishyam 2 The Resumption (2021).
The 2015 Indian film "Manslaughter" was a very popular movie that year, with a global box office of more than 1.1 billion rupees. Audiences who like suspense films must have seen this film.
"Manslaughter" is also a remake of the movie itself. The original movie "The Contest" is a suspense film written and directed by Indian director Jeethu Joseph in 2013. The main reason for the failure of "The Contest" is the language problem. The film uses Malayalam that is similar to the dialect. The Malayalam language is only used by a population of 20 million, and the film's spread and influence are limited.
"Manslaughter" was reproduced into a major language in Hindi, and the result was a huge hit. The film was also remade in China, and the film was localized and named "Manslaughter".
At this time, the story of "The Contest" has been filmed four times. Fortunately, the story itself is excellent, and the plots of several remakes have not changed much. They all focus on small characters against public power.
On May 21, 2020, "The Contest" actor Mohanlal (Mohanlal) announced on his 60th birthday that he would shoot the original story sequel "Contest 2".
The shooting location of "Battle 2" is the same as that of "Battle", and the story is also continued from the previous work, which can be said to be an orthodox sequel. It would be quite irresponsible to translate it into "Manslaughter Hideout 2".
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the planned filming time of the film was 56 days, and the actual filming was completed in 46 days. At the same time, a special team was arranged to observe the filming, and all the cast members have complied with the new crown pneumonia prevention and control agreement.
Still due to the impact of the epidemic, the film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters in January 2021, but in the end, the film could only be released on Amazon's platform Prime Video.
The story of "Battle 2" takes place six years after the boy Valen disappeared. George Kutty lives carefully with his wife and two daughters.
At the same time, George Couty, who loves movies, has been preparing for filming, and has been busy planning for this for several years.
On the other hand, the police have not given up investigating the case of Valen’s disappearance, trying to find evidence of the crimes committed by George Couty’s family.
The film inherited the characteristics of this series, leaving the reversal to the second half of the film, and it is the kind of reversal multiple times in a row that does not let people lay down their small hearts before the last moment.
The first half of "The Contest 2" talked about a lot of the daily life of George Couty's family, which seemed unremarkable, but in fact it was undercurrents. After understanding the whole story, and then looking back at the first half, in fact, a lot of foreshadowing has already been laid. Those trivial things that seem to be mixed with time are actually a banner under George Couty.
If you have seen the previous work "The Contest", you will remember George Couty's acquittal approach at the time. He buried Warren's body under the foundation of the police station under construction. When the police station was completed, no one would have thought that there were the remains of the hard-searched underfoot.
The suspense in the first half of "Contest 2" is to find the correct position of the remains. The police and George Couty launched an offensive and defensive battle. The police tried to break through the psychological defenses of George Couty’s family, and wanted to find some clues either explicitly or secretly. , And the suspense in the second half shifted to how to turn the iron evidence of the remains into useless evidence.
In fact, the suspense in the first half is just an appetizer of the film. Now that the sequel is filmed, I must come up with some fierce materials.
It would be a bit of an insult to the audience’s IQ if it was all George Couty playing with the police in hiding places.
It can be said that finding the hiding place is an unexpected suspense, and the key to the whole film lies in the final reversal.
George Coutib was playing a big chess game, and he had reserved for himself.
As if the police had only thought of one step, George Couty had arranged the next 10 steps and waited slowly.
Just like the movie said, George Couty has a high IQ, but he is very tired from living like this, and he is in a state of fear every day. Whenever there is trouble, he has to come up with an emergency plan. The psychological burden of life is too heavy. It's not that ordinary people really can't survive.
It is reasonable for the audience to sympathize with George Couty's family.
On the one hand, George Couty is the protagonist. It is easy for the audience to bring themselves into the perspective of their family and to feel the life of ordinary people who are being oppressed, which will inspire empathy and compassion.
On the other hand, the behavior of the teenager Valen and his mother was indeed excessive. The film did not spend any pen and ink describing the positive image of their family, and it was completely set up as a villain. Rape itself applies unlimited legitimate defense, and a simple criminal case is complicated because the perpetrator’s mother is the chief of police. How can this be tolerated by the audience who pursue fairness and justice.
Finally, one more sentence, in order to meet various needs in the ending of the domestic remake of "Manslaughter", Xiao Yang is arranged to surrender in the plot.
Now that the original sequel is out, I can't remake it anymore in China. I blocked my own way.
Suspense plus reversal,
A big game of chess.
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