I watched this movie without spoilers, and I personally like suspense movies very much. But in the end, I found that I was distracted by something in the first place. (with spoilers)
Keigo Higashino mentioned in "Malicious": When the author wants the reader to understand a certain character, it is far better to directly explain the effect of the statement than to match the appropriate actions and lines, and let the reader construct the image of the character by himself. This is the "character description".
The story is very straightforward. The one who directly faces us is an elite female lawyer and a rising star in the business world who has been in the industry for many years without any success, and only has one last lawsuit left, and a promising entrepreneur. Entrepreneur is accused of being a suspect in a secret room murder, and the victim is the entrepreneur's lover. The main purpose of the conversation between the lawyer and the entrepreneur is to clear the male protagonist's suspicion of murder and win the lawsuit. However, during the most conversation, we found that there was a case of a car accident and the disappearance of a teenager behind the murder.
If our initial focus is on this secret room murder case, we will consider whether each character who appears later is a suspect, the relationship with the victimized woman, and the possible motive for the murder.
Among these characters that appear one after another, we will find that the people who have the motive for committing the crime include the entrepreneur (love murder), the victim's boyfriend (love murder), the entrepreneur's wife (love murder), the witness of the car accident (money extortion), and the missing person in the car accident. Parents (for vendetta), the victim’s boyfriend and the entrepreneur’s wife are excluded from the time distance. That leaves four people with motives and conditions to kill.
Going back to the character description I mentioned at the beginning, through the words of entrepreneurs, how do we imagine the image of the victim? When the victim and the entrepreneur were arguing about the affair in the car at first, he acted indifferent and was very scumbag about his relationship. After a car accident, he ignored his life and only cared about his own reputation. In order to reduce the impact of the disappearance case, he did not hesitate to fabricate the crime of absconding for the missing person. It seems that such a woman is not a pity to die, and the parents who are most likely to hate this woman are the parents of the missing young man.
So the lawyer also slowly deduced for the entrepreneur that the murder in the secret room was actually a revenge for a pair of parents, and designed the victim and the entrepreneur to come to the hotel where the mother worked, and take advantage of their power to let the father of the missing young man hide. Enter the room, attack and kill the victim while the entrepreneur is not paying attention. The purpose is to avenge the children and ruin the entrepreneur.
At this point, I believe many people will also think that this is probably the method of committing the murder in this secret room.
That's one way the movie is very confusing. The more this is the case, the more addictive and scalp-tingling it will be at the end of the reversal.
In fact, if we don't have any subjective emotions and focus on lawyers and entrepreneurs from the beginning, instead of thinking about this secret room murder case, we will find that whether lawyers or entrepreneurs, they all have pretense and weirdness. The place.
A lawyer who has never failed, our initial reaction should be a person with strong ability and first-class professional quality. but! Lawyers can also argue for criminals. Such a undefeated person, in some respects, is also a person who does not recognize black and white. Just give money to do things. That female lawyer's attitude towards entrepreneurs is very intriguing. When I first started watching this movie, I always felt that the female lawyer was too detective and responded too quickly. Concealing is so penetrating, it seems that he knows what the male protagonist did in the whole thing, and the whole questioning has a taste of judgment.
And what the male protagonist said is also very confusing. He invited a lawyer and did not disclose the missing person at first. On the surface, it seemed to be for his own reputation, but the reality is that he has now been regarded as a murder suspect. When his wife and son were separated, how much impact did the disappearance case have on him? If he hides one thing, he will twist and fabricate, but he will deliberately tell the situation of himself and the victim, and every time he will release a part of the news, it seems that he wants the lawyer to enter into what he said. And what he said and acted was grossly inconsistent. The leader of a large company was threatened by his lover to throw the corpse, and obeyed obediently; later, he was threatened by his lover with evidence, and turned a blind eye to the slander of the missing person; he always lived in the guilt of throwing the corpse, and seemed very incompetent and cowardly. But in the conversation with the lawyer, we will feel that the entrepreneur is very cautious, and every time he tries the lawyer step by step, he is shrewd and cunning. It doesn't match the image of an honest, soft-hearted and honest person he described to himself at all.
In addition, looking at the actual conditions, the identity of the victim is just a photographer, and the conditions are average; and the entrepreneur has been developing rapidly recently, and a car accident occurs, who will have the greatest impact? Moreover, the image of the victim in the mouth of the entrepreneur is a person who is very casual about his feelings. Will such a person pay much attention to his own reputation? In addition, the victim is not only a photographer, but also a computer expert. He can change the network information at will to make others charged with crimes. Will such capable and scheming people later threaten the male protagonist because of his behavior?
When the lawyer deduces the old couple's murder method, the entrepreneur seems to be very recognized; the personal character is gradually revealed, suspicious and cautious. If it is said that every time he is testing the strength of the lawyer, and every time he conceals and misleads, then we should go back to the conversation and think about whether he also concealed and misled his description of himself and the victim at the beginning. Woolen cloth?
When we look at the expression and body of the entrepreneur, we will find that he is becoming more and more flamboyant and casual. After confirming that the lawyer can give him an alibi, he looks like he is winning, not at all like he was cautious at first. Wrongful for that. The person who said the car accident didn't actually die on the spot. He pushed the car down for the sake of fame and watched the boy die with that dark face. He has no guilt at all!
This is the first major reversal of the show. Entrepreneurs have been lying from the very beginning, taking every step of the way, throwing their bodies after a car accident, and killing their lovers after their plans are revealed. This is the essence!
All that came before was his lies and disguises.
He covered the sky with one hand and used his power to despise others' lives at will.
And there was a poor father who was so kind. He used to warmly help the victim repair the car and entertain the victim to his house; the child who was only 40 years old didn't expect that he would drown in the cold swamp in the end, with his bones still unbroken. If you look for it, you will be insulted by people, and you will be laughed at after you die.
The poor have no power after all.
Step by step we see the true face of a hypocrite being revealed, and the powerlessness of the poor man.
And this movie gave us one of the biggest gifts at the end. The direction of the lawyer's eyes, the poor father staring at the building. At this time, my heart was raised, and I desperately shouted in my heart, don't let the male lead find any flaws, let's go!
The leaking pen surprised the male protagonist. When he looked at the opposite window,,,,, (this is the biggest surprise!)
However, in the end, it is the heart of the parents who pity the world. When the truth comes, it is always accompanied by the pain of loss.
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