understands every good movie and restores the truest plot. Hello everyone, and welcome to Zhige Movie. Today I bring you a thriller and mystery film "Ambush on Eight Sides" released in 2004.
In a foggy forest, two FBI agents Sarah and Rice are following a serial murder. They followed the clues and came to an old house. There were lights in the house. Maybe they could find out some news from here. Sarah knocked on the door, but there was no response inside, and the window was muffled by the newspaper. She looked around and found a car under the canvas. The owner of the car was the serial murderer they had been tracking for a long time. Just when they asked for support, a girl's scream suddenly came from the house. The first reaction of the two was that there were survivors inside.
They kicked the door open and checked each room one by one. In the end, they found the bodies of several girls in the kitchen, and the murderer was also dead. Sarah breathed a sigh of relief. She took out the walkie-talkie to report to the headquarters that the scene was safe. However, as soon as the voice fell, a masked man appeared behind him. He stabbed Sarah, grabbed her pistol and aimed it at Les. Les was so excited that he even shot without thinking. After a round of shooting, all three including Sarah fell to the ground and died. Afterwards, the spotlight illuminates the entire room, and the three patted the dirt on their bodies and stood up. It turns out that everything that happened just now was a simulation. The murderer was their colleague, and the bodies at the scene were also dummies.
Les and Sara are two novice agents. They walked into the house and reported the situation to Instructor Harrison. Their performance was terrible. Two cigarettes of different brands appeared on the stairs. There were also two cars in front of the door. These clues were telling them that the murderer might be two people, but they did not realize this at all. Si even killed his partner himself. In the FBI, a person who is good at analyzing the behavior and character of criminals is called the sketcher. The most terrifying thing about the sketcher is not his gun, but his mind.
These novice agents are very smart people in all fields, but they need more tests if they want to be an excellent sketcher. The final test location for the novice agents is on Vernego Island, mainly to test their teamwork ability. Early the next morning, seven novice agents arrived at the airport on time. But besides them, there is also a temporary entrant, Inspector Old Black, whose purpose is to assist Harrison to observe the actions of these rookies. After flying 50 nautical miles,
arrived at the destination of Vernego Island. The goal of this mission is a criminal named Puppet Master. He has already killed two people, and will kill the third one next. Tomorrow morning, the rookies will find the crime scene, and what to do next is up to them. In short, instructor Harrison will see all the information about the puppet master next Monday. In the office, all the equipment has been prepared for them, only the internal network computer, blood testing machine, sample scanner, etc. are all available. After explaining all this, Harrison left by helicopter.
At night, the seven agents were not very friendly to Old Hei, and they ridiculed him because of their FBI status. Lao Hei was not only not angry, but also analyzed the personality of each person based on their dialogue. Lao Hei was a mature sketcher from the beginning. Early the next morning, Sarah got up early to brush her teeth, but when she turned on the light, she found a dead cat hanging in the bathroom. After hearing the shout, everyone rushed over, with a watch in the cat's mouth, and the time stopped at 10 o'clock. Although they know this is part of the simulation, no one can guess what it means.
The streets in the early morning are very desolate, with dummy props and abandoned vehicles everywhere. In order to improve efficiency, they decided to work together to find the crime scene. For many of them, simulated crime is not of any interest at all, and they even regarded this operation as a vacation. Soon, they found the victim in the grocery store. In fact, a dummy model was splashed with red paint, but they had to analyze the case from a professional perspective. The victim was hung in the air by countless iron hooks. Just by looking at the killing technique, he knew that it was the puppet master.
Just as everyone was puzzled, a children's tape recorder on the table rang. Sarah wanted to turn it off, but Les stopped her, and the first time was always Les's style. When the switch was pressed, the horn fell off and triggered the dominoes next to it. The dominoes ran around the room and eventually overturned.Bottle of refrigerant. The low temperature of a few hundred degrees below zero sprayed on Les, and in just a few seconds, he was frozen into an ice sculpture. Everyone is dumbfounded, isn't it a good simulation? No matter how life is lost.
