A few years ago, I was still in junior high school, but I clearly remember that on a Saturday night, I accidentally saw a movie called "Identity" on the CCTV of the Medical University.
The school I went to is a school affiliated to the university. I didn’t expect the school to start on Monday. Many students in the class were talking about the movie. Everyone was shocked by the plot and the unexpected ending. Of course, the washing machine was spinning. Heads are also the focus of our discussion.
The film's terrific plot owes much to screenwriter Michael Cooney, who brought him Hollywood fame and fortune. Before you know it, seven years after the 2003 film, Cooney, along with two up-and-coming Swedish directors, Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein, presents his latest film. The masterpiece "Shelter".
The film tells the story of Carla, a psychiatrist played by Julianne Moore, who receives a request from her father to study a newly discovered patient, led by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. ) played. This patient named David is a person with multiple personality disorder. As long as there is a phone call to find Adam, after putting down the phone, David's face is distorted, and when he picks up again, his personality changes to Adam, and even the tone of speech occurs. changed.
As the investigation continued, Carla discovered that David had died in a murder case several years ago, and at the same time, a colleague who had been in contact with the patient "David\Adam" also died mysteriously. The connection between them is The same mysterious "mountain" herpes pattern behind the patient...
I believe that this story outline will not only be interesting to the audience, but even Hollywood script agents will be eager to buy it and sell it to major production companies. Indeed, this is a very fascinating story, and the producers have brought in two powerful actors, Julianne Moore due to her role in thrillers such as "The Forgotten" and "Hannibal" (Hannibal) The excellent performance of the show makes it seem that the show is entirely made for her; and Jonathan, the Irish popular fried chicken, has gradually established his own reputation in Hollywood since "Velvet Goldmine" (Velvet Goldmine), although the pair There is a certain gap between the combination and Hollywood A-level big productions, but for a movie with a suspenseful story, such a combination is enough.
In terms of script, the first half of the story is very good. The patient appeared at 15 minutes, and the strange case was presented with details such as color blindness cards and voice tones. David died more than ten years ago, and the plot and rhythm of the story immediately showed Cooney's solid foundation, because the entry point of the whole story (we call it an Inciting Incident in the profession) is very unique and can be instantly Pull the audience into the atmosphere created by the plot. The next 40 minutes of plot development also followed the audience's expectations, with constant investigations, strange and tense incidents emerging one after another, the protagonist's life began to be disrupted, and the audience began to transfer their emotions and senses to the protagonist. 70 minutes!
But unfortunately, this is just a honeymoon for the newlyweds. Those who are dying, marry a beautiful woman or marry a man with talent. Only after the honeymoon period did you find out that he practiced qigong and became obsessed. You What should be done? I can't believe that Cooney, who has been holding back for 7 years, has also practiced "qigong"! If the success of "Fatal Identity" 7 years ago was due to the coherence of its story and the big baggage at the end, then Cooney made a big mistake this time, he mistakenly believed that the scientific suspense of multiple personalities can be mixed with supernatural witchcraft Poisonous suspense, the result of this is the loss and anger of the audience. If the screenwriter can't round up the story in a unified style, then the suspense should not be set too big and unpredictable. What audiences expect to see is a unified story, have you ever imagined if the series of suspense in "Saw" (Saw) ended up being explained by superpowers? Or is the mysterious killer at the end of Hitchcock's films a ghost?
Although superpowers, superstitions, and religious themes are a bit outdated today, and audiences have watched too many such classic films in the last century, the film "The Skeleton Key", which is also a voodoo-themed film in the American South, It has gained a relatively good reputation, which once again proves the importance of style unity.
The mashup of styles cost the producers a lot of money. The film, which cost $22 million, was shown in only six countries (excluding the US), and the UK box office was only £140,000. The film was released in the United States during the Halloween schedule in November this year. I wonder if American audiences will buy it.
Evaluation: ★★★ It is worth watching
a quasi-excellent work that was ruined by the second half. Mix and match styles can be tried when matching clothes, but in movies, you have to think twice.
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