------------Introduction to the plot (positive preface version)---------------
Doria is a successful person. He once claimed to be discussing business in Paris when he was actually dating his mistress Laura. During the period he received a call from his wife Sonya, and he had to say: "I'm really fine, I'm eating spicy sticks."
Later, Doria and Laura drove away, and then they encountered a fork in the road.
Doria: Turn left?
Gaode map: Right.
So Doria turned left and killed someone. Afterwards, he scolded Lin Chiling on Weibo.
On the way, Doria and Laura also said that they only wanted a trial derailment. As for the meaning of “experimental derailment”, it is estimated to be similar to terms such as “sex intercourse”, “vacation therapy”, “profit-making loss” and so on.
Regarding the death of a person, Laura filed a call to the police and was stopped by Doria. Doria found that the deceased Daniel was not wearing a seat belt and was still sending text messages while driving. In addition, a roe deer had crossed the road just now, so Doria decided to run away, making the police mistakenly believe that Daniel was driving the accident.
When they were about to leave, the car broke down. At this moment, a witness car driver approached them, and Doria and Laura had to act to cover up the scene.
Laura took Daniel's phone on the way and forgot to return it.
Doria drove Daniel's car and drove Daniel to the lake. It was also at this time that he found that Daniel was not dead, but he still pushed Daniel into the lake with his car. He also took Daniel's wallet before that.
Laura was unable to start the car, and then met with the help of kind people, who happened to be Daniel's father Thomas.
(By the way, Batman's father is also called Thomas. Thomas of his father died so many times, this time it was finally his son's turn to die.)
Thomas drags the car to the house, where Laura meets Thomas’ wife, Elvira.
Elvira received a call from Daniel's friend, and she learned that Daniel did not go to his friend. Elvira called Daniel, and Laura realized that Daniel's phone was on her body, so she put it on the sofa in the living room.
Laura left on the grounds of something, and Thomas noticed two details: 1. Laura adjusted the seat, indicating that Laura was not driving before. 2. Daniel used his cell phone to make a call after he left home, which means that Daniel's cell phone is not always at home.
Laura and Doria decided to never contact. Doria also destroyed the car and forged the illusion that the car was stolen. At home, Doria saw the report of Daniel's disappearance on TV.
One day, the police found Doria, probably saying that Thomas met Laura on the day of Daniel’s disappearance. According to the license plate number of Laura’s car that Thomas recalled, the car happened to be registered under Doria’s name, so the police Ask Doria if she knows Laura.
Doria’s lawyer, Felix, responded wittily and eliminated Doria’s suspicion: 1. On the day of the incident, Doria was in Paris, and she had a hotel and air tickets to prove it. 2. Doria's car was stolen in the parking lot. 3. The license plate number that Thomas wrote down is not necessarily accurate. 4. The police are not clear about the details of the accident. 5. No witness can prove what the police said.
After Doria was interrogated by the police, Thomas told the police the two details he noticed (Laura adjusted the seat and Daniel used his cell phone after leaving home), but the police did not believe it.
Doria found his bank card in Daniel’s wallet. He used the relationship to make people mistakenly believe that Daniel stole 50,000 euros from the bank where he worked, and then disappeared with the stolen money. The accident was directed and acted by Daniel.
After seeing this report, Daniel's parents did not believe that Elvira also suffered a stroke and fell ill.
So Thomas followed Doria, and he found that Doria had met Laura in private. Thomas brought the evidence to the police again, but the police did not believe him again.
Later, Laura has been in despair, suffering from intermittent phobia and deep depression. Finally, Laura decided to tell Daniel's parents the truth. She came to Bilger and called Doria at the station, claiming that the passing driver knew how he killed and threw his body, so he blackmailed her. Laura asks Doria to bring the money to the Bellavista Hotel (the hotel where Elvira works) to find her.
(At this time, Doria thought things were strange, but he didn't know that it was the hotel where Elvira worked)
Laura came to the Bellavista Hotel, just in case, she also set up a text message to be sent regularly. The content of the text message is: I have opened a room, and I am waiting for you in Room 715 of QQ Game Doudizhu.
I'm sorry to remember it wrong, this is the content of the text message: I want to know all the truth, go to Room 715 of the Bellavista Hotel.
Doria came to the hotel, and Bella told him about her surrender and subsequent plans. At the same time, Doria received regular text messages from Laura. He understood that this was a trap set by her and there were no witnesses. Laura said she wanted to tell Daniel's parents the truth, then compensate them, and surrendered with Doria.
Doria killed Laura. When someone outside the house heard the sound and was about to enter the door, he wanted to escape only to find that the window could not be opened from inside the house, so he decided to use the regular text messages sent by Laura to compose an article. Within a short period of time, he figured out the countermeasures, so he hit the glass with his head and was arrested by the police.
