No matter a movie or a thing... there will be many facets. Just like when we look at Mount Lu: looking horizontally, looking sideways, looking far away, and looking up close, the scenery is different. This movie will also have many different comments.
With a cast led by Matthew McConaughey , femme fatale Anne Hathaway and Jason Clarke who never disappoints, " Bloody Gangster " producer Steven Knight This black thriller directed by it looks like a brain-burning film that inherits the essence of high score series such as "Lies" and "Côte d'Azur". What's more, who wouldn't like movies about erotic murder?
As a suspense film, "The Storm" can be said to have done a good job in plot design.
summarized in one sentence is, when you think you are about to enter a crime suspense thriller of femme fatale and tough guy, you find that you are watching a soft science fiction; when you enter the world of soft science fiction, you find out This is actually an anti-war family ethics film. After entering the theme of
, the color of the film noir has been quite strong. The beautiful woman, the lonely island, and the terrifying deep sea ushered in an invitation to murder. The strong colors, especially the night scenes with weird light perception, make this meaning even stronger.
Captain Baker, played by Matthew McConaughey, has full firepower at the beginning. He has a cynical and vicissitudes of prodigal temperament, a fiery temperament that draws a knife if he doesn’t agree with a word, and his paranoia about tuna hunting, highlighting a sense of mystery. Fishing, drinking, and drinking, everything seems normal, but in this normal state, it always seems to make people have an inexplicable premonition that there is something wrong with this holiday island.
Until the arrival of the ex-wife Karen played by Anne Hathaway , she cried out about the misfortune after the two separated, and wanted to conspire with him to murder the current husband. A pre-announced fishing boat murder case began to enter the stage of arrangement. The
film made this process very compact and thrilling, whether it was the planning process, Baker and Karen’s negotiations, Bell’s attitude change, or the preparation stage, Karen was hit by her husband’s domestic violence, and the black Duke suddenly took action. The situation has changed. The lady of the grocery store, the salesman of fishing gear who seems to know the secret, and the uninvited little helper are all intentionally or unintentionally stopping Baker. What kind of puzzle is
? The prey is tuna, Karen’s current villain, or Baker himself? The answer is too deep like a tuna on the bottom of the sea, and the plot is advancing too fast, it is estimated that many viewers are not able to unravel all the mysteries while watching the movie.
As the truth came to light, it was suddenly realized that all clues and metaphors surfaced. It turned out that every role played a very important role in the development of the event. Baker’s son was obsessed with the fishing game he wrote. No one on the island can see the salesman. The residents of Plymouth Island are always omniscient, including Baker’s name and veteran status. They are all details that cannot be missed. It is just these complex metaphors and details. In the end, it turned into a thought-provoking truth.
This son is described by his mother and stepfather as a severely addicted teenager who is addicted to computers all the time. Nevertheless, the 13-year-old is a genius that even the teacher has to admit in programming.
When the boy’s biological father woke up before the alarm clock, he was fixed on the bed and couldn’t move. When the fishing tackle salesman wanted to say something but said that he was the rule, this peaceful island There seems to be another reasonable explanation. This is a "prescribed" world, and this world is manipulated.
is there a world that can be manipulated? Who controls this world, and why does he control such a small island?
At the end of the film, the silent "Internet addicted teenager" finally had a phone call with his biological father. This call broke reality and imagination and connected life and death.
Regardless of suspense, horror or soft science fiction, to this movie, it is just a "form", just a little bit of a cocoonAfter that, what was inside was the innocent but scarred heart of a child. The essence of the
story is actually a family tragedy similar to social news, but when the story is reconstructed, it becomes a cautious suspense temptation and even a science fiction thriller. The surprise at the end condenses everything that has been said before, leaving us with a long-lasting unspeakable shock and thinking.