Sarah glanced at the time, exactly 10 o'clock. The situation now is very obvious. Someone has murdered Les, and there are probably others on the island. While everyone was arguing, Lao Hei found a new clue. A watch appeared on the billiard table with its pointer pointing to 12 o'clock. This is the murderer sending a message to them. At 12 o'clock, someone will be killed again.
everyone panicked, now all they have to do is to leave the island quickly. When they first came, they saw a ship at the pier, maybe this ship could help them leave. But when they passed the trestle bridge, the sensing device was accidentally triggered, and the explosives on the boat was instantly detonated. Fortunately, everyone was blown into the water by air waves, and there were no casualties. The only way to escape was cut off, and now they can only give it a go. They returned to the arsenal, fully armed, and then began a full search of the island. But after searching for an hour, they didn't find any suspicious people.
is only 20 minutes away from 12 o'clock, and they don't know who will be killed next. Just as the atmosphere was getting tense, Lucas suddenly pointed his gun on the old black head. He found a map of the island in the old black bedroom, which recorded every street and building on the island. This is a military restricted zone, and it is impossible for anyone to get the information. He suspects that Lao Hei is the murderer hiding in the dark. Old Hei wanted to explain, but as soon as he got up, he became dizzy and fell to the floor. Not only the old black, but other people also began to faint. Each of them had a cup of coffee in front of them. It seemed that the problem was the coffee.
In a blink of an eye, 5 hours later, everyone also awakened from the coma. They chained Old Black to the chair and asked him why he did it. But Lao Hei felt wronged. Huang Mao was the one who made the coffee. Shouldn't he be the biggest suspect. Seeing that Huang Mao was questioned, everyone wanted him to explain. Unexpectedly, Huang Mao's head had been chopped off, and there was no trace of blood at the decapitation. Someone drained his blood.
Then, they found that someone had written numbers on the glass with blood stains, and there were two watches hanging beside them, and the time was pointing to 6 o'clock. Two watches means that two people will be killed. Now they only have 20 minutes to crack the spell. They locked Old Hei in the basement, and let Vince guard him, while the others focused on solving crossword puzzles. As time passed, Sarah finally locked the target on a set of numbers, which was the basic unit of the speed of light, so the clues were probably related to light. Sarah asked everyone to turn off the lights, and then started looking for clues with the scanner.
accidentally, she found a letter behind Nicol, and all the other people's clothes also had letters. But no matter how these letters are arranged, they cannot spell a word. At this time, it was exactly 6 o'clock, and Vince in the basement seemed to hear something. He opened the door to find out. Suddenly, the electric light in the passage hung down to connect with the ground, and the water pipe burst and gradually spread in the direction of the two of them. If the two were combined, it would become a weapon for killing. Vince is a disabled person. His only way to escape is to climb up the water pipe, but he can't hold on to this position for long. Old Hei sat on the bed and was submerged by water sooner or later.
Now the two must trust each other and work together to have the hope of survival. Old Black asked Vince for a pistol, and then punched a few bullet holes in the wall. He wanted to climb to the opposite side to turn off the power. The companions upstairs heard the gunfire and rushed over, but they were all stopped by Vince, and the water under the steps would kill them. Just when Vince was almost unable to hold on, the old black successfully turned off the power. Through this incident, the old black barely became innocent, and all they had to do now was to turn off the valve of the water pipe. Bobby was born in engineering, and this job naturally fell on him. When he turned the valve switch, three iron arrows suddenly shot from the front, and Bobby died on the spot. It turns out that the two watches do not represent the two victims, but represent the two institutions.
As usual, as long as someone dies, the next watch will appear. This time it is 8 o'clock in the evening, and they have an hour and a half to discuss countermeasures. Since the letters on the clothes cannot spell a complete word, try adding some other letters. In the end, Vince discovered the secret, Krathong, aColonial name. The island on which they are located was first established by Europeans, when there were about 100 people living here. Two years later, the supply ship arrived on the island, but they found that there was no one on the island, no bodies, no traces, and more than 100 people seemed to have evaporated. The only clue they found was the word Cretone.
