Whether it is "Zombie Shaun" or "Hot Blood Detective", they all deliberately remind the audience to examine themselves in life as if facing a mirror. Life in this world is different, and everyone has their own way of life. We can't make a simple summary of the lives of all people in a few academic categories, because the personality given by life is an important condition for people to become "people" and themselves. In this way, we lose the right to judge our lives. This is a terrible thing-there is no wrong life, so where does the right life come from? The only way to provide us with judgment is whether our lives are real?
In "Shaun the Zombie", Shaun never turned into a zombie from beginning to end. However, his life before the alienation of the world was completely the same as that of zombies; in "Detective Hot Blood", the town is very beautiful, but all of them are illusions decorated with blood. Where is the real life? When Sean was stunned, he found that life could no longer restore the appearance he once loved; when the police officer Angie identified the murderer, he learned that his motive was horribly simple. The truth of life is presented in front of us with blood. If we can return to the real life, if we can understand the meaning of life earlier, if we have enough courage to face the truth of life-even if the truth may not be good, then the story may not be like this.
We have had countless misunderstandings about life: thinking that we will not ignore it; thinking that it will be full of sunshine and warmth; thinking that we have enough power to make it better; thinking that what we see now is what it is. ...Sometimes we doubt all our assumptions about life, and we don't know whether our doubts have been close to the truth of life for a moment. But even if we do get close, and even find the real life, do you have the courage to face it—or, can you find back the things you cherish most in life? In "Detective Hot Blood," Angie did find the truth, but when he really had the courage to look directly at that kind of life and rise up to resist, he faced almost everyone. In "Shaun Zombie", Sean tried to protect everything he cared about, but after his relatives and close friends turned into zombies, he was left with regrets, facing the hordes of zombies and clenched his lover's hand. Everyone has the right to complain about the injustices and tribulations of life, and everyone has the right to fight for their own life, which is the right to be a human being. But no matter what kind of complaints and hopes, they all face a premise: do you understand what life really looks like? -Then comes the most frightening question: Are you willing to face it?
For these two questions, neither "Zombie Shaun" nor "Detective Blood" can give answers. The beauty of the film is that it raises such a question. The background of the question is also thought-provoking: the fast-paced modern life created by a large number of quick cuts makes these two questions particularly important. And the answer is that only viewers who can truly understand themselves will have a way to work hard to find it.
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