American independent film director Roxanne Benjamin's "All the Way South" ( 2016) is definitely an accident in 2016, a dangerous and treacherous road that is enough to detonate.
The 5 stories in the film, no, to be precise, 4, the beginning continues the end, a vicious circle of traps, people can't think of it, they can't go back, and they can't break through, only in a weird and terrifying atmosphere, Step by step, the result is only the paved long Huangquan Road.
The well-designed structure of the film is like a long bus "hand in hand", interlocking with each other, closely following the theme of "All the way to the South". There are also words like this at the beginning and end of the film, "regret and remorse, atonement and atonement, this is life, right, next is you racing along that long road, the lost souls of redemption, escaping the past, but heading straight ahead. The dark road of sin, we are all on the same road looking for a way out tonight into tomorrow, all the way forward." But it's easier said than done to escape this night of evil demons.
The first story , in the desert, Jack driving and silent Mickey finally found a store and wanted to take a breath. The saleswoman saw them covered in blood and said something about a difficult night. Jack said yes. After a while, the ground shook, and they ran out in a panic. When they saw the Flying Ghosts who followed them all the way, they wanted to drive out, but they kept going in circles and couldn't get out of the magic barrier.
When Jack got out of the car, he was hacked to death by "Flying Ghost". The stunned Mickey fled, ran to a bungalow hotel, broke in, and saw his daughter Catherine, who was struggling to find, and her daughter called for help, "Help me, Dad", But even if he couldn't catch up with his daughter, Mickey also died at the hands of Flying Ghost. Jack complained that in order to find your daughter, we couldn't find a way out.
In the last story of the film , it is the ghosts and their accomplices, all wearing grimace shells. They murdered the three members of Jenny's family. This is an unprovoked killing. It can only be said that they were cursed. They were originally looking for children, so why did they kill people by ghosts and gods? And Jenny's parents, who originally happily sent their daughter to college, stayed one night on the way, but they didn't expect to suffer this kind of embarrassment.
Jenny, who was lying in the cabinet, witnessed the murder of her parents. The weak father was unable to protect her mother. Even if she begged hard, it was in vain, but Jenny rose up to resist, but she was outnumbered. The sinking, the result of their accomplices, followed all the way south, and finally ended up with Jack and Mickey. What a stubborn revenge this is, the ghosts linger, and the grief continues.
The second story , a jazz band of three girls, originally had four, but Alex's accidental death casts a shadow over them, only they don't know that greater doom awaits them. They drove the van all the way to the south, and had a flat tire on the way. Helpless, they met the Dale couple who drove over, and they agreed to take them in for the night.
Hesitant Sadie got into their car with Eva and Kim. In the night, there was a family dinner, and the couple, Raymond and Betty, came to Mo Ming, and there were twin brothers who were like aliens. The strange prayer began, and there were piles of cooked skeletons on the table. Eat, she may wonder if it is a human flesh frame. Eva and Jin, who had eaten, vomited when they returned to the room, begged Yu Dale, gave them soup, and put on special clothes.
The bizarre thing is that Dale's group made them go to the outdoor cross bonfire, ready to sacrifice the god they said, and Sadie, who was following, had to flee in fright. The evil Aiwa and Jin pursued, but Sadie, who fled to the road, was knocked down by Lucas, who was talking on the phone.
The third story begins . Lucas’s wife on the phone was still asking what was wrong. Lucas had to call 911 for help. He couldn’t see his fingers, no house, no car, and no one. He couldn’t tell the location, so the other party had to transfer the emergency center to guide him. Stop in front, there is a hospital.
He went in with the bloody Sadie in his arms, but the hospital was empty and dead. He had to obey the instructions on the other end of the phone and take over the operation. As a result, Sadie died. At this time, Lucas knew that this was the one he had A bloody conspiracy in control.
The strange thing is that the other party actually gave him a way out, let him get out of the hospital and drive home. Only God knows what will happen in the end. He walked past an old woman who had just come out of the phone booth, as if she had given Lucas instructions.
This fourth story begins. The old woman walked to a bar, and the people inside told her to close the door. She said it was closed, but unexpectedly broke into an old man with a gun. He said that he came to look for his sister Jessie, who had been separated for 13 years. He thought he could go without a gun if he had a gun. Indeed, he shot the guy who refused to give in. When he saw his sister and took her into his car, he Can't find a way out, my sister said I like it here, I belong here, please don't take her out.
She said that she was the one who killed her parents and that she liked the dark life. But the old man just didn't listen and was torn to shreds. The younger sister drove the car and returned briskly listening to the song. She got out of the car and saw Jenny who was going to college. Jenny smiled at her with an innocent face, but she was shocked by her. He returned an unusually cold look, indicating that ominous omen was looming over this happy family of three.
It was a night of destruction , a place of alien horror. No one can escape tonight, no one can escape this place, no one can avoid death, all the way to the south, life will never find an exit, only death.
This is also an unpredictable world. The devil is only a superficial attachment. For real people, when it is critical, the inner demon is more terrifying than the madman imagined by people. This is the real human nature. It is this indifference and sadness that cuts into human nature that attracts us and shocks us.
There are many external symbols attached to life, no one can find an exit in such a dark night. To put it bluntly, going all the way to the south is just an excuse, an implication, a rushing place that life can never return to.
All the way to the south, there is a vicious circle, and at the end, what else is left, a car that falls apart, or a person who falls apart, just like the end of life.
2016, 10, 11
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