religious beliefs are also diverse in Korea. In addition to the native Shamanism, there are Buddhist and Christian sects that have many followers in Korea. With the passage of time, Christianity from the West has gradually affected the Korean people. Today, their number of believers has surpassed other sects and has become the sect with the most followers in South Korea.
specifically which sects are there, as well as the various differences between Christianity and Catholicism in Korea, etc. These issues are not what we are going to discuss today.
Today, let’s talk about the latest movie released in South Korea in 2019, "The Envoy of the Yin Cao".
In the beginning, this family was a devout believer and often prayed, but after his mother died early and his father, a traffic policeman, died on business, the kid named Park Yonghou completely lost trust in God, and even started Hate God, because he prayed and became pious, but he still couldn't wait to return to his mother or even his father. Since then, this kid has lost his religious beliefs.
Over time, Park Yong Hoo became a professional boxer twenty years later, and he has won many battles, but his sleep problems began to appear. One day in a dream, I dreamed of my father. The cross in the dream burned his palm. After waking up, the scar was still there, and it didn’t get better. The doctor couldn’t find out the reason, so he could only check those who lingered in the letter. Do not believe things.
In order to cure the sleepless night and wounds that did not heal, Park Yonghou listened to the instructions and went to the church to find the person who was said to be able to help him.
That is Father An who is trying to exorcise the devil.
The actor of Father An, An Shengji, a national veteran actor born in 1952, has works such as "Broken Arrow", "Ink Attack", "Silmi Island", "Presidential Romance" and so on.
(and this look like Tony Leung, two people are still friends, almost a model.)
and the actor Park Yong Hoo, is the previous time, because of the drama "Why Secretary Kim is like that" and became popular a while ago.
In "The Envoy of the Cao", Father An and Park Yonghou established a relationship between father and friend. For the first time, they decided to help Father An exorcise the devil. Yonghou looked at his back and disappeared in the corridor when his father went out of the police. The backs inside coincide.
This more or less seems to have found the essence of so many excellent exorcism movies. The weird hell ghosts are not the point, but the focus is on people's inner struggle and torture, because the demons use this to break into the human body.
After this, the actor Park Yonghou started the journey of the exorcist, and the unhealed scar on his hand is the stigmata, and his blood can drive the devil out.
Park Yonghou and Father An exorcise the devil and get along all the way, the devil is still provoking a crisis of trust in the middle. The two people got along in just a few days and established a relationship.
Of course, as a movie with a lot of fighting scenes, I won't take it out here alone. Let’s see if this movie looks abrupt in Korea.
is on Douban, and everyone has mixed reviews, not so good, and not so bad.
Since when did South Korea begin to move ambitiously towards the exorcism genre, which is the direction of Western religious films?
probably started from "Black Priests".
To be honest, South Korea’s imitating power is quite strong, always saying that they are copying the Western model, but they are indeed "copying" quite well. From crime films, literary films, to horror films, they gradually figured out something suitable for their own country. This is not to say that they are exaggerated. In many cases, we have to calm our minds and "learn from the barbarians to develop skills to control the barbarians."
"Black Priests" received a good response in South Korea, so they gradually opened up this territory, including the TV series "Ghost" which was broadcast on OCN Mizumu last year, which also received good response. (Of course, for this TV series, we still have to thank our translation team. Thanks to their mosaics for making my heart relax a lot.) There are many excellent movies like
, such as Wen Ziren’s "Call for Souls". The "Universe" series is the most systematic and exquisite. Even a knife, a wedding dress, and a decoration have a lot of background. The control of the rhythm of the movie, as well as the handling of details, can be called a classic. As expected of the man who made "Saw Fright"!
divideFor this type of movie, the subject of Exorcist is also a classic that has been remade many times. The book "The Exorcist" by William Peter Bratty laid the beginning of this genre of movies. After reading this book, judging from my experience of watching many horror movies, I will not be scared at all. Arrived, but why is this classic novel so popular? The answer to
is the soul of the exorcist series. They are not discussing terror, but human nature. They shock people with humanity. As I said earlier, the invasion of demons is caused by the human soul, perhaps fragility, evil, or loneliness. , All because of oneself, attract demons. It’s really a pity that the two TV series behind
were cut off. It may be that the style is not in line with the current American dramas. They are a bit of a British drama style, slowly unfolding, low air pressure rhythm, hidden turbulent calm appearance, each Seconds are not wasted. Whether it is an enchanted person or an exorcist priest, they are struggling with obsessions because of their physical bodies. The flaws in their hearts are necessities of mankind, as well as demons.
Does "The Envoy of the Yin Cao" grasp the essence? I'll just grab it.
summoned the demons and sacrificed with various things to satisfy his dissatisfied selfishness. In the end, he also sacrificed himself. After death, the demons still dragged him to hell, and those who pulled his body His hand is someone who is as greedy and sexual as him.
We seem to be a bit harsher for foreign exploratory films than for domestic exploratory films. "The Envoy of the Yin Cao" is very neat in the play, the fighting scene is slightly weaker, but the rhythm of the exorcism scene is still stable. When I watched it, I just had a little play. Maybe it’s because I'm used to seeing western faces. Father An from the Vatican speaks Italian to exorcise the devil, and it takes a while to get used to it.
Generally speaking, this is a relatively strong movie to watch. It can also be seen that Koreans are tentatively trying to ignite the skill tree of exorcism-type movies. The big dissatisfaction of
should be regarded as the end. The front is very good, and the emotional scenes like father and son are also advancing well. Only this anticlimactic ending is somewhat unsatisfactory.
just said that the exorcist series is better than the combination of human nature and terror. "The Envoy of the Yin Cao" turned into a pure fighting scene in the end. The
villain sold his soul and became a half-human thing.
Seeing that our protagonist Park Yonghou couldn't support it with the skill of that stigmata, so he saw his father again in the mist, increasing his skill value.
There is a kind of Digimon that has all evolved, and two people only feel like they are physically attacking.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that it must be in-depth. It is good to discuss human nature, but at the end it is always best to step on the subject, isn’t it?
is like the DC comic film "Constantin" starring Keanu Reeves. The detective named Constantine is responsible for various exorcism affairs.
Constantine himself hated this kind of life, and at this time, because of smoking all the year round, he got lung cancer. He wanted to die and then go to heaven, but suicide would only go to hell.
Satan bet Constantine with God to see if he goes to hell or heaven. Just as the son of Satan was about to come to the world, in order to call his father out and take away his son, Constantine cut his arms. Satan thought he had won and wanted to take Constantine together. When the light comes, Constantine's approach is called self-sacrifice, you can go to heaven.
is the most final result. Satan who refuses to admit defeat has shown his ability to remove cancer cells with his bare hands. Constantine failed to enter heaven as he wished, and then survived on earth. The ending of
is a little cleverer than a hardcore attack. But maybe some people like to watch this intuitive ending.
In fact, this type of movie is also being tested in Korea. The ending seems to have paved the way for the second one. Maybe they will eventually find a way that suits them. In short, everything is better than hypnosis and the same. A dream should be stronger as the ending.
Finally, if you fail to find a too classic line, let's give the actor's body to everyone.
But a comment below this picture made me laugh for half a year.
