: "After the invention of film, human life has been three times longer than before." A movie at
not only confirmed this statement, but also raised the meaning of the film by more than one. Times. The protagonist in the
movie not only uses the movie to create a perfect crime and protect his family, but also uses the movie to solve the crime.
Its name is "Manslaughter". The original version of
"Manslaughter" is the classic Indian suspense film "Manslaughter Mantian". Once the film was released, it won a lot of money.
Douban scored by more than 40,000 people with a score of 8.5; IMDB scored by nearly 60,000 people with a score of 8.2, which shows that this movie is extraordinary.
's "Manslaughter" this time has made a localized adaptation on this basis. The director of
, Ke Wenli, was shortlisted for the Oscar's top ten best live-action short films with the short film "Freeman". The combination of the two of
, coupled with the adaptation of the original script by the six major screenwriters and the preservation of the soul, made "Manslaughter" the most enjoyable domestic crime film this year. The story of
takes place in a border town where many dragons and fish are mixed in Southeast Asia.
Li Weijie (played by Xiao Yang) is the owner of an Internet company. Although a family of four lives is not very rich, they are considered well-off.
But everything changed after the eldest daughter Pingping attended the summer camp.
Police Chief La Yun and Mayor Candidate’s son Su Cha are also members of the summer camp. He was attracted to the simple and plain appearance during the activities.
then ordered the drug and sexually assaulted Ping Ping, and filmed a video of the rape as a threat, forcing her to serve herself again.
, who was terrified all day, told his mother Ayu (played by Tan Zhuo) everything. The two asked Sucha to delete the video in their warehouse, and killed him by mistake during the fight.
In order to help his family escape the sanctions of the law, Li Weijie used the processing methods in the crime films he had watched to fake everything.
He cleaned up the crime scene, destroyed the exhibits, created evidence that was not present, taught his family how to deal with interrogation, and used montage methods to let all those in contact with him testify for himself.
is only Sucha's mother, pulling Yun is not a good crop.
Unlike Li Weijie, who "has seen 1,000 movies, there are no novel things in this world". She has personally cracked 1,000 cases, so she feels that there is nothing in this world that does not show flaws.
Next, the contest between La Yun and Li Weijie began again and again, and the facts of the case continued to reverse, and the truth of the matter became complicated and confusing. Who is the murderer of
? Who is the victim? How does Li Weijie produce evidence? All the doubts rushed into the face, and this matchup was so wonderful.
In addition, there are many details and hints in the movie worthy of interpretation.
Such as Sucha’s death, Li Weijie’s surrender, the metaphor of the sheep, where Sucha’s body was buried, what does the egg show, what kind of person Li Weijie is...
Next, analyze these issues one by one.
About Sucha's death.
The eldest daughter and mother Ayu, in a dispute with Sucha, missed and knocked Sucha to the ground and died.
Actually, Sucha didn't die at the time, but there was fake death, just like the tongue swallowing fake death of a Muay Thai boxer after being hit hard. There are five points in the
movie that can be corroborated.
First, there was no blood in the warehouse; second, when La Yun (played by Chen Chong) opened the coffin, there were blood-red scratches on the coffin;
third was when the family was eating, the youngest daughter scratched the table with a fork because She heard the sound coming from Mu Sucha's coffin; fourth, when Li Weijie moved the corpse, Sucha's eyes were open, but they were closed in the warehouse. Another point of
is what Li Weijie said to his family: "I have nothing to do. I can only stand in front of you."
is about surrendering.
Under the threat of La Yun, the youngest daughter did not tell the truth. She took the family to the cemetery to dig the corpse deliberately and tried to fake a fake.
The youngest daughter said "Dad, I'm sorry" to Li Weijie after she came out of the police station. She was also taught by La Yun. She exchanged it for the price. As long as the youngest daughter said this, she would not beat her family again.
becauseBecause she is a policeman who only seeks the truth and is unscrupulous, she confessed at the beginning that she had created fake tools to solve the crime.
However, after this series of operations, the youngest daughter learned to lie. At the end of the test paper, she altered the score, changing 70 points to 100 points. The ending of
shakes Li Weijie's heart. He protects a family but has a very bad influence on his little daughter, so he leads by example and chooses to surrender.
about sheep. The
sheep appeared four times. The first was the sheep that Li Weijie followed the monk when he went to donate, representing goodness; the second was when he went to the lake to throw a cart and the sheep saw everything, which meant that no one could escape the sanction;
For the third time, Sangkun killed the sheep, expressing a scapegoat; for the fourth time, Li Weijie went to the temple again after awakening, and another sheep appeared, returning to goodness again.
About Sucha's body.
Sucha's body is under the new police station building, which is actually hinted in the movie.
One is that Li Weijie is the network contractor for the construction of the new police station. When he went to see the site, there was a close-up of a big hole; the other was that it was inconvenient for the police to reveal the specific location after finding the body.
about easter eggs.
Combining the last egg and the opening jailbreak, Li Weijie may have entered the prison by accident, but the process may be a story he imagined.
His parents died in the riots, which caused him to be an orphan since he was a child, without a wife and children. He likes watching movies and telling stories to others. The audience for the story of
is his fellow inmate Ensong (played by Qin Pei), so in the last interview, he showed a mysterious smile because he knew that Li Weijie was a criminal with a high IQ.
But because there is no capital crime in Thailand, La Yun is unwilling to let his son suffocate in the coffin, and Du Peng (played by Jiang Haowen) also bears resentment because of power.
used their previous connections and money to create a perfect crime in which Li Weijie was buried alive when he escaped from prison, and they killed the yellow hair he caught together to destroy the evidence.
In this way, the beginning and end of the movie can be echoed.
About Li Weijie.
Li Weijie is very likely to be a patient with split personality.
His family members are actually his personalities. He embodies all his personalities in the same space, including cowardice (elder daughter), lying (little daughter), forbearance (wife), and his own honest and smart nature.
For ordinary people, these personalities generally win the favor of people around them. First, they will not cause trouble, and second, they are worthy of socializing.
is only the last personality that has the upper hand, which side he will show in real life, similar to the ghost in Johnnie To's "Detective".
For example, he is afraid of Sankun at the police station, alluding to his weak personality; he often conveys the knowledge of the use of law in movies to the neighborhood, alluding to his forbearance personality; fabricating alibi, alluding to his liar personality.
But in reality, he is honest, and has never dared to openly contend with the law and system, which makes him desperately in need of an emotional vent.
The reason for the split personality is not only the reality, but more importantly, his parents died in riots when he was young, which caused great harm to his psychology.
is no longer normal for various reasons. He attributed the death of his parents to social injustice and the inaction of the government. He always wanted to create a riot and change the situation.
He is like the fat man in "Fatal ID". He became a lunatic with multiple personalities due to his childhood experience, which caused an emotional breakdown and induced crimes.
But there is always a kind person around him trying to awaken his conscience, this person is Ensong, he helped Li Weijie more than once in the movie.
However, the gloom in Li Weijie's heart is too strong, always suppressing kindness.
finally turned into a negative personality with tolerance and honesty, making him kill the police chief's son, and then arranged to plan a riot. After
entered the prison, his spirit still did not recover. He often imagined that his personality would do something at a certain point in time. The escape from prison at the beginning of the movie was buried alive as his imagination. In the interview with
, Ensong didn't make any comment on Li Weijie's question, but only smiled.
Because he knows that Li Weijie has a split personality, this smile is both ashamed for not guiding him on the right path,It is also grateful to him for changing the government.
All in all, "Manslaughter" is a good movie.
