The poster of the new work is very interesting, behind the shadowy figure of John Cusack is a pair of large black wings. But given the theme of the film, the wings fit Natalie in Black Swan but not John in The Raven.
The protagonist this time is based on Edgar Allan Poe, the father of reasoning. Under this premise, the audience will guess what kind of movie this is?
Possibility 1: Edgar Allan Poe lived up to his reputation as a famous reasoner. After successfully cracking a serial murder case, the third-person combined with the real event novel was a big-selling business model.
Possibility 2: Edgar Allan Poe lived up to his reputation as a mentally depressed genius. In the process of chasing the murderer, he had a spiritual resonance with the real murderer, and finally the horror mode of the plot may be reversed.
Since there is no plot of reasoning, it does not follow the commercial blockbuster route of "The Great Detective Holmes" that has nothing to do with reasoning and can attract audiences because of various selling points. The plot and rhythm are quite satisfactory, although it can also make people feel nervous but Compared with "Deadly ID", this new drama cannot enter the hall level.
"The Seven Deadly Sins", which is the same type as "The Crow", used the two-hero mode to promote the plot at the beginning. Although the villain of "Seven" found a passerby to plead guilty, no matter whether it was an appearance to surrender or the unexpected ending at the end There is an amazing feeling. It is a typical example of a criminal film where the road is one foot high and the devil is one foot high. In contrast, the villain of "The Raven" appeared unsuspensefully in the mode of acquaintances committing crimes, but was blinded at the end. After being reminded by the police partner when Edgar Allan Poe was dying, the detail that he had to wait with a gun in the carriage on the other side after the murderer fled to London and got off the train was completely untenable.
The whole plot is based on the mad fan serial killer and the famous reasoning writer chasing the murderer, but while telling this main line, there is no extra plot to explore the character of Edgar Allan Poe, his ideals, his spiritual world, and his tragedy , but also used Edgar Allan Poe's metaphor for his crow as a gimmick. But apart from the physical crow that appeared at the beginning and end of the film, viewers who didn't know Edgar Allan Poe, a historical figure, would only feel inexplicable because of the title of the main film, and the subtitle "Detective" felt funny.
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