It seems that the purpose of the murderer was to reproduce the legend of the year. Now that they have mastered the murderer’s motives, the next step is to find out where he made the mistake. They checked all the places that the murderer might have touched, and eventually found some blood stains in the fingers of the yellow hair, which is probably the yellow hair. Left by the murderer while fighting. They have a blood testing machine in their hands, and as long as they compare everyone's blood with the samples, they can know who the murderer is. The
test went smoothly, and the results showed that one DNA was consistent with the sample. Several people became nervous in an instant, which meant that the murderer was among them. For safety, Sarah asked everyone to put their guns on the table. But Vince refused, and he would never leave his body any time. Lao Hei was very angry at his behavior, so he went up and snatched his gun. Next, Nicol pressed the confirmation button.
Lucas believes in Sarah the most. He believes that Sarah has no motive to kill. But Vince inferred the reason. Sarah had a sister who was murdered many years ago. This incident had a great impact on Sarah. She hated the FBI for not saving her sister, so she created this series of serial murders. There were only the last 10 minutes left by 8 o’clock in the evening, and Nicol was a little uncomfortable. She wanted to kill Sara to end the nightmare, but her actions were opposed by others, and now no more companions can be killed. Niko rushed out of the room in a fit of anger. She wanted to solve the mystery by herself. The rest of them won't let Sarah go, but they won't believe her either. They asked Sarah to tell her why she was not a murderer.
Sarah didn't want to explain anymore, but he suddenly found a clue from the mouth of the old black: everyone has weaknesses. At first they thought that the murderer was random, but it was not. Les, the first to be killed, always likes to lead the battle, so he triggered the trap first. Huang Mao loves coffee, so the murderer made an article on him again. And Bobby, who was just killed, had an engineering background, and only he would repair the valve.
looks like this, the murderer has long understood everyone's character and weakness, and now that Nicol is acting alone, she must be in danger. Nico found a pack of cigarettes when passing by a vending machine. She was an addict and had little resistance to cigarettes. But when she lit the cigarette, she felt that her hand was burned. It turned out that a certain strong acid had been put into the cigarette by the murderer. The acid quickly corroded Nicol's throat and lungs, and she suffocated after a while. Fell into the lake. Lucas and Lao Hei, who came out to find a companion, saw this scene with their own eyes. It seems that Sarah was right. The murderer killed her by taking advantage of Cuteness's smoking habit.
When several people were in a panic, the voice of Instructor Chris came from the speaker: Did you have fun? I am having fun. Lucas instantly understood that all this was done by the instructor. He called on everyone to go out and look for the instructor, but Vince refused. There must be another trap waiting for them. He would rather hide in the room. Go out to die. The other three took their weapons and headed to the broadcast room, but what they never expected was that the instructor had been killed, and the death was exactly the same as the puppet master's method. The broadcast was actually his recording. Sarah found that the instructor was wearing three watches on his hands, and time pointed to the present. Lucas and Old Hei pointed their guns at each other almost at the same time. Now they are the only suspects.
Suddenly, there was a power outage on the island, and the three rushed out of the room and started street fighting in the dark. Sarah hid under the car and shouted, telling them to stop fighting. Lucas thought that Sarah was in danger, so he rushed out of the bunker, but in an instant, he was shot several times and fell to the ground to death. Old Hei slowly walked over with a pistol. This was the price Lucas paid for his arrogance. On the other side, Vince ran out of bullets, and for someone who could not leave the gun, weapons were his only sense of security. He came to the morgue and got a magazine from his dead companion. As he was taking the elevator and preparing to return on the same road, suddenly a figure appeared in front of him. After
saw what the opponent looked like, he shot without hesitation, but the pistol exploded and Vince died on the spot. After returningSarah saw the scene in front of her. She stepped forward to find out the cause of Vince's death, but her behavior was seen by the old black, who regarded her as a murderer and fought with her. Although Sarah has a gun in her hands, she is far from the old black in terms of experience and skill. Just when the old black knocked her to the ground, Lucas suddenly rushed out and attacked the old black. Under the union of Sarah and Lucas, the old black was finally subdued. It turned out that Lucas was wearing a bullet-proof vest, so he survived the guns just now. He asked Sarah with a wry smile, wondering if the leadership would believe them.
Sarah said that she had evidence to convince her superiors. Because the killer always kills people according to the time, Sarah deliberately adjusted the clock back by 15 minutes and put phosphor on the back of the clock. If the killer set the clock back, his hands would be stained with phosphor. Sarah took out the scanning gun and swept the old black hand a few times. But what she didn't expect was that there were no traces on Old Hei's hands, instead he found phosphors on Lucas's hands. It turned out that the real behind-the-scenes was Lucas. He killed his parents many years ago. He was very proud to wait for the police to ask him about his motives, but the police asked him if he wanted gum.
