"Gone Girl" weakened version

Kaya 2022-03-22 09:01:46

[The review was written on October 8, 2018]

Following the rave reviews of "The New Ghostbusters", Paul Fei temporarily put aside his good comedy line, and together with "Perfect Loud Gang" heroine Anna Jidani and "Lace Master" heroine Bicky Lively, presenting a show for the audience. On the suspense film that is suspected to be the pattern of "Crimes of Disappearance". The movie tells the story of a good mother who met her best friend for less than a week, but her best friend suddenly disappeared. The good mother couldn't help falling in love with her best friend's husband, but at this time, the good mother kept receiving warnings, what happened to her best friend? - In recent years, there have been very few suspense films, and good suspense films are even more difficult to find. It is common to see the phenomenon of lack of freshness and inability to justify the plot. "Be Careful" is an unprecedented anti-suspense film that only focuses on the direction of serious investigation. First, it uses the natural conflicting character settings of the two heroines to successfully create a secret smile before disappearing. Conservative and open, poor and rich girls, single mothers and For women in the workplace, the collision of the two incompatible heroines has formed a lot of laughs. Compared with other suspense films, you can also find out the novelty. The director integrates the comedy jokes he is good at into suspense films, and the addition of happy dialogues works precisely and effectively, so that the film can be born out of traditional suspense films. Who said that suspense films must always be serious? - The two heroines, a single mother and a domineering president, set the stage for their personalities and encounters in the first 30 minutes of the film. It seems that there is a trace of the process of the hero and heroine from meeting and falling in love. The heroine Anna Jidani finally ushered in the first set of films that showed her acting skills. The domineering president played by Bicky Lively was arrogant, cold and mysterious. Incredible. - As a suspense film, the movie keeps throwing out a series of mysteries to attract the attention of the audience. The various mysteries in the first part also find corresponding answers in the second half, but the rhythm of the film starts slowly in the middle. Because the answers are almost unraveled, the heroine alone does not investigate the case. too much meaning. The heroine's friendship with her best friend, the plot that drives the heroine into the office, fails to convince the audience, and the spy element doesn't fit into the rest of the plot. The continuous twisting bridges in the latter part of the movie certainly provide audience stimulation, but if you think about it carefully, some twisting bridges are far-fetched, such as the position that changes at the end. It is a pity that a certain shocking scene is also suspected of deceiving the audience. - "Be Careful and Help" adds comedy elements, and does not dilute the seriousness and tension that a suspense film should have. Comedy is only used as an embellishment to reflect the characters' personalities and amplify the two heroines. Experience, the director Paul Fei who was born in the filming of comedy should be credited with one credit. The two heroines have great acting skills, and all kinds of mysteries are well arranged. Unfortunately, the ending twists and turns into the devil, otherwise the film should be able to go to a higher level.

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  • Thalia 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    Green tea and white lotus meet a neurotic woman, and there is a scumbag in the middle. Is this story enough blood? Although the routine was actually shot well, it was much better than expected. Anna is petite, but she is not inferior to the goddess. The goddess's character is strong and publicized and has an innate advantage, but her acting skills are slightly inferior, and she failed to go further, especially when she confronted her twin sister, she did not show her neurotic and domineering side, but as a TV stars, with a movie masterpiece like Shark Beach, maybe it's enough. . . ?

  • Gladyce 2021-12-02 08:01:27

    I really have to go to New Zealand once a year to watch a movie in the future, one day earlier than the US, why not? These two are better than the other, the hero of the golden romance starred in the same husband, which can be described as miserable...

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