Copywriter | Luo Sheng
Editor | Meow Sansan
The summer of 2024 can be described as a "fight between gods", but I didn't expect that there would be a suspense film " silently kills " that was not taken seriously. It "killed" out of the encirclement and took the lead in the big hit. burst.
The film revolves around a school bullying incident, but the entire focus is on revenge, murder and mystery. After reading
, I have only one feeling: pleasure!
However, as the film went out of the entertainment industry, there were many discordant voices on the Internet, and some people even labeled the film as "disrespecting women".
To be honest, the scale of the movie is the highest of the year, but large scale does not mean vulgar. Can a larger scale be bigger than reality? The bullying and sexual assault presented in the plot of
may be just the tip of the iceberg in reality, not to mention that the filming has been very restrained.
For example, the process of young Xiaotong being violated by her stepfather is skipped directly. The only scene in the picture is her standing in the bathroom with her lower body bleeding, and the audience already understands what happened when they see this.
Thinking about it carefully, this scene was not as uncomfortable as the scene of Su Gengsheng being violated by his stepfather in "The Story of Rose".
As a "detail freak", director Ke Wenli also hides many carefully designed small details in "Silent Kill". Only after understanding these 8 places, you will know how awesome he is.
01 Cause and effect cycle
Many characters appear in the film. It seems that they are not directly related to the school bully Xiaotong, but because of the cycle of cause and effect, no one can escape.
For example, when Li Han saw Huijun being bullied, he pulled Xiaotong away quickly, but by the time she wanted to take care of it, it was too late.
Li Han, who chose to stand aside when faced with bullying, finally witnessed the tragic situation of his daughter being bullied. How ironic?
There is also Lin Zaifu handing out flyers at the door asking for help, trying to find clues as to why his daughter jumped off the building. The camera showed Xiaoqing's mother, played by Li Meng, who did not take the former seriously at all.
Who would have thought that one day she would be standing at the school gate in the same state, begging passers-by for information about her daughter’s disappearance?
Just as Shen Mo said to his aunt in "The Long Season": "Do you think that if you don't speak, you are a good person?"
The "silence" in "Silent Kill" is also the silence of silence. Good and evil will be rewarded. , and eventually suffer bad consequences.
02 Kumquats
There is another detail in the movie, that is, Li Han always gives a bag of kumquats to acquaintances around him, and emphasizes: "My husband planted them."
I didn’t know how deep this foreshadowing was until I saw the end of the video.
It turns out that the kumquat was really planted by her husband, but he only nourished it with his own flesh and blood. It’s horrifying to think about it.
03 "Enlightenment"
I wonder if you have noticed that there is an item that has a very high appearance rate?
Yes, it is a book called "Awakening".
This book, written by Teacher Fang, can be regarded as a spiritual pillar for everyone in the church.
What is ridiculous is that Teacher Fang, who gives everyone faith, is a sanctimonious hypocrite, helping the principal conceal the truth about Huijun jumping off the building, and this book is actually a satire on hypocrisy.
But at the end, Lin Zaifu wanted to drive into the police car, but was shot by the policeman played by Ng Zhenyu and forced him to stop.
In fact, the gun did not hit Lin Zaifu. The car was able to stop because "Awakening" fell and jammed the brakes.
It seems that Teacher Fang woke up and this book finally played its due role.
04 Pigeon
Huijun went to the skylight to save the pigeon. Xiaotong saw the illusion of a huge pigeon in the auditorium.
As we all know, doves are a symbol of love and peace.
However, in the previous story, the shots of pigeons were not very good, which means that there was no love and peace in this environment at that time, only suffering and pain.
But at the end of the film, everything settled and good and evil were rewarded. Xiaotong left her mother with the recovered pigeon in her arms, which also meant that love and peace had finally arrived.
05 Mother Xu
Many viewers feel that the role of the landlady Mother Xu is a bit redundant, as if it was specially arranged for comedy, but in fact there are also a lot of foreshadowings in her.
For example, Xu’s mother said that she could hear Li Han beating her children every day, and she also saw Li Han being abused at home.
Is it possible that she heard that Xiaotong was violated by her stepfather and also knew that the stepfather never left the room after that day?
There is a detail about Xu’s mother in the video.
Li Han wanted to give her a bag of kumquats, but with a personality like Mrs. Xu's, he couldn't grab it right away. After all, he had this advantage, so he couldn't take advantage of it.
But Xu’s mother did not reach out to take it, but inexplicably asked Li Han to hang the kumquat on her door.
The behavior here is a bit inexplicable, but if you look carefully, it really makes people feel chills on the back.
06 Cross
Audiences who are familiar with director Ke Wenli know that he is accustomed to adding religious elements to his films, which has a strong metaphorical color.
"Manslaughter" is like this, and this "Manslaughter" is no exception.
For example, Huijun wore a wreath with thorns on her head when she was bullied, and Xiaotong was watered and stuck to the wall, and her body also took on the shape of a cross, which is exactly the shape of the crucifixion of Jesus.
And the shots of Huijun and Lin Zaifu falling into the water actually represent a kind of baptism.
07 Did everyone read the Easter egg at the end of dumb
? Unexpectedly, Xiaotong is not mute, she is the one who hides it the most.
However, when you look back at the video, you will find that there are already subtle hints about this.
still remembers that the policeman played by Wu Zhenyu came to Xiaotong's house and saw the mobile phone left by her stepfather.
Li Han, who rushed to the charity meeting, received a call from her husband. She thought it was Xiaotong, so she kept asking what was going on and yelled: "Xiaotong! You speak!"
If she was really mute, Li Han, as a mother, would not have said such unreasonable things even if she was in a panic.
08 Scene
In addition, the audience should also find that the scenes in the movie have an eerie feeling.
It is said that the director shot the scene on location, the famous haunted house in Malaysia - Gao Yuan 99 Door Villa.
It is rumored that the villa has a total of 99 doors, but no matter how many times it is counted, there are not enough 99 doors. The previous owners also died inexplicably and had supernatural properties.
Good guy, the crew went all out for the filming.
09 Conclusion
These details of "Silent Kill" actually show the director's dedication to creation, and this dedication has also been rewarded at the box office. The fact that the film can stand out in such a fiercely competitive summer season is enough to explain everything.
Suspense films focus on these metaphors, rather than superficial suspense stories.
There is no doubt that this film can not only bring some refreshing experience to the audience in the hot summer, but it is also worth going back to the theater for a second or third viewing to experience how exciting the film is in the details.
The movie is still in theaters right now. According to the current trend, it is not a dream to achieve a total score of 1.5 billion.
I really hope that this dark horse work can give other popular movies a big shock, so what do you think?
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