The film opens with a horrific murder scene: in a neatly decorated and upscale room, a man sits quietly on a seat with his eyes wide open. If it weren't for the fact that there were many serious-looking police officers investigating and collecting evidence, you would never have imagined that the man had a five-centimeter-long fatal wound on the back of his head dripping with blood, and he had already died. It is precisely because the scene is too neat and the deceased is too quiet that it makes people feel more uneasy. Sure enough, this is the fifth homicide that has occurred in recent times, regardless of the crime scene or the modus operandi, and this one is the same as the previous case: there are no clues and flaws, and the murderer cannot be traced at all. The opening scene is undoubtedly a success. The decisive and neat way of killing is intertwined with the strange and beautiful crime scene. The strange message notes with black characters on a white background and the extremely anxious but helpless words of the police officers tightly attract the audience. Heart pinched: this is just the beginning. Lead people to follow the plot obediently, no matter how scared you are, you can't bear to close your eyes.
In desperation, the case investigator Qiao had to persuade Catherine and herself to find John, an old friend who had been retired for many years, to assist in the investigation of the real murderer. Walking on the lush and uninhabited road, Catherine learned from newspapers many years ago that the former doctor, the so-called detective, has the ability to "psychic": he can see people's past and watch people's future. He has assisted the police in solving many cases that made the police powerless, but after his daughter died of leukemia and divorced his wife, he lived alone in a remote mountain forest and no longer appeared in the eyes of the world. And old John quickly proved to the audience that he did have this ability: when he hugged his old friend Joe, the image of Joe struggling and screaming on the operating table flashed in his mind, when Catherine patted him on the arm. Catherine's shocked blank face was covered in blood when she was shot in the forehead. Although the footage is very short, those cruel images grab your throat like a nightmare, make you unable to breathe, linger in your mind, and make you worry about which moment these two dutiful dudes are at anytime. The policeman will fulfill John's prophecy and die tragically. It also made the audience place all their expectations on this detective: please catch the real murderer quickly, go save these two good people, and unknowingly become a member of the plot in the movie.
Several similar homicides occurred one after another while John was assisting the police. Through constant investigation, John discovered that the deceased all had one thing in common: they all had cancer, either detected or unaware, that was irreparable and would make them suffer in the future. The murderer's methods of killing are all theoretically painless methods of death, such as euthanasia. Through the strange notes left by the murderer at the scene and a series of events during the investigation, John panicked and had the idea of retreating: the murderer had the same psychic ability as him, and his ability was much stronger than him. The killer could not be caught. Moreover, the deceased are all about to die, sooner or later they will die, and their lives have been ended in this way, and they have been spared a lot of pain, just like his daughter at the age of a flower, who groaned in pain all day long because of her illness, without any pain. He looked at him with help and begged bitterly: help me, help me... When my daughter was in such pain, I was a doctor, but I had no ability to change anything, and even reduce the pain for my daughter a little bit. This has always been a problem. The happy heart is entangled in John's heart. Now that he encounters these poor people who are in the same situation as his daughter, it is better to condone the murderer to do so, so as to reduce their pain and be good for them. Like John, I was also shaken: yes, the deceased were all suffering from incurable diseases, instead of struggling in the hospital bed after discovering cancer in the future and suffering those unbearable pains that ordinary people can't bear, in the end, there is no cure, and they can only die with regret. It would be better to die in a less painful way before being hit by the sudden bad news and tortured by endless illness. I even feel fortunate for the deceased: fortunately, fortunately, they ended their lives in this way, otherwise it would be so painful in the future.
But John's ideas eventually changed, albeit in a brutal way: Joe was shot by the suspect under the guidance of the real killer while arresting the suspect, and Joe, who was already cancer-stricken, couldn't survive. When he was about to die, he smiled and burst into tears. He regretted that even though he knew that he was dying and would suffer from illness in the future, he was able to accept this fact calmly and made arrangements for his family early, but he still did not Willing, unwilling to die like this, unwilling that I don't have more time to accompany my family, unwilling not to watch my son grow up... When the murderer took the initiative to ask John to meet, the murderer used Joe's example to tell him: if it wasn't for him Injured Joe under the control of the company made Joe get a large amount of consolation money with the title of injury caused by the public service. He was able to support his son to go to a famous university. Joe, who died under the torture of illness, could not get a penny. His behavior was right. , is what Joe desires, is compassionate, and deserves support. In the face of the murderer's arrogant remarks and the invitation to self-confidence, John firmly refused, and scolded him for his absurd behavior of playing God's self-kindness, but was cruel and arbitrary without caring about the feelings of others. At this time, I was also awakened by John's righteous rebuke: Yes, we think we are doing good deeds as good people, but what do they think of those whose fate is decided by others to end their lives early? Are they really willing to give up the life time they should have in order to avoid the pain? Regardless of the purpose, whether there is malicious intent or not, it is illegal to deprive others of their lives without permission. Those who deprive others of their lives without permission are also murderers and are not allowed by society.
