For a horror movie, this movie has a new twist. A depraved youth with evil intentions broke into the home of a blind veteran, and was tortured and killed for stealing. What was originally a strong party became passive, and finally turned into atrocities carried out in a closed space. The whole film is filled with elements of repression and darkness, as the veteran said: "God is dead."
For horror film lovers, this film is not a horror, and it should probably be called "heartbreaking". I can't help but wonder, who is right and who is wrong in an event like this?
First of all, let’s look at the veterans: dedicating his life to the country, blinded in both eyes during the war, he wanted to go back to China to enjoy family happiness, but who knew his only daughter was hit and killed by a rich second generation car. The court found that the second generation of rich was an unintentional mistake, found not guilty, and only demanded compensation. Having lost his daughter, he received a huge amount of compensation, but was targeted by the three protagonists with evil thoughts. It seems pitiful on the surface, but as we go deeper into the plot, we discover that he has imprisoned the rich woman who killed his daughter in the basement and artificially inseminates her, in an attempt to let her have a child for himself, we will feel that he is really is perverted.
Then look at the poor three little thieves: the story is set in Detroit, a city in decline, twilight. The heroine was born in a city where her father left her and her mother, who blamed everything on her. The heroine who lacks love slowly embarks on the evil road. The heroine's boyfriend is the mastermind of this burglary and is a typical bad youth. The third person is a person who has a crush on the heroine. He did not agree with the theft at the beginning, and finally died indirectly for the heroine.
Burglary is inherently a crime, and veterans shooting in self-defense are beyond reproach. However, things took a turn when the veteran's sordid behavior was revealed. The protagonist, who was originally a criminal, appeared to have a good conscience because he tried to rescue the rich girl, but the veteran who was chasing the protagonist and her partner looked particularly terrifying. Especially under the director's intentional arrangement, the line between good and evil has become less clear.
There are no completely innocent people in this film, veterans who kidnapped + lynched, young people who burglarized, and (for some reason) a rich girl who killed others but escaped legal punishment. Sins are fermenting in this old house.
A city in decline that breeds unfortunate families and future thieves; a state where the rich can go unpunished by law, leading individuals to resort to their own methods of revenge; a veteran who is undervalued. A country can only allow violence to subdue violence and allow infinite darkness to reincarnate.
Although there are bugs in this movie and the three views are not correct, at least domestic directors can learn from it. If there is no ghost, don't try hard to find it, otherwise everyone will be very embarrassed.
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