The quote "I woke up and was locked somewhere for no reason" is always attractive when placed in a suspense film. The process of self-rescue of the detainees, the process of solving the mystery of the cause and effect, and the discussion of the theme of the story involved in the cause and effect, I have to say that there are too many things to say after this introduction.
There should be many movies with similar beginnings. The latest one I have seen is the domestic movie "The Players Behind the Scenes", starring Xu Zheng. The introduction is similar, but the subsequent development is completely different.
This film has a smaller space and a larger layout.
The whole movie was completed by the male protagonist in a small coffin, and from beginning to end, he did not let us see the outside world and the second person for a second. The dim or even dark environment is so cramped that it cannot be turned over, and the tense and painful gasping sounds make the audience have to experience the protagonist's situation on the spot, creating a sense of tension and suffocation effortlessly.
But at the same time, a good film needs a climax more, in order to be ups and downs, and only then can the despair of the ending be more visible. The film's creation of the climax is obviously almost a climate. From the beginning to the end, the director did not give the audience any hope that the protagonist would be able to escape safely. Depression of powerlessness, not desperation with twists and turns. almost mean.
The inherent advantages of the theme of "The Secret Room", such as more complex self-help puzzles, are completely useless in this film, and a mobile phone is used throughout. Compared with the "Player Behind the Scenes" I watched before, this is a lack of fun.
So how does such a very low-cost suspense film achieve high reviews? The space limitation of the idea of a coffin itself, which can tell the story completely, is already worthy of praise. What makes everyone agree more is the pattern.
Xu Zheng's "Behind the Scenes" only touches on "suspense" itself and the theme of marriage and love. Even if the process of being trapped and fighting with the murderer is good at the beginning, but the later part of the male protagonist escapes from the secret room. , can't keep up. It's all because the relationship between individuals is too small, and even in the setting of business wars, the real problems of businessmen and capitalists have not been shown, and more social problems have not been touched. side. The tone of the whole movie dropped all of a sudden.
In contrast, the tone of this film is very high and fully realized. The cold-blooded capitalists, the inaction of the state, the complicated procedures of public relief, and even the special handling of the service industry and the superficiality of interpersonal relationships. With so many problems, the Korean film has to describe the theme of a major disaster, or even the fall of a country’s entire people. This film has shown us all of them through a few phone calls. It is necessary to admit the depth of its skills.
Although it is excellent, it still has to be said that it cannot be called beautiful. A film that does not allow the audience to obtain sufficient visual experience and emotional experience, no matter how good the theme is, is not worthy of a three-star rating in the eyes of people who watch the film.
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