Daniel's parents came to the hotel and learned that Laura was dead, so they understood what happened. They knew that the chance of bringing Doria to justice was very small, and they did not believe in justice, so they decided to monitor Doria and wait for the opportunity.
Elvira pretends to be Virginia Goodman, Doria's lawyer, and meets Doria, the scene at the beginning of the movie.
Here is a very important conversation:
Doria: I thought you would arrive a little later.
Lawyer (Elvira): Yes, but unfortunately something went wrong today. You appeared in court today, and the plaintiff said that he had found an eyewitness, and now he has only left the court for three hours.
On the one hand, it shows that the real lawyer has not yet arrived. On the other hand, Elvira's pretending lawyer has begun to deceive confessions with lies of "Doria will be in court today" and "The plaintiff has found an eyewitness."
At first, Doria did not trust the lawyer (Elvira) and told her the first version of the story:
Someone wanted to use Doria's derailment to blackmail him 100,000 euros. He and Laura waited for two hours in the hotel. Then he received a text message from the blackmailer using Laura's mobile phone, and he knew that the blackmailer had already obtained Laura's mobile phone. Just when he was about to leave with Laura, he was stunned by the blackmailer hiding in the room. When he woke up, Laura was dead, and Doria was arrested by the police.
(The first version is in the 5th to 10th minutes of the movie)
Under the question of the lawyer (Elvira), Doria told the story of the second version, most of which are consistent with the facts, but there are the following lies:
1. Doria said he called the police and was stopped by Laura. In fact, it was Laura who raised the police, but it was stopped by Doria.
2. Doria did not say that when he pushed Daniel into the lake with a car, he knew that Daniel was still alive at that time.
3. Doria said it was Laura who faked the illusion that Daniel had stolen 50,000 euros from the bank. In fact, this was faked by Doria using the relationship.
4. Doria said that after they killed Daniel, the witnesses did not believe Laura's acting, and secretly observed.
Later, he received a picture of the lake sent by witnesses who wanted to trick him into going to the hotel.
(The process of the second version is in the 13th to 64th minutes of the movie)
On the way Doria described the second version, the lawyer (Elvira) said that the witnesses requested by the plaintiff had arrived in court. (42nd minute)
She lied to Doria to get him to give more detailed information.
Regarding the second version of the process, the lawyer (Elvira) felt very suspicious, and she proposed the following revised plan, which is the third version of the process:
1. On the basis of the first version and the second version, the "blackmailer" is changed to "Thomas". In other words, Thomas tricked Doria and Laura into the hotel, and later told Laura to throw the phone in the trash can. After receiving a text message from Laura's mobile phone, Doria learned that he had been hit, and was knocked out by Thomas. Thomas killed Laura and then escaped.
2. The way Thomas escaped was that Elvira, who worked in the hotel, gave him a handle to open the window.
(The history of the third version is in the 65th to 78th minutes of the movie)
It is worth mentioning that the lawyer (Elvira) deliberately blocked the mirror while showing Doria.
Later, the lawyer (Elvira) said that she did not know the name of the witness invited by the plaintiff, but already knew who he was, and he was the passing driver. (78th minute)
At this time, the lawyer (Elvira) proposed the fourth version of the process:
Laura rented a holiday cabin in the name of Doria, and drove Daniel to death on the day of the incident, and then forged the illusion that Daniel had fled with the money, which means that this criminal case has nothing to do with Doria. It wasn't until Laura asked Doria for help. They met at the hotel that Doria knew about the criminal case, and he lost control and killed Laura.
(The history of the fourth version is in the 78th to 80th minutes of the movie)
Regarding the fourth version, the lawyer (Elvira) said to establish a direct connection between Laura and Daniel, and her solution was to ensure that there were Laura’s objects in the submerged car. So, she asked Doria to mark the location of the car, but this move was questioned by Doria, because the witnesses could prove that the fourth version was wrong, because the witnesses saw Doria and Lao on the day of the crime. Pull two people.
Then the lawyer (Elvira) said that there was no eyewitness. This was just a lie she made up to get Doria to provide the necessary information. (80th minute)
Lawyer (Elvira): Why don't you tell me all the truth immediately?
Doria: I want to hear how you explain Thomas slipping away from the room silently.
Doria also pretended to be very clever and said that he had known that Thomas was the one who knocked him out in the room, because he learned that the Bellavista Hotel was the hotel where Elvira worked, and it was easy to compare it with Thomas connected.
It turns out that Doria pretended to be smart, but once again showed the lower limit of IQ.
