First-rate director, second-rate screenwriter

Cullen 2022-03-21 09:01:07

It must be admitted that the final BOSS is different from what I guessed in the process of watching it, but this is not the success of the plot, but the success of the director. It is the atmosphere created by the director that makes it difficult to determine the identity of the boss, and the plot itself has a lot of far-fetched beginnings.

1. After being spotted by the police in the RV, Alex drove into a tree. In the movie, he ran away. This was a very unusual behavior. Keller kept asking Loki, but Loki did not answer. The film did not explain the police's questioning of Alex's unusual behavior. Only when he was caught, a policeman from a passerby said "drugs". But from the back, there was no drug use, and even if it was due to drug use, Loki could answer Keller's question directly with this, and calm his emotions.

2. When Loki was investigating the missing child before, the victim's mother mentioned the RV. This is so close to the key point of the current case, why doesn't he have any associations? If you are sensitive enough, you can think that this disappearance mentioned the RV, and there were also RVs near the previous disappearance. Is alex related to these two cases? Considering Alex’s age, it’s impossible to commit the disappearance case many years ago, so is it related to the people around Alex? Even if these are just speculations, as a policeman, I should check Alex's house a little bit more carefully, right? But loki just listened to the story and didn't do anything. Is this the quality that a detective who claims to be "no case and no solution" should have?

3. Loki was about to hit his luck and went to the priest's house. It happened that the priest was drunk and unconscious. He happened to find the cellar and even the old woman's husband. This was too far-fetched.

4. Why did Alex say that to Keller outside the police station? He denied everything at the police station before, but he said this to Keller after being released. It must be said that I was misled by this, because it makes me not sure whether he is really mentally retarded or a pervert pretending to be mentally retarded. The director deliberately made this character so unpredictable. But at the end, it turns out that he is really a mentally retarded, then it is not reasonable here. Is it because he knew that Keller was the little girl's father, and subconsciously remembered what happened to him? If this is the case, why didn't he say that he was beaten to death after being imprisoned?

5. The appearance of the role of Snake Man is very far-fetched. It is entirely to mislead the police and add a little suspense—this suspense is only in the show, and basically most audiences would not think that he will be the real murderer.

6. The most far-fetched thing is how did JOY escape? If it weren’t for her accidental escape, which provided the most critical clue to let Keller know that it was the old woman, then even if Loki figured out the snake man’s line, he knew that the snake man was related to the person who died in the priest’s cellar. The old woman will be involved, and the case will still be unsolvable. Isn't this the same as when Zhengchou had no money, a wallet suddenly fell from the sky? This is the favorite trick used by third-rate suspense dramas.


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Prisoners quotes

  • Keller Dover: Don't talk to them.

    Ralph Dover: [Looks up at Keller, confused and distraught] Eliza told me they're dead... Is it true?

    Keller Dover: No.

    Ralph Dover: Well, she said... they found... their bloody clothes...

    Keller Dover: Don't you tell your mother that. Don't you *dare* tell your mother that. Do you understand me? Now, I need you to listen to me...

    [whispering harshly]

    Keller Dover: I need you to stay and run the house for a couple of days; and you make sure she does not watch the news and when the paper comes, you just throw it the fuck away! Listen to me... We do *not* give up on your sister. We do *not*!

    [pauses, while trembling]

    Keller Dover: I'm gonna find her... I'm gonna bring her home. We do not give up.

    Ralph Dover: You're gonna bring her *home*? She's *dead*, *you* can't do anything, you've been leaving me and mom here while you've been going out and getting *fucking drunk*! You think I can't smell it on you?

    Keller Dover: [Keller grabs Ralph's shoulders, whips him around, and pins him against the wall in a fury] *SHUT UP*!

  • Keller Dover: He's not a person anymore.