Lucas thought they were very unprofessional and even stupid, so he joined the FBI with the goal of killing all stupid police. While these dumb FBIs were still learning dogma, Lucas was already studying their weaknesses, and it was too easy for them to die under their weaknesses. On the contrary, the appearance of Old Hei made him somewhat unexpected, but Sarah helped herself to get rid of him.
As a reward, Lucas dragged her to the pool and let her get close to her sister. Since Sarah's sister died, she has never been in the water again, because she can always see her dead sister in the water, and water is Sarah's psychological fear. In the process of being choked, Sarah found Nicol's body, and she stopped struggling with an idea. Lucas thought he had succeeded, and as he relaxed his guard, Sarah kicked him into the pool. Sarah swam straight to Nicol's body and found a gun from her. They protruded their muzzles out of the water at the same time. Whoever comes out of the water first will be hit by the opponent. After
's brief stalemate, Lucas had reached his limit, and when he surfaced, Sarah shot a bullet into his body. Lucas climbed to the shore with difficulty. He laughed at Sarah. Huang Mao's fingers had Sarah's blood stains. There were Sarah's fingerprints on the fire extinguisher. She still had her bullets. Sarah would explain even if she survived. Unclear.
But what he didn't expect was that Old Hei came over at this moment, and he could prove who the murderer was. Lucas was desperate to make the final resistance, but Sarah fired the shot first. Lucas' body fell into the water, and his conspiracy was completely over. At the end of the story, Sarah and Old Black leave the island in a rescue helicopter, and the movie ends. There are a lot of foreshadowings in the
film that are worth discussing. First of all, the FBI’s identity setting directly raises the difficulty of narration. They are sensitive, good at analysis, and are leaders in various fields. They can put them to death one by one, which is enough to explain this. The thoroughness of the serial murders.
is here to focus on Vince’s death. His habit is to keep the gun in his hand. It is difficult for the murderer to manipulate his gun, but Vince died in the end. In fact, the problem lies with his gun. If you observe carefully, you will find that Vince's gun is different from everyone's, because he brought his gun to the island. After Vince's gun had no bullets, he went to the freezer and took away the colleague's magazine. During this period, his pistol was frozen for a period of time. The low temperature caused the pistol carriage to narrow and eventually killed Vince. There was a close-up shot when Sarah inspected Vince's pistol. His pistol carriage is plastic, so it is affected by the low temperature.
The second detail, when was instructor Harrison killed? In fact, he was the first person to be killed. When Les was killed by refrigerant, they scanned the entire island with a thermal sensor, but they didn’t find anything. This means that the instructor was killed the night before. died. Lucas is a thoughtful person. When he first came to the island, he found the rotating camera, so he judged that the instructor would stay on the island to monitor them. In order to avoid future troubles, he killed him that night. Instructor. Of course, in addition to these details, the film also has many bugs.
For example, a murderer can drain a person’s blood in 4 hours.This is difficult to achieve in the case of any instrument. Because the wound has the ability to heal, he must keep cutting open new wounds to continue bleeding. At the same time, he has to write numbers on all the glass, which is difficult to complete in 4 hours. Secondly, Lucas obviously didn't drink coffee, but he also pretended to faint, and no one doubted him when he got up. For some FBI agents who are good at analysis and observation, this is obviously a loophole. Of course, setting aside these small issues, the degree of suspense in the film is still very commendable.
We kept following the protagonists' inferences and determined that a certain person was the murderer. But the speculation was overturned again and again, and the mood of the audience was mobilized again and again. This film is unique in terms of psychoanalysis. For this reason, the film also emphasizes the identity of the profiler. The murderer uses the opponent's weaknesses to defeat them by observing words and colors. In reality, each of us has a weakness, and this weakness usually does not bring us too bad. However, once it is used by someone with a heart, it is likely to bring us immeasurable losses and even lose our lives. Facing one's own weakness, facing it squarely and overcoming it is the key to solving the problem. Okay, that's it for today's commentary. If you like suspense movies, remember to subscribe to Zhige Movies!
