The remake of "The Last House on the Left" from the 1972 film of the same name is directed by the new Greek director Danny. Dennis Iliadis's second feature film and his first Hollywood film. The director Weiss. With the participation of the team led by Wes Cravendis, the main plot structure of the film has not changed too much, from the typical elements such as remote cabins, lakes, rolling roads, SUVs and the joyful atmosphere of vacation. Using it, it can be seen that this movie is actually no different from other torture thrillers with similar themes. However, just like "Funny Games" (2007) and "Hunter Games" (Eden Lake, 2008) fuse heavy issues within the established framework, "The Last House on the Left" not only challenges social moral standards, but also The impact level is more direct, skipping the visual and hitting the heart directly, testing the limit of the viewer. The film focuses on two groups of characters: one is John (Tony Goldwyn), Emma (Monica Potter) and their 17-year-old daughter Mary (Sara Paxton), and the other is Krucker (Garret Dillahunt). ), France (Aaron Paul), Sadie (Riki Lindhome) and Justin (Spencer Treat Clark). If we look at the rough dichotomy of good and evil, it is obvious from the opening scenes of the film that the former is good and the latter is evil. The plot of the movie is very simple. The first half of the film mainly describes the violence of the evil group of people against Mary and her friend Peggy (Martha MacIsaac). The second half of the film is a 180-degree reversal. , and Kruck and others became victims. To complain directly, or to overcome violence with violence? Mary, who originally followed her parents to the lakeside cabin for vacation, went to town to meet Peggy to reminisce about the old days and met Justin. Through Justin's invitation, the two went to his house to play and smoke marijuana. At this time, Justin's father Kruck and others happened to go home and bumped into Mary and Peggy in the house, and the nightmare of the two began. In this part of the presentation, the director from time to time focuses the camera on France's knife-wielding hand and Sadie's provocatively touching Mary's hand, and through the camera lens allows the viewer to directly see the episodes of torture and rape. Under the multiplication of various evil deeds and deliberate staring, people can feel the humiliation and fear of Mary and Peggy, and the director induces the audience's sympathy for Mary and Peggy, as well as for Kelu. The hatred of Ke and others has successfully deepened the evil of these villains. Therefore, an intriguing question arises here, which is written on the movie poster: "If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?" They all hated these villains, let alone Mary's parents. In the middle of the movie, Kruck and his party, who encountered a storm, happened to come to the wooden house where John and Emma lived to ask for help. The two people who didn't know it naturally extended a helping hand and left them overnight. However, what about once the truth is discovered? "The Analects. In Xian Wen, Confucius mentioned "repaying grievances with directness", that is, treating enemies with a just attitude. However, how many people can have such a mind? In particular, the victim was his own daughter. As a result, in the latter part of the movie, John and Emma choose to use violence to control violence, and use brutal means to deal with Kruck and others. When the identities of the perpetrator and the victim are reversed, do the viewers feel happy, or do they feel cruel? The director obviously completely destroyed the moral door in the viewer's heart, and re-examined the standard of good and evil and the nature of violence. In the movie, because of the premise of Mary's brutal atrocities, the subsequent atrocities of John and Emma are barely reasonable; what if this premise is removed? As far as the two atrocities before and after, the degree of brutality of the two sides is almost the same. On the one hand, the director looks directly at the scene of Crook raping Marie, on the other hand, he calmly focuses on the scene of John and Marie joining forces to kill France. , both are equally uncomfortable, and I can't help but want to look away. So what is good? Why is it evil? Why is it violent? rules that don't exist In fact, there is a clever setting in the movie that allows the atrocities of the two sides to be placed on a par with each other on the same level, which is to erase all the rules. At the beginning of the film, France and Sadie drive into a police car, attempting to take away prisoner Crook. The brutal murder of the police officer in charge of law enforcement can also be interpreted as the death of the law to a certain extent. Therefore, when Mary and Peggy were held under threat, the police car passed them twice without observing their critical situation: one , when Peggy slapped the window in the bathroom of the temporary residence of Crook and others for help, the police car passed by the road outside; second, when everyone fled in the car, the police car came from the opposite lane. Since then, the rules formed by the law are no longer limited to this group of people. In particular, the setting of the storm to cut off external communication makes them feel like they are in a secret room, a place of their own, and reason, rules and civilization do not exist in it at all. If black-and-white laws do not exist, will the established moral standards become looser and less dense? For example: Justin's location in the film. Perhaps it was cowardice or kindness. He did not participate in the atrocities in the first half and chose to stand by. In the second half of the atrocities, although he handed a gun to John, he also tried to shoot and kill his father Crook, but he did not. success. So, from start to finish, Justin had little hands-on involvement in the atrocity. But where should Justin fit in the good-evil dichotomy? At the end of the film, John leaves with his family in a dinghy, including Justin. Justin, who was in the violence himself, seems to have finally escaped, but doesn't the ending picture imply that he has stepped into another violent hell? In particular, the violence this time is still hidden in the childlike paper crane pendant, the bright white sunlight, and the sweet singing of the voice. The unpleasant "The Last House on the Left" and "The Last House on the Left" are definitely not a likable movie. The pictures and issues presented in the play are extremely controversial and constantly impact the hearts of the viewers. Under the contrasting plot and the engraved traces can be seen everywhere, as the director said: "Who is the civilized person and who is not? Who is the perpetrator and who is the normal person?" The viewer has to look at the truth of the violence. with essence.
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