One wrong step, one wrong step, and when you decide to make a small mistake, be prepared for that small mistake to become a big one.
Rating: 7.50丨Library Chart: 147
Synopsis
Dr. Charlie (David Hummer) suffers from a neurological disorder that causes him to lose his university teaching job.
Not only that, but the books he wrote have never been published by publishers, which made him very upset.
Although the sheriff's wife didn't mind, in order not to become a burden on the family, he decided to apply for a job as a director of an Internet company in the town.
However, to apply for a supervisor, it is necessary to work as a customer service at the front desk for six months. By this chance, Charlie met Garth (Simon Pegg).
With Garth's help, Charlie quickly got to work, but it didn't take long before he ran into problems.
A difficult client throws a rage, and Charlie complains a few words, only to be complained by the other party.
It seems that the job will be lost before the probation period, but Garth told Charlie of the plan he had prepared for a long time.
It turned out that Garth's daughter had a problem with her eyes and needed a corneal membrane transplant, but the operation required a lot of money.
So during this time, Garth took advantage of the professional convenience to get the information of customers browsing the website.
He took aim at a pastor, because the pastor usually visits some pornographic websites involving minors.
If you threaten him with this, I believe he will put a sum of money in consideration of his reputation.
Garth's goal was $100,000, split between the two, and all Charlie had to do was to help him make an alibi.
But what he didn't expect was that when Garth said this plan, he was heard by his friend Josie (Alice Eve) who he met not long ago.
She immediately asked to join, claiming she could make the threatening call.
The three hit it off and started to act immediately. Josie called, Garth went to get the money, and Charlie was responsible for the alibi.
But the reality is always cruel, Charlie has a problem with his alibi, and he has to go to the priest's house to find Garth.
But when he arrived at the pastor's house, he found that Garth was nowhere to be seen, and the pastor collapsed to the ground covered in blood.
Charlie was very scared. He never expected that blackmail would escalate into murder.
He had no choice but to try to cover up the body. He dragged the priest out of the house and threw it into the septic tank in the yard.
But when he returned to the house to see if there were any traces to clean up, he found Garth coming out of the bathroom.
It turned out that he was shot in the leg by the priest during an argument with the priest, and he knocked the priest unconscious with a vase.
Because of the injury to the leg, he had to go to the bathroom to clean the wound first.
Charlie was stunned, that is to say, the "corpse" just now was not dead, but was thrown into the cesspool and drowned by himself.
And he became a murderer...
Video Analysis
A quite wonderful black humor movie, the whole process is hearty and vivid, the plot goes to the end, the rhythm is fast, the plot twists and turns bizarre, the ending has reversal, there are surprises, it is worth watching. What impresses me in particular is the lines of the film. Although it looks very verbose, but if you look closely, you will find that there is almost no superfluous remarks.
Ellen Page is one of my all-time favorite comedians, I don't know why, but I always find it funny to watch him, and his performance with Nick Frost in the "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy is deeply rooted , is also the reason why I like him, and in this film, he and David Schumer have the same spark of comedy, each one is funny, and they can always poke your laughter unconsciously.
From the point of view of the plot, the film is very good. At least the director has put a lot of effort into keeping us from guessing the direction of the plot, and there will always be a reversal inadvertently, which is beyond our expectations. Among them, the scene in the pastor's house is very exciting. The description of the psychological activities of the characters and the response in times of crisis are attractive enough.
If you want to delve into the logic, the film is of course not qualified, but for a film that focuses on comedy, it is really inappropriate to compare the logic of a serious film. But despite this, the film still has plot twists and prominent themes. At least I can feel what the director wants to express. What is insignificant?
Our male lead Charlie is a PhD student and can't even get a job because of his illness, which is very unacceptable to him. A doctor can't even make money to support his family, so why did he study hard before? So he goes astray. But for his wife, it is enough to have you, me, and children.
With the development of the plot, we found that Charlie gradually realized that his original choice was wrong, and he made a wrong step, and it was too late to regret it after things got worse. When he saw his daughter at the police station, he realized that he was happy to be by her side, so he made a choice at that time.
Money and wealth are very important, but compared to the happiness and health of the family, these external things are insignificant. Charlie didn't actually make an irreparable mistake, he didn't kill or steal money, he just made a wrong decision under the influence of the outside world, so from the hints at the end, I don't think he died. As for why? They all said not to delve into the logic. If you insist on a reason, I believe it has something to do with his own cause.
As for us in reality, we can't do anything illegal by chance, because we don't have a sheriff's wife, and we don't have a disease like Charlie's. Everyone has seen the consequences.
The importance is often relative, compared to the health and happiness of the family, perhaps money and wealth are so insignificant .
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