's most popular movie recently, " Silently Kills " is one of them. It was released for seven days and the total box office exceeded 500 million.
This movie had already received a lot of buzz before it was released. The director had made the popular "Manslaughter" and also filmed the web drama "Tang Detective". After dating Junning Chang, his 2018 work "Silence" was remade. The lineup has been greatly changed, with Zhang Junning as the heroine, and Wu Zhenyu , Wang Chuanjun , Wang Shengdi, Huang Minghao ... all familiar faces, the blockbuster lineup, and the attributes of a suspense film, aroused very high expectations. As a result, the box office of
has been rising steadily since its release. Wang Chuanjun, whose acting skills have become more and more proficient, was praised as "preparing for promotion".
However, as more and more people watch this film, people have more and more doubts about this film. A common voice is that if the plot talks about campus bullying, does it need to "abuse women"?
Because there are many close-ups of the victims, the female students played by Wang Shengdi and Xu Jiao are both victims of campus bullying, and the perpetrators use various methods of violence against them, and the shots are all close-ups. Many netizens are I question whether it is necessary to show the audience so many heart-wrenching scenes.
When the perpetrator was killed, there was also footage. As a result, a "Silent Killing Close-up of Female Victims" became a hot search topic among netizens.
But actually, what kind of story is "Silent Kill" telling? The original trailer of
was marked: "Adapted from real events."
According to the director, the inspiration for "Silent Killing" came from a social news story. A daughter did not come home after school. The surveillance showed that she had returned to the building. The mother went to each house to ask questions, and finally found that she had been killed. . In this process, it is precisely because no one stopped or called the police that tragedy occurred. "Silence" kills people.
In the news we see every day, tragedies in which victims die due to the cold-blooded ruthlessness of bystanders also happen from time to time. Therefore, once you understand the intention of the director, you can also understand the two words "silent killing". The meaning of the word.
This movie is Ke Wenli’s graduation work when he was a graduate student. It was started as early as 2017 and was filmed in 2018. It also appeared in some film festivals in 2023. As a result, the male protagonist Huang Jianwei was involved in the me too suspicion, and the entire movie faced The crisis of not being able to be released.
What to do? Ke Wenli, who liked this story very much, finally decided to reshoot it. Chang Junning was also very optimistic about this work and came to be the heroine. The entire lineup was greatly changed. It is said that almost 90% of the reshoots were completed. The result of the
remake is that pros and cons appear at the same time. The advantage of
is that the lineup is luxurious, and more people come to watch the star lineup. Huang Minghao also stars, and many fans will support it; the disadvantage of
is that when there are more group portraits, the story becomes more complicated, and there are many The lines are not actually rounded.
Like the "Candid Photography Line" in the film, the policeman played by Wu Zhenyu found out that his son loved to secretly photograph his son in his early years and beat him up. As a result, his son "secretly photographed" again during the case and became an important figure who provided key clues. In terms of expression, Wu Zhenyu spoke Cantonese to his "son", but Huang Minghao himself could not speak Cantonese, so he was arranged to be a taciturn person with only one or two lines. Until the end, what was the son's thoughts and storyline in the candid filming? None of it was made clear.
and Li Meng's part, as well as the principal's part, all start with suspense without going into details, which will make netizens think that it is all bugs after thinking about it.
As for the details of the case, I won’t spoil it here. Personally, I think the case is pretty good. If the theme of “silent killing” is used, it doesn’t have any serious flaws.
But the prerequisite is that you still need to understand what "silent killing" means.
"Silent Killing" is not a scripted killing. A few suspects are listed for everyone to find the murderer. The murderer is actually revealed early on, and the real murderer is also very easy to predict, but the plot is more focused on when a crime occurs. , everyone around you remains silent, and this silence is really harmful.
Therefore, the aesthetics of violence have become people’s emotional booster here. Only by truly immersing yourself in the plot, feeling the pain of the victims, and understanding why the revengers do what they do, can we see clearly who the “real murderer” is—— Although school bullies are hateful, the connivers behind the scenes and the bystanders who turn a blind eye are also sinners.
In fact, many Hong Kong and Taiwan film works focus on the expression of "aesthetics of violence". For example, in his early years, Chang Cheh arranged plots for , Jiang Dawei, and Ti Lung, which were all kinds of torture, all kinds of tragic death, and even "dismemberment by five horses";
In "Monga", the gangster played by Chen Handian was glued to death after he offended the "boss".
Not to mention this year's hit " Weekly Elimination of Three Evils ". The whole film is full of violence from beginning to end, with headshots and a police officer being blinded by a madman. Such plots seem to have no effect on the plot. It was too much advancement, but the more I thought about it in the end, the more I could understand Chen Guilin and Chen Hui's obsession with each other. At the final moment of execution, there was an indescribable and shocking sense of solemnity.
Therefore, "Silent Kill" also has its own set of violent aesthetics. In real life, school bullying can be even more brutal. The bullying in the movie is childish and evil, not just a simple beating. Hui Jun, played by Xu Jiao, , it is precisely because she is pure and kind-hearted that her abuser took advantage of her love for pigeons and was forced to stand on the glass stage in the school auditorium. This is the appearance;
seems to be that Li Han and her daughter Chen Yutong, played by Zhang Junning, appeared Huijun thought she was waiting for a savior, but what she didn’t expect was that Li Han’s fear of trouble prevented her daughter from helping;
But looking back on the past, you can better understand why Li Han stopped her daughter from doing anything at that moment, and why she still Beating my daughter...
And at the end of the film, the girl got "freedom", but is that "freedom" really a good thing? All the plots of
are very closely intertwined. The increase in group portraits does increase the difficulty of the narrative and distract some of the focus. However, the flaws cannot be concealed. There are various details hidden behind the "silent killing" that are extremely scary to consider. It needs to be tasted slowly.
To sum up, in this somewhat dull summer season, "Silent Kill" is actually remarkable, it feels "refreshing", and the actors' performances are also above the standard, especially the music at the end, which is very touching. As for the "degree" of violent aesthetic expression, it still has to be classified into a discussion of the classification system, which will not be discussed here; and if everyone can understand the horror of "silent killing" after watching the film, they will not do it in life. People who associate with evil should at least not remain indifferent and actively ask for help when encountering problems. That is also the positive effect of this movie.
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