"The paradise of the slasher", the road is still dead

In fact, despite its black and ironic themes, this is simply a road movie. Very off-road, discussing the meaning of love, life, life, and self. But it is black because the so-called highway was built in the afterlife of suicides. The protagonist ZIA committed suicide by cutting his wrist because of a broken love. After his death, he found that the ending was not nothingness, but another world. In fact, this world is not so different from the real world. It also requires working to earn a living, interpersonal communication, and picking up girls, but it is a bit dull—of course, no one can laugh at the world of suicides. In order to find the same suicidal girlfriend, he and Eugene drove on the road in a broken car. There was no goal but to find. By the way, he also picked up a girl, Mika, who was thrown into this world by mistake. There are everyone on the road, naturally, and the main theme on the road is novelty.
In fact, this is a good start. The shelter set up specifically for suicides is a bit interesting. But there is nothing special about the new world that is not cool at all? Nor is it. The peculiarities and little surprises of this world will be revealed to you little by little. For example, a family of four committed suicide and went to this world to reunite; for example, there is a black hole under the passenger seat of Eugene's broken car, and all the things that fall will be missing, whether it is hats, sunglasses, tapes or memo flowers; for example, because of a war. A policeman who is afraid of suicide as a result of having to have a bullet hole above his head in this world; for example, the so-called PIC (person in charge) that Mika has been looking for really calls himself PIC (person in charge); for example, the weird old man encountered on the road unexpectedly It is PIC’s undercover agent; for example, committing suicide in order to separate the soul and the body as a god, but in this world still have to prove the separation of the soul and the body before committing suicide; such as the "miracle" tricks that can float, can change the color of fish, and can float matches; such as Mika, who proved that the death was a mistake, got a "visa" and left here to return to the original world; for example, ZIA who accidentally fell into a black hole and returned to the original world... This world, or this movie All the little weirdness, little miracles, and little ironies in the movie are a bit like stargrass, dotted and flashed little by little. So it's very subtle and beautiful. There won't be the feeling of exclaiming, "Wow, so amazing, so weird," a bit like Eugene's car headlights. When they flashed in the dark, they said: It's so beautiful.
In fact, the most interesting is the strange suicide death method: ZIA cut the wrist, Eugene let the electric guitar conduct electricity to death; fell from a high altitude; headshot with a gun; knocked overdose; hanged; pulled out Those who lost their respirators; those who froze to death in the Arctic snow... People here ask how they died first when they meet, never ask "Do you regret it?" When they feel bored, they ask "What else do you want to do? Is it possible?" Can't die again?!" The old man said, "No one here wants to die again. You know, it
hurts to death." ZIA is obsessed with the miracle that he can't do some tricks. The old man told him, the more persistent he is. For something, the less you get. When you don't care, the miracle comes. easy. I like to have hope in life, but I don’t expect that such good things will come by themselves, and I will be very happy. That's how I am always happy.
In fact, the theme of this film is not necessarily grand and deep. There may not necessarily be life or death. Maybe it's just youth and love on the road, but it has some weird and dark elements.

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