The protagonist Kevin was abused by his mother since he was a child, and his mentality gradually became unbalanced. Out of the self-protection of his brain, he split off Dennis to do everything spotlessly, so that he would not be hurt. But this was not enough. Kevin's psychological problems were not resolved. He kept splitting, splitting, and splitting again, finally splitting 23 personalities. They have different genders, personalities, and even physical conditions. With the help of doctors, there is an order between the personalities, and the relatively rational Pali controls the time. Other personalities come out when needed to protect the original Kevin, just like a Stand up from the waiting chair in the room. Everything seems to be in order. The extreme Dennis and Patricia have been banned, and control of time is forbidden. Everything is controlled by Pali. Only 9-year-old Heidewei can secretly control.
But this is not enough. Kevin's problem has not been solved. As a patient with schizophrenia, he is at the bottom of society and is not valued by people. Dennis, who is most suitable to protect him, keeps him from being too weak, but who will protect Dennis? This was Beast, he was no longer a human being, he had almost invincible physical stamina and strength, and he wanted to come to the top of this society. As the doctor said, they are the next step in human evolution. They can control the hormones in the body by themselves, so that there are countless selves in one body. They have their own strengths and stand up to solve problems when needed. , This is much more efficient than an ordinary person. The doctor helped Kevin as much as possible, but he denied the existence of Beast at the beginning, which instead gave birth to its appearance.
Finally, Beast appeared and conveyed his thoughts to other personalities. They kidnapped three girls led by Dennis and sucked their blood to show that they were far superior to ordinary humans. Beast killed two girls and the doctor who would only hinder them, but when he was about to kill the heroine Casey, he found that Casey also had obvious wounds of abuse. They had the same experience. In the end, Beast let Casey go, and Casey was eventually rescued. Finally, it was revealed to us that Kevin lives in the Philadelphia Zoo. He integrated the characteristics of all the animals in the zoo to form the Beast.
The cost of the film is not high, similar to the secret room suspense thriller type, but the film often flashes Kathy's memories, including her being violated by her uncle. The style of these clips is quite different from what is currently happening, or creates a horrifying effect inadvertently. I have been flashing back to Casey's tragic past. I thought that in the end Casey would also split his personality, split out a stronger personality, and kill Beast.
There are not many soundtracks in the film, but the sense of horror is still well created. This is largely due to Yimei’s acting skills, which switch various personalities in different scenes or even within a short period of time. The spotless Dennis and the nine-year-old Heidewei , The female Patricia, designer Bally, the angry youth with diabetes, Beast, military strategist and Kevin. Instead of arranging the 24 personalities in one set, only 7 and the original personalities were described in more detail. The setting of alternate appearance and mutual relationship between personalities is very good. The logic is reasonable and eye-catching. Calling Kevin’s original name can wake him up and cause personality disorder. The setting is very good. The doctor finally left this on the paper. The method is useless but I don't want to disrupt the order of Kevin's personality, for fear of causing more trouble, it also shows her that treating the patient as her own family is a kind of maternal love. The statement that patients with schizophrenia are the next stage of human progress is novel and has some truth, which is thought-provoking. But I feel that there are some deliberate editing in the film, which is scary but a bit tiresome, and a bit baffled.
This "Split" should be closely related to the other two works of director M. Knight Shamaran, "The Undead" and "Mr. Glass", and can even be regarded as a trilogy.
This movie also tells us the importance of being good parents. Adler's so-called "lucky people use their childhood to heal their lives, and unfortunate people use their lives to heal their childhood" is what Adler means.
Yimei’s acting skills are indeed very attractive. Can you recognize him as the young Professor X and the half-goat in the Chronicles of Narnia? ? ?
The United States has also had a real incident of 24-fold personality, the "24 Billy", which caused a sensation.
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