Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the South Korean film "The Evil Dead" tells the story of three people. The first gangster eldest brother, full-faced, muscular, engaged in an illegal slot machine business, and has a group of loyal younger brothers. Unexpectedly, he was stabbed in the back many times by a stranger one night and nearly died. This introduces the second person: a perverted serial killer who randomly kills every night in his mood: weak middle-aged people, strong black bosses, and innocent schoolgirls may all be his targets. But the unkilled gang boss became his ultimate nemesis. The third person is a little policeman who wants to solve the serial murder case. In order to solve the case, he did not hesitate to confront his boss, and reached an agreement with the gang to jointly catch the killer.
Finally, when the killer was caught by the gang boss and was about to be dealt with, he forcibly took the killer away, claiming to use the force of law to punish him. However, because no fingerprints and evidence were left at each murder scene, under the defense of the lawyer, the killer faced the situation of being acquitted. In a pinch, the black and evil boss agreed to appear in court as a witness to help the law get justice, while he himself was imprisoned for an illegal gambling business.
The biggest winner in this game is naturally this little policeman, who not only solved the serious case of the serial killer, but also exposed the crime of the gang leader. He was promoted and promoted, and he was very proud. In the prison, the gang boss is planning to kill the murderer himself and avenge the death of his younger brother.
The film is called "The Legend of the Evil", who is the villain? Killer? Or a vicious gang leader? Actually all three of them are. The film deals with three types of evil: evil in the light, evil in the dark, and evil in the heart.
1. The evil in the clear
The gang boss represents the evil in plain sight. Not only is he fierce in appearance, but he is also ruthless. Regarding other evil forces who deliberately provoked disputes and competed for territory, they decisively beat them to their knees and showed no mercy. But he is also reasonable and affectionate. When a female student did not take an umbrella in the rain, he took the initiative to give his umbrella to the student. If his trusted servant was killed by the killer, he would pursue it to the end, even if he went to prison. , but also to personally kill the killer. He told the police that his younger brothers had to support their families and had to do some illegal business.
This kind of obvious evil, which usually looks scary, is actually the least harmful. Because this kind of evil is usually forced to do this, forced to make money, forced to live, as long as they do not violate their bottom line and principles, they are no different from good people. This is why the scene is so harmonious when a group of police officers and a group of punks are having a good time.
Visible evil is the easiest evil to defend. Therefore, the black boss, who everyone fears, has become the weak character among the three, and is always in a passive situation.
2. Evil in the dark
This dark place is the evil that is not known and difficult for people to understand. When this perverted killer kills, he usually chooses the night when there is no light, and he always strikes from behind when people are unprepared. And he killed strangers who had nothing to do with him. Regarding his abnormal psychology, there is only one sentence in the film that "was abused by his father when he was a child". Therefore, the darkness of his personality is also unpredictable. If he hadn't met the gang boss, the police wouldn't even be able to trace his identity and appearance. Even after all the troubles were finally caught, he could not be convicted.
The ancients said that "the open gun is easy to hide, but the dark arrow is difficult to guard". The evil hiding in the dark will always hurt the kind and innocent people, and it is always difficult for people to guard against it, so the perverted killer will succeed many times and commit unscrupulous serial crimes.
3. The evil of the heart
Whether it is a gang leader with a large number of people or a perverted killer who is cunning and multi-stage, they were finally subdued by the police and failed to escape the punishment of the law. Does this mean that good will eventually triumph over evil, and that justice will eventually come? Obviously this is not the theme of the film.
In order to solve the case, the little policeman in the film has exhausted his despicable methods. Although he is brave and resourceful, the real purpose of catching the serial killer and punishing the gang boss is for his own promotion. To this end, he did not hesitate to negotiate terms with the gang boss, black and white teamed up to capture the serial killer, and finally betrayed his promise, knocked the black boss with a car, and snatched the killer. But it was found on the bench that the killer refused to plead guilty due to lack of strong evidence. As a last resort, he went to Boss Hei for help. As a person who violated the agreement, caused the black boss's business to be taken over, and a group of younger brothers followed him into prison, he is also really shameful.
Finally, when the black boss was put in prison to seek revenge for the perverted killer, the little policeman was enjoying honors and awards at the moment. What is even more worth thinking about is that the little policeman believed that he represented the righteous side from the beginning to the end, and that he had the right to punish all evil things, but he did not reflect on how despicable and shameless his behavior was.
Whether it is evil in the open or evil in the dark, they are not defeated by kindness and justice, but by people's hearts.
Shakespeare said: "Compared to the evil of the human heart, the devil has to stay away." In this contest between evil people, the most terrifying thing is that some people not only do evil things under the guise of goodness, but they don't even do evil things themselves. Realize that you are already a villain.
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