Probably the story of an underappreciated architect who was tricked into building a castle in a dream by a cult leader. The concept is similar to "Inception", where people fall into a coma and enter an "other world", which is pieced together from each person's memory fragments. If the scene design of "Inception" is based on reality, then "Otherworld" is completely a fantasy world: fractured continents, anti-gravity buildings, abandoned buses are the connection point between the shelter and the outside world, a dream that can be materialized Dreams, power users, clearers... Although it looks particularly dazzling, it also increases the difficulty for people to understand, resulting in many bugs in the plot.
For example, who were the mercenaries who fought with them when they went to torpedoes? Why are you guarding that place? The male protagonist has entered another world, and he has a good impression of the female protagonist without knowing his own situation? Then why did the two of them end up together inexplicably? "Phantom" was injured and knew that he would become a scavenger, why didn't he let the heroine treat him? How could the scavenger be conscious and help the hero and heroine kill Yang? Yang recruited so many unsound people to engage in a cult, not seeking money or power, just to get them into his dreams as servants? The motive is weird. And since he has absolute dominance in his dream, why does he need the male protagonist to build a castle for him?
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I feel confused all the time watching the process. And the characters are also very stylized, and the transformation is extremely blunt. Not to mention the mad scientist, the source of all evil is standard; after the "phantom" with the highest force value is as fierce as a tiger, he did not frame himself as a male protagonist and exposed himself; the therapist female protagonist has little help in promoting the plot; And the male protagonist has not assumed the responsibility of the male protagonist, and has never grown up to have the ability and belief to rival the villain's big boss. He is also a character to be rescued and has no character charm.
The other point I like more is the setting of "scavenger". People who are brain-dead but are still kept alive by equipment will become terrifying black water monsters in another world. Some things cannot be forced, forcing them will only be counterproductive, and open-minded acceptance is the best arrangement. The second is the "dream house". The dream is the moment when the subconscious comes to the surface, and the shape of each person's house is transformed from his dream. It is very fresh to think about it.
In short, this film should still be cool to watch in the cinema, and the visual effects will definitely be amazing, but the flaws in the script are also very painful. I watch too few Russian movies, the last one seems to be "Lost in the Tomb" (also called "We Are From the Future"), a Russian patriotic education film. Anyway, I dare to think about it, but it always climaxes at the beginning and weakens at the end.
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