Recently, the movie "Manslaughter" directed by Chen Sicheng is being shown in theaters. The film has attracted the attention of a large number of audiences with its wonderful and suspenseful color. And this film has become another suspense film in the continuation of the "Detective Chinatown" series, and Chen Sicheng has proven his ability to direct.
But in fact, the movie "Manslaughter" is a remake of the Indian film "Manslaughter". The name of the movie can be directly called "Manslaughter".
Although in recent years, more and more Indian films have been recognized by domestic audiences. But in the remake of an Indian movie, Chen Sicheng seems to be the first person to eat crabs. And what kind of magic power does this original version of "Manslaughter" have that made Chen Sicheng choose it for remakes in many Bollywood movies?
1. The story of "Manslaughter"
"Manslaughter" This movie was released in 2015. The story is about a middle-class Indian family who originally had a happy life. But one day, after the police chief's son met the eldest daughter of the family, he coveted her beauty. After taking a video of the eldest daughter's bathing, the police chief's son actually wanted to use it as a threat to rape her.
The eldest daughter and mother fought and killed the police chief’s son during their resistance. In order to protect the integrity of the family, the “illiterate” father who dropped out of school in the fourth grade of elementary school quickly constructed a series of non-existent evidence based on the “criminal” knowledge he learned from the movie, and through confessions with his wife and daughter. This "manslaughter incident" carried out a "hidden plan."
Then, the development of the matter just as his father expected, the police came to the door, trying to find evidence of the murder of the victim from the behavior of the family. But what the police did not expect was that even though they used various methods, even at the mercy of violence, in the end they did not find a clue in the family.
Second, the highlight of the film
I have to say that the movie "Manslaughter" is indeed an excellent suspense movie. Whether it is the suspenseful colors shown in the film or the display of various human natures, it is amazing.
1. Surprising "criminal" cover-ups
If it is said that the death of the police chief's son, the suspenseful prelude to this movie has been opened. Then the father's method of covering up the truth in the film actually created a climax for the audience.
In "Manslaughter", when his father learned of the "manslaughter", he quickly dealt with the scene of the crime. Then the things left by the police chief's son were dealt with one by one: sank the car into the water of the quarry mine, and the mobile phone stuck in a different place to start the machine.
After destroying the evidence, his father made a decisive decision to create alibi. He mismatched time by checking in hotel rooms, buying bus tickets, and movie tickets; at the same time, in seemingly inadvertent moments after another, he constantly implanted the surrounding people for 2 to 3 days, and their whole family went to worship Buddha together. This consciousness.
has to say that the series of operations by my father really treated the "police as a fool". After all, with this kind of personal and material evidence, the police could not put their suspicion on On them.
2, father’s mountain of love
When watching suspense movies, I always suggest to put all "social moral values" aside first, and treat this event purely with human nature. .
Therefore, in "Manslaughter Hate", even if you know that you should stick to justice when faced with this kind of thing, and find the police as soon as possible, you still understand your father's actions. After all, under the background of the situation where the police are conducting extortion and extortion, it is better to take the initiative and protect your family if you put your hopes on the police.
And in the movie, my father's words are particularly touching: We have brought you pain, I want to say so many times I'm sorry, I did this in my heart, but we can't do other things. My family is too important to me, I can do anything for them. I can do it at all costs, at that moment I can’t tell right from wrong, we’re sorry.
At this time, use absolute rightOr it is absolutely wrong to evaluate this behavior of the father, it is better to simply look at the father's contribution from the perspective of the father's love. After all, for the sake of this family, he has done nothing at all costs.
3, the mother’s love of protecting the calf
As for the role of the police chief in the movie, standing on the mother’s side is actually understandable. Although in the film, the police chief's approach is very violent. But imagine that a son who only had his "old age", a son who was usually "doting", just disappeared inexplicably, and the only remaining evidence points to this family. At this time, can you still ask her to be rational?
In the "Manslaughter", there is such a bridge, when the police chief learned that her son actually took a video of a girl, she was full of shock, not believing that her "good son" would do it Out of this kind of thing. After all, her husband had warned him not to spoil the child, otherwise problems will occur sooner or later. When
realized that "the son may have gone bad", I originally thought that the police chief would be relieved, let go of the resentment in his heart, and treat the family with apology. However, she did not expect that her mother's love still made her lose her mind. She almost violently treated the family in madness, because she firmly believed that her child was a good and a victim.
In fact, if you abandon the identity of the police chief and just look at the behavior of the police chief in the film from the perspective of a mother, I would understand this mother. At least when treats her son, she is completely out of nature, always trusting and worrying about her son.
4, the social reality full of contradictions
In "Manslaughter and Hideaway", in fact, it deeply reflects a kind of social reality: that is the inaction of the police and the distrust of the masses. In the film, you can see that the police often eat the king’s meal, blackmail the masses, and even take the lead in doing evil, and such people are already "social worms" by their nature.
Therefore, in this context, the masses naturally distrust the profession of "policeman". So when there was a "manslaughter incident," the first thing his father thought about was not to seek the help of the police, but how to avoid the police and prevent them from discovering the truth.
and the police in the film, almost pushed this contradiction to the extreme. In order to find out the real culprit of this incident, they can privately arrest people and conduct beating and interrogation without taking any legal means; and in order to avenge the "sense of justice" shown by their father in the opening of the film, they even use the theme and violently confront each other.
has to say that putting such a bloody social reality in front of the audience will indeed make people feel shuddering about Indian society. But it is such a bloody display that can more promote social change.
3. The flaws of the film
However, although this movie can be said to have received rave reviews, it is remarkable in suspenseful colors and human settings, but it also has its own shortcomings.
1. The film is too long.
This point is actually a shortcoming of the film. Rather, it is a major feature of Indian films, which is too long.
The entire movie "Manslaughter", the entire film reached two hours and forty-three minutes. For ordinary viewers, it does require a lot of patience to be able to watch this film.
In fact, the opening part of this film is too long. It uses a lot of space to describe how harmonious and happy this middle-class family is, and how well-connected and righteous the father is in this place. The depiction of really paved the way for the later plot, and at the same time it has a strong contrast with the later plot. However, I have to say that the opening paragraph is really too long.
2, the image of the police is too cruel
In the movie "Manslaughter", the image of the police is indeed not very "just", or it is biased towards facial expression and drama.
From the beginning, there were scenes of little policemen eating overlord meals and blackmailing passersby. As the plot unfolded, because the little policeman had been reprimanded by his father before, he used the name of "investigating the case" to fist against the family. Although what he said is true,But more of it is to make use of the topic, just want to breathe out a bad breath.
In the film, the various behaviors of the police chief are almost the same as the "underworld" in nature. At the beginning of the film, in order to achieve the purpose she wanted, she directly sank the body after beating people to death. When dealing with the family, she also adopted a superior attitude, directly stepping over the legal channels to carry out "private attacks." Although
knows that this kind of role setting is for the screenwriter's need for drama, but when watching the movie, it still feels a bit too much.
4. Conclusion
I have to say that although the movie "Manslaughter" has some flaws, or the ending of the film, it is not as the audience expected, "good guys get rewards, bad guys get punished." ". But the film is notable for its suspenseful setting and the display of human contradictions.
Faced with such a film, it is actually worth two hours and 43 minutes to savor.
