"Leaving the old man's legacy to the caregiver" has a high rate of appearance this year.
has a hit drama "Everything is Good", there is also a real news event,
and recently there is a movie version.
is right, it's the suspense film "Knife Out of the Sheath" with a good reputation.
This is a movie delayed by the title. The four characters "Knife Out of the Sheath" may seem like the main theme of war at first glance, but fortunately, the audience discovered the sophistication under the cover of the name.
Douban scored 8.3, better than 93% of suspense films. What kind of story is this
? (Including spoilers)
, like many suspense films, the story takes place in an independent house in the woods.
explained the cause at the beginning-
owner Harlan, a fame and fortune writer, cut his throat and died on his 85th birthday.
giants conspiracy murder? suicide? An estate scramble case?
looks a bit clichéd in this way. Isn't this a domestic family ethics drama?
But, not all.
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first sort out the relationship between the roles ↓
and then look down. The suspicious point of the
case began. Did the old man commit suicide or homicide?
Harlan’s family members appeared separately, and the detective began interrogation.
explained the relationship between the characters from their respective conversations. Behind this seemingly glamorous big family, everyone is pregnant with ghosts and everyone seems to be lying.
three families. The eldest daughter of
, Linda (pictured on the right) can be said to be Harlan's most reliable child. She has always shown herself as a strong woman and has her own business, but she still relied on her father to start her own business.
Linda's husband Richard (pictured on the left) is a married son-in-law. He was found cheating and was asked by Harlan to leave his daughter.
's grandson Lanson, played by the US team, is a cynical prodigal son. Harlan has told him that the inheritance will not give him a point.
The cowardly and incompetent second son, Walter, has always wanted to sell his father's copyright to the film and television company, but was rejected.
The third daughter-in-law, Jonny, has been asking Harlan for living expenses, but was dismantled. Harlan said that she would not give her a penny in the future.
Marta, the personal caregiver, took care of Harlan every day and got all his father's inheritance. He had contact with Harlan before he died.
is so, everyone has a motive for killing.
can also see from this that, except for the eldest daughter, everyone lives on the "parasites" of Harlan's property and has no independent ability. The origin of the contradiction is money.
nurse Mata is the only person to accompany the old man. The family is very kind to him, but she is not allowed to attend the funeral. It can be seen that she still looks down on her as an immigrant. The role of
also has a very interesting setting. If you lie, you will vomit. Then, maybe the truth of the case can break through from this point, and maybe what she sees is not necessarily the truth. The casting of the
US team is also very interesting. He has always been the captain of the United States who represents the American dream in the public impression, but in this movie he is a rich second generation full of greasy swear words. There are many characters in the
movie, but they are not superfluous. It can be said that each character is portrayed very clearly.
showed his true colors after learning that the will was modified by Haran, and couldn't believe that the entire estate was given to an immigrant. The story of
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is indeed very traditional, but it still makes people feel ups and downs after two hours of reading. The narrative is very smooth. The reversal at the end adds some points to the whole film. The plot is not brain-burning, but there are some small details. Intriguing. The non-linear narrative of
leaves a lot of suspense.
was the interrogation of suspects by detectives for nearly an hour at the beginning. It looked like an interview, which seemed very boring, but pay attention, their conversations at this time were clues to the subsequent plot. The announcement of the
old man’s will is very interesting. The whole family huddled together, and the lively quarrel surrounded by the nurses was very dramatic, isn’t it, the elites’ face of money was completely exposed.
They all claim to regard Marta as family, but what about it? When
asked about the nationality of the nursing staff, no one said it. The
nurse was forced to flee, and got into the grandson’s car in a hurry. The grandson looked like a kind person here.
Mata's only friend in this family, Meg, also called her after the will was announced and asked her to return the property.
turns out that the seemingly close friendship is so vulnerable. Harlan's portrait appears many times in the
film, and there are subtleties in careful observation.
appeared several times before, his brows frowned, and his expression stretched when everything came to light. At the end of
, the caregiver was standing on the balcony, looking down at the Harlan family, holding a cup that said "my house, my rules, my coffee" in his hands, symbolizing that all the property was in the hands of the caregiver.
has many details worth remembering, and this is probably the fascinating part of the suspense film. The
title, the sharp blade out of the sheath, the death of Harlan and the sword assassination of the guardian on the Iron Throne by Lanson all revolve around the "blade", the "blade" unfolds the puzzle, and the "blade" ends the puzzle.
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Obviously, this is not just a suspense reasoning. Behind the suspense reflects family problems, political metaphors, and the exposure of human nature.
Harlan represents the early self-made people in the United States.
and Harlan’s children represent the elite of American society. Why is the grandson of
the beauty pageant? It is probably also a satire of the American dream he represents. The youngest grandson of
is called "Nazi" in the film. All three views come from the Internet, representing the only keyboard man in reality.
These family members seem to be in harmony, celebrating the birthday of the elderly together, but they are secretly intrigue and cannot withstand a single blow once they face conflict. Much like the hidden contradictions behind a harmonious society.
The nursing worker Marta represents the diligent immigrant group and is a category that is looked down upon by the elite.
The grandmother with the fewest shots in the entire film was ignored by everyone, but I am afraid she has already understood the truth, like a god who observes everything. The "Iron Throne" appeared many times by
seems to be shining, but the knife on it is just a telescopic knife without lethality, which seems to be satirizing a country that is strong in the world.
Among them, the appearance of the cup also has a special design.
"my house, my rules, my coffee" on the surface is that the carer finally owns the property, but it actually represents the final victory of the immigrant class. In addition to metaphors, the exposed family problems and human nature cannot be ignored. The problems reflected in the film
add a lot of visibility to this traditional story. The
film is over, but there is still suspense in the final ending. The audience who watched the film disputed the truth. What kind of role did
, Harlan, who wrote the mystery novel all his life, play in the whole case? Is the
nurse really innocent?
For the truth, maybe you will have a different interpretation after watching the film.
may be like the detective in the film said, "there is a donut with a missing center in the donut with a missing center". There is the truth behind the truth, and the loophole of this donut may never be filled. The setting of
film is comedy and suspense. For
comedy, you need to know more stalks to find a laugh. For ordinary audiences, just watch it as a suspense film.
High-scoring suspense films such as "Inception", "Contained Island", "Shards of Memory", etc., mostly win in unique plots, or brain-burning, or compact plots, or unique settings.
But from the perspective of suspense, we discuss "The Knife Out of the Sheath". As mentioned earlier, the plot is general and it is not "sustainable" enough. The length of
is two hours. Almost the first hour is a detective’s interrogation. It is good to introduce the character or pave the way for the later, but the plain "interview" is compared to the length of the whole movie, although some flashes of memory are added. Back, but without a tense atmosphere, it seemed a bit procrastinated.
The audience who understands the suspense film routine may have guessed the "true murderer" at the beginning, then the subsequent "reversal" may not be so meaningful, and the final ending is also expected. There are also a lot of bugs in the plot of
. The detectives are a bit too "later". After the incident, they didn't check the surroundings of the crime scene in time. Even Marta's footprints were kept for a week.
put aside the suspense, it is indeed a movie worth watching.
's display of human nature, the metaphor behind it, and the actor's interpretation may be more interesting than the suspense itself.
