Director Anish Chaganti became famous for directing "Wandering Online". His second feature film "Escape" was originally scheduled to be released in North America on Mother's Day on May 8. Able to stream media online.
"Escape" is a horror story about mother and daughter co-starring Banana Sister Sarah Paulson and Kira Allen. It can't be screened on the special date of Mother's Day on May 8.
Banana Sister, one of the leading actors, is familiar to everyone, one of the resident actors of the American Horror, and one of the leading actors in the prequel "Lachette" of "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Asylum". It can be said that Banana sister has its own horror aura, which can give any horror or horror film a plus point.
It is worth mentioning that Kira Allen, who plays her daughter, is a disabled person in real life and needs a wheelchair, so her performance in the movie can be regarded as a true portrayal of her. Many people praise her for her good acting skills. To some extent, she is playing herself. Strong little girl.
Although "Escape" is not as brilliant as Anish Chaganti's first feature film "Network Lost", it is still a qualified thriller after all the director skills are still there. The script is solid, the performance is good, and a few good reversals will make you want to stop most of the time.
The following content has spoilers, and it is recommended that people who have watched the film read it.
At the beginning of the film, Sister Banana gave birth to a baby with a variety of diseases, including but not limited to: asthma, diabetes, paralysis, etc. Fortunately, after many years, her daughter is still alive and strong. It just needs to rely on wheelchairs and a lot of drugs to continue life. Although it is not easy to be alive, her daughter is very strong and has even applied for college and is waiting for admission.
Her peaceful life was quickly broken by accident, and her daughter accidentally discovered that she might have been taking a medicine called "Extra High Fortune" that she shouldn't be taking. After various means, the daughter determined that she should not take this medicine, because the mother even changed the label of the medicine.
I have to admit that the director has done a lot of foreshadowing. The camera gave a close-up shot of tomatoes just before the daughter learned about the color of Tekoko, and Tekokoko was a small red pill.
Before the daughter was about to learn that the medicine she shouldn't take was actually the drug levocaine for dogs, she also gave it to the pet clinic. These are good little foreshadowings, paving the way for the next story that will shock your chin.
The first scene ends with the daughter's mother injecting drugs after learning part of the truth, causing a coma. The next step is the second act of intense excitement and reversal.
The daughter opened her eyes and found that she was locked in the house by her mother and had no choice but to save herself. In fact, the self-rescue process can't be considered as exciting, because whether it is turning windows, climbing the roof, or rolling down the stairs without a wheelchair, it is not a difficult action scene. However, it is immediately awe-inspiring to think of the daughter actor, Allen, who is a disabled person who needs to rely on a wheelchair in reality.
This self-escape road ends with a small foreshadowing: the daughter who has been paralyzed for many years moves her toes. There are two interpretations of this shot. One is that physically, the daughter's body begins to improve. The second is a metaphor that the daughter's resistance to her mother has begun and achieved results.
This metaphor happened two more times in the subsequent plot. The second time was when the daughter put her foot on the wheelchair, so that the mother could not push the wheelchair, and the security guards that followed succeeded in saving herself. The third time was when the daughter stood up on crutches and passed the security check tremblingly, and then the camera showed that the mother had become the daughter's prisoner.
The director uses her daughter's physical growth to express her resistance to her mother step by step to success. The physical growth is accelerating and the road of resistance is intensifying. The technique is amazing.
The entire second act fully describes the daughter's "road of resistance", and the plots are intertwined and dizzying. Generally speaking, there will be one after this, but it is. However, the overly exciting second act made the final scene much worse.
The ending of "Escape" can't be the mother imprisoning her daughter again. This is equivalent to going around and returning to the original point. Isn't it teasing the audience to make the audience look lonely? So the ending can only be that the mother fails and the daughter is no longer imprisoned. With this obvious ending orientation, the audience has long been prepared for the inevitable ending.
Like running a marathon, it is impossible for athletes to sprint at all times. Runners are running rhythmically, planning each section of the route reasonably. If you exert strength in the front section, you will inevitably be physically weak in the sprint stage. However, "Escape" did not give the audience time to breathe during the whole process, and the excessively fast pace continued to raise the audience's expectations, so that the final ending that should have been the finishing touch seemed a bit boring.
On the other hand, "Tuner", although full of high energy and countless reversals can make people weak, but the last wave of the protagonist Akash makes people feel like a universe exploded in one's mind. You will unnaturally push forward from the end, again to consider all possibilities.
And the closed ending of "Escape" won't make you feel that way, at most it is "Wow! This ending is too comfortable", and then close the player and delete the resources.
If so, this is still a movie worth watching, and you can even see how the movie reacts to reality. In reality, some parents have a strong desire to control their children, and they keep saying that for your own good, they may actually ruin their children.
Of course, I suggest that you just treat it as an ordinary popcorn movie, and don't worry about the possible metaphors behind it. After all, Lionsgate’s movies, the excitement is over!
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