High open and low walk fake suspense - "Extreme Evil"
Today I introduce an American crime film "Extreme Evil".
The title of the film is Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), and the alias is Extremely Wicked (Taiwan).
The film focuses on America's most notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy.
The prototype of the film Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, formerly TheodoreRobert Cowell, was born on November 24, 1946, and was executed on January 24, 1989. He was active from 1973 to 1978 and committed dozens of consecutive crimes in the United States, all of whom were young women.
As shown in the film, he escaped from prison twice, but was quickly arrested. After a lengthy trial, he was finally found guilty and sentenced to death by electric chair.
The title of "Extremely Wicked" is quoted from the verdict of the trial judge, who said: "These crimes are extremely evil, appallingly evil and despicable. These crimes are carefully designed by the perpetrators to cause great suffering to the victims. of."
If the translation of "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" is too long, it is extremely evil, shockingly evil and despicable, so the Chinese title intercepts the first half of it, and it becomes "Extremely Evil" .
Ted Bundy's controversial life has become the best adaptation material for film and television works. "American Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs" all draw on some of Ted Bundy's experiences.
Ted Bundy is different from serial killers in other film and television works. He does not pursue a sense of ritual, but purely to vent his desires. Every time you need to find new prey and vent your new desires in order to satisfy yourself.
Ted Bundy always buried the bodies of his victims in the same spot, and often went back to see them. He kept emphasizing to the police: "Killing them is not just to satisfy the need for violence, but to possess. When you watch the last breath on their body go away, you feel like they become a part of yourself... Look Look into their eyes and you feel like a god."
The two leading actors in the film, Zac Efron and Lily Collins, both gave wonderful acting skills.
Zac Efron looks quite similar to Ted, full of evil charm, exaggerated behavior, and infectious speech. If you look closely at the appearance, it is definitely a harmless appearance. Ordinary people will definitely not associate this little handsome guy with a serial killer. The charismatic image subverts everyone's stereotypes about serial killers. It's no wonder that there were many single young women attending the trial, everyone wanted to see Ted's respectful face, and even many ignorant people admired such a serial killer.
Lily Collins plays a wounded woman, a single mother who has had a hard time pulling her child to grow up, but meets a hidden serial killer as her partner. When Liz first met Ted, Ted was so perfect that Liz fell in love instantly and couldn't help herself. The more you love, the more painful it hurts. No matter how Liz denies the truth, Ted by Pillow is the most famous serial killer in American history. Lily Collins has meticulously shown Liz's journey from a distressed and helpless weak woman to a strong woman seeking relief on her own, experiencing a long period of pain and hesitation.
The wonderful performance of the actors can only keep the lower limit of the film, and cannot ensure the success of the film, and the director's ability to control the rhythm of the film has become the key to the success of the film.
The director of this film is not like simply shooting the life of a serial killer, so he chose Ted Bundy's girlfriend Liz to tell the mysterious experience of the serial killer through Liz's perspective.
So "Extreme Evil" explores Ted from Liz's perspective. In fact, this entry point is very good. If you find another way, if you don't take the usual way, you may be able to be No.1.
Having a good idea also requires a good script. After choosing Liz as the entry point, the film feels more fragmented. The first half of the story advances through Liz's point of view, and the second half of Liz's abrupt exit turns into Ted's court fight.
The whole film has been avoiding the depiction of Ted's criminal process, which is also very understandable. The goal is to create suspense and make viewers doubt Ted's true identity.
Ted's charisma makes the audience's attitude sway, and then comes the final blow, snapping Ted to death on the pillar of shame.
This idea is the same as choosing Liz as the entry point before. The starting point is very good, but it ignores that Ted's experience has long been known to the world, and forcing suspense will be self-defeating.
The rhythm is not well grasped, and the result is that the audience will be speechless, and the film will go high and low, which is really a waste of an actor's hard work.
The actor did a great job,
The director's rhythm is off.
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