"Pretending to be smart" refers to the fact that there was no blackmailer, and no one knocked Doria stunned in the hotel, all of which was directed and acted by Doria. Previously, Doria concealed the truth and proposed the second version of the story, in order to hear the lawyer (Elvira) explain how Thomas disappeared out of thin air. Then he felt that attorney Du (Elvira)’s statement made complete sense, so he again decided to conceal the truth, not to say that “he directed and acted in this play by himself, and no one actually knocked him out in the hotel” Tell the lawyer the facts (Elvira).
"Show lower limit" refers to the hotel photos are synthesized by PS.
Doria marked the location of the sunken car, that is, at this time, an important detail appeared again in the movie:
There is a man across from the room where the lawyer (Elvira) and Doria are. (82nd minute)
Although the camera does not clearly tell the audience who this person is, it is easy to think that it is Thomas. On the one hand, the audience already knows that Thomas has the habit of tracking and monitoring Doria; on the other hand, there are only a few people in the film turning over and over, and there can be no other people besides Thomas on the opposite side of the room.
There are two possibilities for Thomas’ purpose of appearing across the room: one is that Thomas is monitoring them; the other is that the lawyer is in a group with Thomas.
So it's not surprising to guess that the lawyer is Thomas's wife, after all, the director has already hinted quite clearly. I didn't guess and I didn't need to feel heartbroken, and I didn't have any sense of superiority to show.
Then Doria said that when he pushed Daniel into the lake with the people in his car, he knew that Daniel was still alive.
The lawyer (Elvira) was very angry, and then told the story of the fifth version, which almost coincides with the truth of the matter:
1. Laura filed a report on the day of the incident.
2. After Doria and Laura negotiate never to meet, Doria breaks his promise and proposes to meet.
3. Doria took Daniel's wallet and used the relationship to create the illusion of Daniel running away.
4. Afterwards, Laura felt a deep sense of guilt and suffered from deep depression. She decided to compensate Daniel's parents and surrendered with Doria. Finally, when she met Doria at the hotel, she was killed by Doria.
(The history of the fifth version is in the 84th to 93rd minutes of the movie)
In the last few minutes of the movie, it was reversed again and again, and a lot of questions were answered in the process.
1. The lawyer (Elvira) told Doria about the people across the room. She said it was Thomas and explained that it was because Thomas was following and monitoring them.
2. The lawyer (Elvira) said that the photos were synthesized.
3. The lawyer (Elvira) said she would help Doria let the judge know that Doria was not the murderer, so she forced Doria to admit that he killed Laura.
The lawyer (Elvira) has obtained all the information she needs, so he leaves the room, and the plot of the movie is reversed again:
1. Felix, another lawyer of Doria, called Doria and said that he had found the witness on the day of the crime and bought him.
2. There was signal interference during the call. Doria found that the pen on his chest was leaking. It turned out that this was a bug disguised as a pen.
3. There are five words written on the table: "coward", "murderer", "justice", "liar" and "arrogant". Doria combined with what the lawyer (Elvira) said before, knowing that he was fooled.
4. Later, in a quite shocking (horrifying) (horrifying) BGM, the lawyer (Elvira) removes his makeup and returns to Elvira's appearance.
5. At this time the real lawyer has just arrived in Doria's room.
--------------------Several possible questions and answers----------------------
Q : Who sent the text messages Doria received? What is the purpose?
Answer : Laura sent it, just in case the hero does not come to the hotel. Later, this text message became a tool for the male protagonist to make a fuss about being framed.
Question : Why didn't Doria tell the truth at the beginning and told the lawyer (Elvira) the first version of the story?
Answer : Doria wanted to conceal the fact that he and Laura drove to death. The goal was to turn the two murder cases into one, and in the second murder case, he also fabricated a non-existent "blackmailer" in an attempt to eliminate suspicion.
Question : Why did Doria later believe the lawyer (Elvira)?
Answer : Doria has never believed her. He has been lying and concealing the truth. If the fifth version of the story from the last lawyer (Elvira) does not coincide with the facts, he might continue to lie.
Question : What is the purpose of Doria's story about the second version?
Answer : After Doria gave the first version of the story, the lawyer (Elvira) responded: According to the police report, witnesses heard screams, but no one left the room. The door is locked from the inside, and the door chain is fastened. The criminal cannot escape through the window because the window cannot be opened from inside the room. In winter, the hotel will remove the handles that open the windows.
Doria knew that he could not explain how the murderer disappeared, so he told the lawyer (Elvira) that he and Laura killed someone, and said that the witness driver lied to him to the hotel and killed Laura, Doria The purpose of saying this is to hope that the lawyer (Elvira) can explain how the murderer disappeared.
But if the witness driver tricked Doria into the hotel and killed Laura, the lawyer (Elvira) could not explain how he disappeared. So she replaced the "witness driver" with "Thomas." Since Elvira worked in the hotel, it made sense for Thomas to leave the room with her help.