In the end, Tom committed suicide by threatening Catherine's life and John shot himself. Catherine was finally saved from John's predicted killing, and John finally unraveled his knot and rediscovered his departed wife. The movie ended in peace. But the thinking brought by the movie did not end there. Many thoughts, like the intriguing scenes and melodious words in the movie, kept reverberating in my mind, making people continue to reminisce.
Compared with the creation of the Chinese name "Psychic Detective" by the mainland theaters, I prefer the literal translation of its English name "solace" to "comfort", because the latter is obviously more of a gimmick than the former's gimmicks to attract audiences. Close to the theme of the film: In the eyes of the murderer, his actions are a kind of comfort to the deceased: because he ended their lives early, they can avoid the pain of illness and drag others down, and even help their relatives and friends; In the eyes of relatives and friends, the unexpected death of the deceased is a kind of comfort to himself: perhaps it is more hoped by the deceased that the deceased die without knowing and without pain, rather than dying in despair on the hospital bed. Therefore, he didn't have to grieve so much for their deaths, but added a bit of happiness and relief; but in John's view, the murderer's behavior was just a comfort to himself: because he had the ability to channel, the murderer had to see Others suffered a lot, and he did it just to reassure himself. Indeed, a lot of what we think of as "comfort" is actually true? Is it really for the good of those independent lives, or to free yourself? How many of those acts that are just and awe-inspiring in their own eyes are actually "moral kidnappings" that ignore the feelings of others? If you think about it carefully, we can find more examples of animals besides people in our life: euthanizing animals on the verge of death is really to make the animals walk less hard, or to let them take care of themselves. So hard or let oneself uncomfortable heart can be quickly relieved? Maybe the animals are willing to work hard and leave just to be with you for a longer time? Maybe if you stick to it a little longer, the animals will be able to survive through the gates of hell? Those self-righteous "consolations" are nothing more than depriving others of their complete lives without the permission of the other party, and robbing the other party of the possibility of experiencing all the feelings in life. It’s just that the death of one person after another in the movie can give us a strong shock, but the death of one animal after another in our life can’t shake our already numb heart, even if we can’t bear it, before we can speak, it’s already long enough. Buried by the default silence of most people.
As for the murderer, one can only sigh in a complicated mood: Hateful people must be pitiful. Being on the opposite side of the righteous side of the protagonist, as the villain, his image is destined to be despised, but I can't accuse him completely righteously, because in him, I see myself, and many ordinary people shadow. If he could choose, the murderer would definitely not accept the ability of "psychic", but fate chose him, and he was destined to bear the "mission" that ordinary people could not imagine. Perhaps when he chose to kill the first seriously ill person, he really did go through repeated thinking and suffering before he did it under the pleadings of others. Perhaps at that time, for that person, he was The behavior is really a great comfort. But when more and more people died under his hands, when he was able to kill without hesitation, when he was able to arrange a coveted surprise for the deceased before killing the deceased and let the deceased die in joy, he had already It has changed, and he is no longer the kind-hearted young man who suffered for the pain of others. He has been completely reduced to a murder tool, a murder tool that does not think about the right or wrong of his actions and does not consider the thoughts of others. He is immersed in his own world, centered on his own thoughts, and wantonly deprives others of the most precious life for self-comfort. , even though in his opinion that life has long been vulnerable. It may be a little stiff and jumpy, but I still think that the murderer's behavior is a manifestation of "forgetting the original intention". The murderer has such a high-energy ability, and there are many ways to save the deceased from the pain of cancer. Why did he choose to kill? The same is true for ordinary people. We originally had good intentions for everything in the world, and there were times when we really wanted to change so many unbearable things, but as time progressed, when more and more difficulties were pressing on us , we finally couldn’t stand it anymore, we lost our original intentions, solved the things that made us uncomfortable in a more contemptible way, and were kept in the dark and thought we were not wrong, but it was clear that those actions had already hurt others and completely deviates from the time self. Maybe some viewers will feel sorry for this "helpless" murderer's suicide-like death, but I think this is the best arrangement. Regardless of the fact that he has taken too many lives on his back, this is a completely unchangeable fact. Even if he is alive, he will be punished by the law. He cannot live happily just based on his view of life: life is for him. There can only be happiness, no pain. His outlook on life has long been distorted, and now he may only kill people who are terminally ill, but in the future, those who have experienced pain in their lives may be killed. in his mind, Because cancer can be painful, he kills people. But there are too many painful things in people's life. These are part of life. Experience is a complete life. It cannot be escaped. Then cruelly cut off his life before the pain came. Compared to the murderer, we have been much luckier: we have no special ability, and we can be like billions of ordinary people in the world without bearing the fate of others. So for ourselves, can we not forget our original intention and avoid suffering?
There are too many wonderful things in life. Even in the pain, I can't completely let go of everything in this world. I still want to persevere and give myself the possibility of living. Everyone is independent, no one else has the right to decide my destiny. This movie is not just a story about suspense and supernatural.
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