The most unreliable thing is the human heart

Freda 2022-03-20 09:01:26

When I saw the sign of Lionsgate at the opening film, I had to sit up straight and give up the idea of ​​watching it easily. The drifting part at the beginning of the film makes people feel like an inspirational film. The heroine goes ashore and her husband is thoughtful to wipe the water on her body. The short part makes it feel like watching a family ethics drama. However, Lions Gate, after all, not out of trouble, which is responsible for the release of the film, with plasma
volume, which can lower the index cruel. It's not only been said for a while, the heroine's husband was inadvertently passed by a steel pipe, and by the way, he also dragged his poor daughter, who is only an older child, really pitiful. At this point, the faint warm feeling that had been created since the beginning of the film suddenly disappeared. From the time the heroine was hospitalized to before going down the hole, the atmosphere of the film began to turn into a touch of sadness. Although other people also have a younger sister who is going to be a doctor, and who challenged extreme sports to win awards, the heroine also has a female No. 2. For a while, I was constantly feeling sad, and it was destined that these supporting actors could not subvert the shadow entangled in the film. Then the female No. 2 proposed that these Iron Maidens would go on an exploration together to cushion the haze in her heart. Of course, at the end of the film, it was revealed that her purpose was not so simple.

In the two days of living in the mountain hut, the heroine still has not come out of the shadow of the loss of her husband and daughter. She is actually a very fragile woman. Like the second woman, she lost the most important thing in a car accident. Compared with other people, the heroine will still have nightmares at night, dreaming that she is also pierced by a steel pipe, this unexpected scene still shocked me. The female No. 2 has always been very strong and forbearing in the process. She also lost the most important person, but her sadness was not discovered by the heroine. Having said that, as a junior who is not officially recognized, for the second female, losing this man is not a relief to her, although it is obvious that the Asian female second is still very infatuated. The bracelet that the man gave her was something. When he passed the broken wall with his bare hands, he didn't forget to kiss him, and finally brought her a fatal ending. But the heroine also lost a daughter. From the beginning of the film, the conversation between her and her husband in the car and after several hallucinations in the cave, she saw her daughter several times. It is estimated that the heroine has long since lost her feelings for her husband. For her, the hardest hit was her precious daughter.


The treatment before entering the cave is a cliché. Placing an animal carcass surrounded by flies not far from the entrance of the cave is an obvious hint that this caving trip will not be peaceful. After entering the cave, there are two main lines in the plot. One is the cave exploration of this group of women, including the discovery that the cave they are in is an unknown cave, and then a series of encounters with monster attacks, personal reactions, etc., and the other is the female. The protagonist's process of getting rid of the shadow in her heart, the fragile heroine's shadow erupted in the dark cave and reached a climax when the cave collapsed after she was stuck in the narrow hole. From this point on, the plot finally entered the original plan. At this time, all the contradictions in the play broke out collectively at the same time.

There are also three stages in the process of the outbreak. The first stage is when these explorers know that the cave they are in is an unknown cave, and they start group turmoil and complain about each other. At this time, the female No. 2's strong style and calm mind immediately stopped things. Deteriorated, so everyone began to work together to find an exit. When she crossed the broken wall with her bare hands, the female No. 1 and the female No. 2 passed last in order. When the female No. 1 was about to leave, the female No. 2 explained to her the purpose of exploring the cave, and the female No. 1 did not invite her. Rejected her statement. At this time, the shadow that the female No. 1 could not get rid of has obviously improved after passing through the collapsed cave. She changed the indifferent words in the early stage, and did not leave the female No. 2 any face. It should be said that this process The middle girl No. 1 still has some prejudice against the female No. 2. Judging from her reaction to learning about her husband's affair at the end of the film, her prejudice at this time should not be that she knew about her husband and the female No. 2, but that it came from the fact that she had just entered the scene. In the cave, the second female lead apologized to her during the meal. After the accident, the female second did not act like the female lead. From this point of view, the actions taken by the female lead at the end of the film are easy to understand. She was not a generous woman.



The second stage was the crazy short-haired woman holding the camera, ignoring the shouting of the second female, and rushing on one person, resulting in a hole and a broken leg. This sudden incident undoubtedly made the expedition team even worse. At this time, the female lead accidentally discovered the monster, but due to the shadow of the female lead in the early stage, everyone still did not believe it. At this time, it also showed that the female lead was concerned about the female lead.


The third stage is the beginning of the climax of the whole film. They inadvertently broke into the territory of these monsters. Maybe the director was also tired of the crazy DV girl, so she was the first to go to the execution ground. After a while of panic, All the personnel were divided into three groups. The strong style of the female No. 2 was fully revealed at this time. She successfully killed several monsters that came to intrude with simple exploration tools. She just killed the red eye for a while, and she was very nervous. She made the wrong move Killing another supporting character who was ignorant of current affairs and did not know what to do at this time, the second female lead also panicked for a while. It can be seen that the second female lead was sad at this time, but this was the second female lead. The woman killed by the wrong hand is obviously not easy to deal with. Before falling to the ground, she tore off the bracelet on the second female body and held it in her hand, and finally provoked the biggest contradiction in the film. At the same time, another group of women were also being chased and killed by monsters. At this time, one woman said that as long as the monsters were not led to their side, it would be fine. This sentence nakedly revealed that these women were not in the same line. on the original face.

What followed was endless killing and death, until at last the female number one and two were left. It should be said that the female No. 2 in the whole film has always been a kind-hearted person who attaches great importance to the female No. 1. After she found one of the squads, she insisted on finding the female No. 1 to go with her, which can be fully seen. You know, before that After that, some people escaped by themselves, and they didn't care about the lives and deaths of other people at all, although these people ended up miserably. The official outbreak of the heroine's entire film begins when she learns about the relationship between the second female lead and her husband from the mouth of the dying companion, and then she falls into the pool of plasma that sinks for a long time before she can float up. It is estimated that it will not be too shallow. In the movie, the design of this blood-bathed rebirth is really good. The heroine who climbed out showed the hidden temperament of a huge royal sister in her body. She took a weapon and fought these monsters fiercely until she met the second female lead.

Female No. 1 showed the handle in her hand, the bracelet, and then unceremoniously gave Female No. 2 a slap on the leg and threw her under the siege of monsters, even though Female No. 2 screamed. To make her turn back, in comparison, the female number one's methods are still more vicious. It's a pity that no matter how powerful she is, her fate is still in the director's hands, and after falling into a hole, the film's most famous and well-received ending begins. I have to say that the shocking power of this ending is still real. Even though I knew the ending in advance, I was still not very impressed. The director's skill is indeed not covered. After waking up, she saw her daughter holding a cake again. To be honest, she was not very fond of this cake girl. She was just like the girl with eyes in the "Biochemical 4" game. Opening up must be bad news.

In any case, the film finally ended after tormenting the audience for a while. Looking at the whole film, it is indeed a very good film. The rhythm is well grasped, the scene is handled well, and the performance of contradictions and human nature is also in place. Although it is not very pleasant after watching it, then watch the variety show buffer. Just go.

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  • Holly: [Sarah has just been scared by a bunch of bats which attacked her. Holly films the bats flying away]

    [in imitation of 'The Count' from Sesame Street]

    Holly: One bat, two bats, fifty bats!

    [Beth comes up to her]

    Beth: Holly... Fuck off

  • Juno: [while fighting a crawler] Fucker!