Question : What is the purpose of the lawyer (Elvira) in proposing the fourth version?
Answer : In order for Doria to mark the location of the sunken car.
Question : Why did the lawyer (Elvira) say that the witnesses requested by the plaintiff had arrived in court?
A : She knew from the beginning that Doria had killed her son, but she didn't know any witnesses, and she didn't know who the witnesses were. She kept talking from Doria. There are several processes:
When she and Doria just met, she didn't know that there was an eyewitness, so she just lied to Doria that "the plaintiff found an eyewitness."
In the 42nd minute, Doria talked about half of the second version. At this time, she had already confirmed that the witnesses, so she said that "the witnesses have arrived in court."
At the 78th minute, she said that she knew that the witness was the passing driver.
In the 80th minute, in order for Doria to recognize the feasibility of the fourth version and mark the location of the sunken car, she said that there were no witnesses at all.
Question : Before, Doria concealed that he knew that Daniel was still alive when he pushed the car into the lake. Why did he confess the facts later?
Answer : After the lawyer (Elvira) proposed the fourth version of the process, Doria had already told her where the car was sunk. If the police find the car and Daniel's body, it is possible to find out that the real cause of Daniel's death was drowning.
-----------------Film Critic---------------------
Generally speaking, the plot of the film is not complicated, and it can be understood roughly after watching it.
Since this article is already very long, the film reviews won't say much. Let me briefly express my opinion on many friends who gave low scores because they guessed the ending.
I think watching suspense movies and guessing the ending is a normal behavior, and it is also a great pleasure of watching suspense movies. It's normal to guess the ending right, after all, there are only so few characters in the movie. But after guessing it right, he scores low and shows superiority is a bit naive. After all, the ending of the suspense film is really important, but the process is more important.
Isn’t it more interesting to guess whether the man who killed the man will be discovered? Who killed the mistress? Isn’t the game between the man and the lawyer posing as the deceased’s mother much more interesting than the ending?
There are many kinds of suspense films, and the ending of many suspense films is very critical, such as "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural", "Adult of Love", "Murder on the Orient Express" and so on. "a feeling of. There is another kind of suspense film ending that is very important, but even if you know the ending, it will not affect the viewing experience, such as "Guest House", "Horror Cruise", "Suspect X's Devotion", etc., "The Invisible Guest" It also belongs to this category.
The Japanese version of "The Devotion of Suspect X" knew who the murderer was in the first ten minutes. The title of "Sin House" spoiled the whole movie, but we don't think it is mediocre because of this. Write a low score, because we know that "who is the murderer" is not important for these two films.
Many people say that the original novel "Suspect X's Devotion" is Keigo Higashino's pinnacle work, or "one of the pinnacle works". One of the reasons is that the original novel described the killing process in detail at the beginning of the novel, so that the readers were very curious: "I even know who the murderer is, the motive, and the modus operandi. How do I write it later in the novel?" It can stand out in the age when suspense novels can't play any new tricks.
In fact, "The Invisible Guest" is also such a work. It is very "anti-routine". It is reflected in the fact that in the first ten minutes of the movie, the audience knew that the male protagonist and mistress had killed someone, which changed the focus from "who is the murderer". For "the male protagonist and his mistress conceal the process of this murder", but the answer to this question has not yet been revealed, a second murder case occurred between the male protagonist and his mistress, which really attracted the attention of the audience.
This is a bit similar to "Hitchcock" movies. "Hitchcock" movies can be roughly divided into two categories: one wave rises above one wave, and one wave rises again.
This film belongs to the former. "Who killed the mistress and put the blame on the male protagonist" and "How did he disappear from the room" are the main lines that run through the whole movie, but when the movie lasted for more than ten minutes, the audience began to be caught in another suspense. Attract, will the male protagonist and mistress kill and throw corpses be discovered? The director also deliberately added witnesses and drivers passing by, as well as kindly helpful passers-by to reinforce this sense of tension. When the audience finds that the passerby who is kindly helping is the father of the deceased, this makes the plot more clever...Then the audience begins to speculate whether it is the witness, the driver or the father of the deceased, who cheated the male protagonist into the hotel and killed the mistress. A play directed by himself. Just when the male protagonist admitted that he killed his mistress, the film revealed a new mystery-the lawyer was actually the deceased's mother posing.
In other words, "The lawyer is played by the mother of the deceased" is just one of the many suspense in this movie. Guessing the ending does not necessarily mean that you can guess the process. Of course, if you guess all of the process, then I understand that you give this movie a low score, and I suggest you immediately put down your work and switch to a screenwriter. The future of Chinese movies depends on you.
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