"Murder at the Royal Hotel" US Movie 2018
Drew Gundam's second self-directed work.
Overall it looks like a stage play. Very nice, 4 and a half stars. The stormy night of the isolated island, the entanglement of multiple protagonists in the secret room, and the genre of great love, this play tests the level of the screenwriter. It adopts a chapter style and a non-linear multi-perspective structure narrative. The narrative is clean.
The director's style is unique, paying tribute to Quentin's "The Hateful Eight" and the Coen Brothers' "Frozen", known as the American version of "New Dragon Inn".
Suspenseful thriller, startling step by step. Unexpectedly, there are several points to watch: the mystery of the secret agent, the counterattack of the priest, the violent uprising of the weak waiter, etc. The rhythm is moderate and there is no drag.
But the conflict between the two sisters does not seem to be very clear, only the result is obviously blunt.
The plot incorporates important backgrounds: hippies in the United States in the 1960s, the rise of women's rights, the Manson family case, the scars of the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King, JFK and Monroe, and the Hoover investigation. theme. Makes a seemingly murder story even more meaningful.
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