Before the release of "The Book of Evil," Hong Kong's distributor, Jiaoyang Films, was asked if it would delay the release due to the recent murders of parents in Hong Kong, for fear of disturbing the audience. In fact, the filmmakers did not give up because of this, but held a fly-off event in the downtown area, attracting the attention of young people. Most of the people who watch "The Book of Evil" are young people. In terms of the film company's distribution strategy, this film is quite a selling point. First of all, young people in Hong Kong are influenced by Japanese culture. Many people are Sadly, the second is that the movie is based on novels. Both the novel and the movie have a good reputation, and the novel ranks first on the list in bookstores. The third is that there are well-known Japanese actors participating in the performance, which adds to the appeal. Even the theaters on weekdays come to a full house.
Before discussing "The Book of Evil", there are a few points that must be clarified. First of all, it is impossible to compare the "Battle Royale" of Fukasaku Shinji and Tetsuya Nakajima's "Confession" together. Whether "The Book of Evil" is in the aesthetics of violence The construction of morality and the criticism of morality are far less than the two, and the focus on sexual harassment, homosexuality, and the construction of anti-social personality in the play is unclear, or even silent. In terms of violence, in addition to seeing the heroic appearance of Ito Hideaki, the other is the clamor of the students and the small humor of the murderer. Unexpectedly, "The Book of Evil" turned out to be more of a comedy than a horror movie, or it can be regarded as a B-type movie, which is more applicable.
The film mainly adopts a narrative method. From the beginning, the audience knew that he was influenced by "Knife Mike" and killed his parents. He was a murderer. Or you can look at the movie as two main parts, the first part is what happened on campus, such as male teachers' sexual harassment of female students, students cheating in groups, gay love between teachers and students, and school bullying. Every detail is one-sided, with a little bit of water, there is no deliberate delineation of the chain of murderers, and there is a lack of context. The second part is the most exciting part of the whole movie. It is the murder scene. From how he conceived the whole incident to killing most of the classmates, there are mistakes and unreasonableness in the screenwriter. But watching the students Their panicked behavior, the pictures of blood and blood, and there is a little pleasure in my heart. That's always the main dish of the movie.
As a violent film, "The Book of Evil" may not be successful in terms of story. The depiction of the violent part is not extreme enough, and there are no unexpected surprises and installations, all of which are plain. The whole film will inevitably give people a "kill to kill" feeling. But this movie reminds me of the growth of the killer, especially what kind of background he had in the past, what drove him to do this. There was an incident in Hong Kong a few years ago. The son killed his mother and sister because he thought there were too many people in the world and he wanted to make some people disappear. Later, this teenage boy was sentenced to mental illness hospital. Good people and bad people are actually indistinguishable from the naked eye. The murderer, who was labeled by the media as a "rebellious son", was forced by his parents when he was young to make him hate them and kill them to silence them. One layer of repression makes people crazy, and makes people hate them because of love. Is this the case with Lian Shi in the play? The scolding of the parents, the irresponsibility of the students, and the seeds planted by people all made him think of doing things for heaven.
If there is no accident, the director "The Book of Evil" will have a sequel in the near future, and it will be paved. And the TV series also filmed the prequel of Lotus. It seems that this kind of "evil" forces will still come one after another, which will really drive the effect and discussion of the whole city. I just hope to see a sequel with more discussion and more critical, more human parts, continue to have a little dark humor, make the story a little less convincing, or a little spoof, so that we can make The story is more complete, unlike the modern version that has alienated the root of "evil".
Text/Dorothy
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