We have watched a lot of movies about young people breaking into the old house in the middle of the night and finally dying tragically. This film is about three habits of thieves and young people who are eyeing a blind old man... Money, but the old man He is a veteran of the Iraq War. He is blind, but after all, he has the skills to educate these 3 young people to death...
At first I thought it was a new film by Sam Raimi, but I came to see the ending and found out that this film is Sam Raimi participated in the production. Sam Raimi can be said to be my cult film enlightenment. His and Bruce Campbell's "Ghost Man" series is regarded as the supreme cult by fans. This time the production of this thriller is still very interesting. For the first time, there are a lot of little tricks used in the film that are very interesting, and there are a few scenes that really scared me.
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movie is an overhead shot, and it directly talks about the suspense before the ending. The heroine was captured. I really want to know whether she is dead or alive in the end.
I don't know if this overhead shot is with such a high rocker arm or a drone. In short, this perspective is very interesting. Next, we followed the camera to see the burglary process of three young people skilled, and turned on the alarm before leaving. It's too cheap, there are wood, and in this kind of movie, it will be death to be so cheap.
Immediately afterwards, this overhead shot appeared, and the cars of the protagonists were driving on the road, which was very meaningful.
Watching these young people drive towards danger....
Next, the male 1 wants to make a big vote and is eyeing the money of the blind old man. The heroine needs a lot of money to take her sister away from her sluggish mother. He took up the job of male 2, and male 2 agreed because he silently liked the female lead, although he knew it was dangerous.
This blind old man lives in a deserted town, where birds don't poop, and he also has a fierce dog that throws harass around.
After briefly narrating the motives of the protagonists and the background of the blind old man, one night, the three came to the blind old man's house.
The heroine broke the window and closed the alarm and opened the door. Next, the director used a long shot of less than 5 minutes. This is a very interesting method. As the three people searched the house, the audience saw it with the camera. Many props, these props directly determine the fate of our protagonist:
→ Shoes taken off by 3 people (the old man smelled the smell of feet and touched the shoes, knowing that there is a man and a girl in his own house)
→The ceiling glass window in the entrance room (Male No. 2 can almost escape from here)
→ In the workshop where various tools are hung, I also gave a close-up of the hammer, (Male 2 is holding this hammer to revive the hero of Male 2)
→Male 1 turned on the light very cheaply (indicating that he will die sooner...)
→ The bell outside the living room door (exposes the actions of the protagonists in the basement)
→ Cloakroom (where the safe is located, where the heroine stole money to charge the blind old man with anger)
→The lock on the basement door (the key prop for the blind old man to kill)
→ Alarm (this alarm is a very interesting setting, it is precisely because the heroine pressed the alarm to help her defeat the blind old man, but the
police arrived in time after the alarm sounded and saved the blind old man's life)
→ First floor, second The ventilation duct of the building (the heroine almost escaped through the ventilation opening)
→ the photo of the blind old man when he was serving, the video of his daughter (how much this old man misses his daughter)
→The camera moves around under the bed in a peculiar way, the audience sees the Colt python revolver under the bed, and the camera finally stops on the bed to observe the sleeping old man.
This long shot is very clever to point to the key props that affect several characters, and the movement of the long shot is also a dazzling skill, which reminds me of Kristen Stewart and Jodie Foster starring in "Thriller Room" when I was a child. The movie also tells the story of a group of thieves breaking into the house. If I remember correctly, there is also a moving shot that swept across the house. This kind of technique can bring the audience into the audience better than the fixed shot, so that we can see this small scene as much as possible. The structure and pattern of the space pave the way for the future development of the plot.
The next thing is the happy development. The three people were smashed by the blind old man with all the skills. The director used a lot of performance techniques to scare the audience, so that the blind old man appeared silently in the roll of the camera, and then suddenly appeared. The music to create a terrifying atmosphere, and then the audience had to hold their breath with the protagonists, ah so nervous! This is very similar to Wen Ziren's horror films in recent years, such as the "Conjuring" series, which always use the same shot to cut out, cut back or pan, the camera circles around the scene and there is nothing. The sudden appearance of evil spirits, combined with sound effects, is a simple but ingenious technique, which makes the audience inadvertently startle.
In addition, the movie also shows several key plot nodes in slow motion, strengthening or weakening the sound of the scene, to show the protagonist's dazed state in the face of a sudden situation. For example, when the particularly cheap male No. 1 was shot in the head, when he escaped from the basement, when the male No. 2 was shot, when the blind old man fell into the basement, etc. Oh, yes, the movie "Thriller Space" also used this kind of The trick, Jodie Foster escaped from the back room to get the cell phone under the bed. The gangster was about to walk to the door of the back room. At this time, the director chose to use a very slow shot to show Jodie Foster stretching his arms to grab the cell phone. , this kind of technique is actually very common, and using a slow rhythm to express these plots can make the audience more nervous and anxious.
Going back to the story itself, I said, how could Sam Raimi not do something evil as a cult old monster, I think the plot of the heroine in the basement mad at the blind old man must have disgusted many people, haha, very Interesting arrangement, very funny and disgusting, I won't spoil too much, everyone, go and see~ (Uh... There are so many spoilers ahead....)
In short, this is a thriller that is worth watching with friends. The rhythm is tight and the plot is quite interesting. There can be unexpected turns. When watching the movie, you may wish to pay attention to the small details mentioned above. Of course, similar to There are still some details, and you can get some extra fun while watching the movie. If it weren't for these techniques, I believe this movie will probably have three stars.
Finally, I mentioned Stephen Lang, who played the blind old man. I only realized halfway through the movie, isn't this TM the fatal colonel in Avatar? This old man is so cool! !
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