Sometimes what we say or do unintentionally may have invisibly hurt others. Maybe we should take a moment to stop, look at ourselves, and try to be a better person.
Rating: 7.47丨Photo Library: 117
Synopsis
Stu (Colin Farrell) is a publicist who is full of lies.
He makes a living by taking advantage of others and deceiving friends.
Not only that, he also has a secret lover Pan outside without telling his wife Kelly .
In order not to be discovered, he always called Pan through the only phone booth on the street corner.
On this day, after Shi Du had dealt with the matter at hand, he came to the phone booth as usual.
Just when he called Pan, a delivery man came to deliver pizza to him.
The delivery driver claimed that someone had ordered a pizza to be delivered to the phone booth and handed it over to the man who called.
Shi Du felt inexplicable, he scolded the deliveryman and gave him 5 dollars to get out.
The call with Pan was over soon, but at this moment the phone rang, and someone called the phone booth.
Shi Tu subconsciously thought that maybe Pan had something to say.
But after he answered the phone, he found that it was an unfamiliar male voice .
He tells Stu that he has to keep the phone on or kill him.
Shi Du didn't take it to heart at first, but the man on the other end of the phone seemed to know him very well.
Not only reported his name and address, but also knew about Kelly and Pan.
Shi Du started to get a little nervous at this moment. He suspected that the little actor who had been tricked by him was taking revenge on him.
Shi Du didn't realize the seriousness of the problem until the man said he was targeting him with a sniper rifle and killed a person in front of his eyes .
The man who was killed quickly aroused the crowd's onlookers, and the police rushed to the scene.
Everyone watched the man fall in front of Shi Du, and he was speechless.
And the man on the other end of the phone did not allow Shi Du to hang up and reveal his identity, otherwise he would be killed immediately.
Shi Du was riding a tiger, his life was threatened, and he was surrounded by police.
This is the biggest predicament he has ever encountered in his life...
Video Analysis
"Sniper Phone Booth" is a movie with distinctive features that makes it hard to forget after watching it. The biggest advantage of the film is undoubtedly the control of the rhythm and the creation of the atmosphere. It is no exaggeration to say that the tension has always existed throughout the movie, just like "Buried Alive", which keeps our spirits tense all the time. This is a test of the director's skill and the actor's ability. After all, the whole scene is just a phone booth, and it is difficult to continue to attract people without something catchy.
But the film's shortcomings are equally obvious. For a suspense film, the story is not convincing enough. The noisy prostitute, the police with high and low IQ, and the inexplicable murderer all make the whole thing look very fake. It can be seen that the film wants to make us think, but such a story is not enough to arouse the audience's empathy. To put it bluntly, it is very exciting to watch, but the feeling is not deep. So to sum up, this is a film where the director is better than the screenwriter, and the thriller is greater than the suspense.
The reason why the film is sufficiently thrilling has a lot to do with the male protagonist Shi Du, because he represents ordinary people like us. We can see his "traits" everywhere. He is bad, but not incurable. , so what this story is saying is that this could happen to any of us.
He is hypocritical . As a publicist, he talks to people and talks to ghosts. On the surface, he calls you brothers, but in fact, he has hidden scheming. In the eyes of such people, there are almost no real friends, only interests.
He was unfaithful . As a married man, he had an ambiguous relationship with other women without telling his wife, and stepped on two boats.
He is arrogant , with contempt written all over his face when confronted with prostitutes and takeaways, and he always uses that self-righteous sense of superiority to despise the lives that should be equal.
In the eyes of some people, these crimes are hardly worth mentioning, but in the eyes of the killer, he believes that it is equivalent to those pedophiles and financial fraudsters who harm others, because it is also harming others, but some Very direct, and some are not easily noticed. Obviously, this story is to let us know that we may have hurt a lot of people invisibly, and it has caused serious consequences, but we just don’t know it.
For example, Shi Du in the film may not have noticed the contempt for the delivery staff and prostitutes, but it is extremely serious injury to others. 's tragedy. Shi Du was lucky. The moment he chose to pick up the gun and walk out of the phone booth, he was redeemed and forgiven by his wife. What about us?
What choice will we make in the face of dignity and life? Will we also use confessional monologues to describe our lives under the watchful eyes of the public? The most important thing is, at the last moment, can we, like Shi Du, bravely stretch out our arms and protect our loved ones with our lives? Or failed to pass the test at all, following the footsteps of pedophiles and financial fraudsters? Perhaps the only way to not let yourself regret is to try to be a better person , as Shi Du said , at least it's not too late, isn't it?
The real salvation is not whether you can give up your dignity to save your life, but whether you can sacrifice your life to protect the people you love.
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