George, Laurie and Janney and Nick are toasting to celebrate their near-death in a bright and spacious bar. And Nick was called a hero for preventing a disaster that should have happened in the movie theater. He is considered a "prophet" and can predict disasters. The four of them experienced a thrilling battle with the god of death, and everything returned to normal.
Just then, Nick saw a picture of the swimming pool posted on the bar wall, where his friend Hunter had died not long ago. Then, Nick saw a woman next to him holding a movie brochure in his hand, and the movie promoted was the movie played in the movie hall where he turned the situation and escaped that day. Nick swallowed and continued to look around, and found on the TV in the bar the first time the disaster appeared - the damn race that caused everything and then kept them up against death. And the "It's coming." on the table never died.
"What if we didn't change anything?" (If we didn't change anything, how would it end?" Nick suddenly said to Laurie and Janney, the other two ladies who were chatting and laughing, and he strongly restrained himself because Breathing short of fear, "What if us being here right now was the plan for the beginning?
" The frame fell and the car that rushed out of the original track instantly rushed towards the three people sitting by the window. As a result, their bones were crushed, their necks were crushed, and their teeth were knocked out... In the
end, they lost to "Fate" ”, and, moreover, it is the fate after being joked by the god of death.
(2)
All of this has to go back to the original racing game. In that car race, Nick had a premonition that a cataclysm was about to occur, and even clearly "prophesied" the process and details of all deaths, including his own. So, he desperately dragged his friends and ran out, along with the security guard George and four other spectators, who ran out and survived.
However, when the prophetic fragments in the brain kept appearing, and other audience members died one after another according to those fragments, Nick and the others began to realize that those who avoided the disaster would use another The way---death, and, in the order in which they should have died at the racetrack.
In the end, only George, Janney, Hunter, Laurie, and Nick were left. However, due to the sudden loss of power on the phone, Hunter did not receive Nick's warning call and died tragically in the swimming pool, while Jenny was rescued by Laurie and George at the close call, and the climax of the film is --- Nick has a premonition that Lao When Li and Janney are watching a movie, they will die from an explosion caused by a fire, so Nick races against time to seize the close chance to cut off the source of the fire and save Laurie and Janney and others in the movie theater. Immediately afterwards, the scene that began to narrate took place.
In a 180-degree turn, the ending dramatically shocked the audience who had been relieved, revealing in an almost ironic gesture "Fate" - everything was planned.
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"Disaster movies" seem to be very popular recently, and "2012" has set off a "doomsday trend".
In fact, the film "The Prophet" starring Nicholas had already shown concerns about the future of mankind. At the end of the film "The Prophet", although the earth has been destroyed, the aliens selected two representatives of mankind: A little girl and a little boy, and start a beautiful life on another planet, that is the continuation of human fire.
At the end of "2012", although the "Ark" made in China has undergone the test of limited "capacity", at least through love and respect, people can see a glimmer of hope.
From this, it can be seen that the dramatic, fatalistic, and in some cases tragic ending of "Death Comes 4" can be called no hope of survival is still different from "The Prophet" and "2012".
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We have seen too many stupid films fooled by the directors-they start bloody, violent, unprovoked attacks and destructions. These films will not make us feel a sense of empathy. At most, we will spend money to see them in theaters and think emotionally: these bizarre tragedies that are far away from us will not happen to us. Compared with them, we are so lucky , Our life is so beautiful. Every year, tens of thousands of films follow this rather "educative" path.
However, this "Death Comes 4" makes us really feel an immersive, personal sense of crisis and security risks. It magnifies the fragility of human beings, the body is nothing but a fragile flesh-bones can be smashed instantly, neck and waist can be twisted instantly, sharp tools can pierce any part, tissues and muscles can also be broken Broken by high-rotation objects... Even if it is not broken into pieces, it may be burned, drowned, choked to death... "Death Comes 4" brings these "possible" to the screen more realistically rather than exaggeratedly .
Another major way of expressing "realism" in the film is to make full use of the "butterfly effect" and logical reasoning, which shows the chain-like process of disaster occurrence. For example, a racing car in a hurry rushed into the track before the staff had time to remove the screwdriver, leaving the screwdriver on the track, causing another car to roll over because of the screwdriver and catch fire, and then drive up with the back The cars collided, causing a catastrophe. For another example, a golfer hits a golf ball and shoots down a coin in Hunter's hand. Hunter jumps into the water to pick up the coin that fell in the swimming pool. As a result, Hunter was sucked out by the high pressure, sitting at the bottom of the pool and could not get up. At the moment of suffocation, Hunter ignored his flesh and blood and tried to get up in the pool with great force, but his blood was blurred and the pool was stained red. For another example, a piece of reading glasses placed in the sun in the warehouse ignited the sawdust, coupled with the action of the wind, a button on the large exhaust fan was loosened, and the large exhaust fan began to rotate, which in turn made a car of gasoline move forward. , so that gasoline leaks out. The spark encounters gasoline and causes an explosion, which also detonates the cinema hall separated by a wall from the warehouse...
Aside from the operability and contingency of the chain reaction in the film, the director at least conveys a message like the audience, that in life Even the smallest, inconspicuous things can lead to disaster. This also highlights the unpredictable and hidden nature of crises in life.
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In an age like this, we eat better, dress better, and have more fun, but that doesn't alleviate that "insecurity," that sort of pagan, mysterious thing from time to time appeared so that we could not explain it. Some people attribute it to "fate" - everything is already written. In this film, the Grim Reaper never shows up, but appears in a tough stance. Remember the man in the yellow T-shirt at the beginning of the film, on the back of his shirt, it says: Life is a bitch and then you die, any question? And the one engraved on the table: It's coming. Whatever Is the arrogant Janney, or the natural George, or the hedonistic Hunter, and the Laurie who is trying to resist and Nick who has a certain prophetic ability, all accept the same fate - death. Undoubtedly, this is the point of view that the director wants to convey to the audience. Art creation has its own point of view and style. We may not agree with it, but we can be shocked.
No matter whether the theme of "Fate Concept" is accepted or not, at least the film makes people cherish life more after seeing the fragility of life, and at the same time make people learn to be calm.
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