The characters of Tony Leung Ka Fai and Yan Bingyan are Thai Chinese, living in a small place, doing some network equipment business, more than enough than above, and giving birth to two daughters.
Tony Leung has shaved his hair short, wears an old man's shirt, and has a slightly hunched back. He looks like a standard little guy when he first appears. He has no other hobbies than watching movies and has watched more than a thousand movies. He especially likes crime and suspense themes.
One day, the eldest daughter made a fuss about going to an elite summer camp, which was expensive.
Although Liang Jiahui was heartbroken, he still paid for it. His eldest daughter happily participated in the summer camp, thinking that she could see the world. She did get to know some children from rich and powerful families. Among them was a young master whose mother was the city police chief.
, my father is running for mayor and is a first-rate dignitary in the local area.
The young master raped her.
At the end of the summer camp, the young master came to see his eldest daughter again and made an appointment at her home. His mother also found her. She lost her hand while pestering her and hit the young master on the head with a hoe.
The mother and daughter thought he was dead, so they put him in a coffin and buried him.
At this time Liang Jiahui returned home, and the meaty drama officially began: how he used the techniques he learned in the movie to cover up evidence and exonerate his wife and children.
Domestic crime films are rare, and Cao Baoping is a pioneer, having made "Li Mi's Conjecture", "Heart of the Burning Sun" and "The Chaser". Diao Yinan later joined and made "Fireworks in the Day", as well as Xin Yukun's "
"Heart Maze".
Crime movies are difficult to make because they require too much script and acting skills.
The previous plot introduces the background, lays out clues, reflects how difficult it is for small people to survive, how dark the Thai police are, etc. The audience watched the previous part with a quite peaceful attitude, and then from the moment Tony Leung Jiahui tried to cover up the evidence, the rhythm suddenly became tense, and the plot gradually became tense.
The audience showed what "dramatic tension" is!
The villain played by Gong Li appeared on the stage, wearing a police uniform, with hair slicked back close to the scalp, and an imposing figure with bulging chests.
She wanted to find her missing son, and started a battle of wits and courage with Tony Leung Ka Fai.
The method used by the protagonist is the core of the film. To put it simply: My daughter killed someone on No. 2, and now I want to create evidence that No. 2 was not present. What should I do?
On the 3rd, he took his whole family to the city, for example, to a restaurant for dinner, and deliberately talked with the boss to leave an impression.
A week later, he went to the restaurant again and repeatedly said to the boss: "Have you forgotten? Our whole family came here to eat on the 2nd. We thought your butter bread was so delicious that we even packed a portion!"
Because people are not very good at remembering daily trivial matters, they will become blurry after a week, and the protagonist will continue to brainwash them, saying that we are here on the 2nd, and we are here on the 2nd...
This disrupts the concept of time and transplants what happened on the 3rd to the 2nd, allowing the restaurant owner to perjury without knowing it: "Yes, their family came to eat on the 2nd."
The protagonist uses this method to brainwash the neighbors, hotel staff, popcorn man, etc., and creates a perfect alibi.
But it’s just because it’s so perfect that it’s extremely unreal.
The villain played by Gong Li has gone through various interrogations and investigations, but nothing has been found. She loves her son so much that she directly orders the arrest, completely ignoring legal procedures.
She played this role so beautifully and fiercely that no matter where she stood, once the uniform was put on, it felt like trampling the man under her feet and ravaging her.
Yan Bingyan completed the task very well. Her role is that of an ordinary wife with no skills, no culture, a yellow-faced woman who works hard all day long, but she can stand up bravely when facing the powerful police chief.
The scene of the confrontation between the two mothers is very exciting.
Gong Li didn't know her son's life or death, and like a tiger about to go crazy, she made one last threat to him: "You are also a mother. You should know that there is nothing I can't do for my child!"
Veins popped out on Yan Bingyan's forehead, and every word she spoke was trembling: "Some children are just children, and some children are beasts!"
Wow!
The audience seemed to let out a chorus of exclamations. It was a novelty. Nowadays, the public pursues blockbusters, and the niche pursues literary films. They mock each other. One thinks the other is showing off, and the other thinks the other is a country bumpkin.
But they forget that movies are diverse, not just blockbusters and art films. So they find it novel that this kind of movie that relies on stories and acting skills can be so interesting!
It was also the first time for Yao Yuan to watch the film, and it was even better than expected.
He looked at Yinyin, who was biting her fingers and concentrating on it, far from the state she had in "Assembly". Zhou Yunfan also tilted his head and said, "It's really good, it has a rare movie quality."
"It's very high-end. It's different from current Chinese films from the inside out." Wang Leilei said.
“And it’s very original!”
Shen Nanpeng finally added that he was still thinking that if the quality of "Manslaughter" was not very good, he would find someone to buy some box office to push the numbers up. Now that I saw it, hey, I have to buy it!
The movie is still going on.
The protagonist's family was tortured, and the youngest daughter was so frightened that she revealed where the body was hidden. The police immediately went to dig it up, and what they found was a sheep... The protagonist had already moved the body.
The oppressed people who had long disliked the police finally broke out and riots broke out across the city.
The opponent running for mayor also took the opportunity to build momentum. For a while, the powerful couple huddled in the house like two ostriches and did not dare to show their faces. In the end, the police chief was dismissed and the husband withdrew from the election.
The ending of the Indian original version ends when the protagonist's family is released.
The ending of the domestic remake was as follows: the young master was not dead at the time, but just fainted and suffocated to death in the coffin. The protagonist actually knew this and felt very guilty, bowed and apologized to the villain couple, and surrendered.
It was criticized wildly when it was released.
Yao Yuan also thought it was terrible, but the domestic version had to be shot like this, otherwise it would not be allowed to pass the review.
"..."
When the ending came out, he obviously felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere at the scene. It seemed like question marks were popping up over everyone's heads: What the hell!!!
"What's going on?"
Wang Leilei asked directly, saying: "I want to give it 10 points. With this ending, I only give it 8 points."
"Huh? Why do you still support such illegal and disorderly things?"
"Fart! If my wife and children are bullied, I can't wait to kill the whole family... Hey, it was so fun at the beginning, but the ending is off-putting!"
Yao Yuan shrugged.
It's normal to have movie-watching emotions, but don't talk about it, you won't be bullied.
The lights are bright, the atmosphere is still there, and almost everyone is talking about this movie. It is very rare for a movie to arouse discussion, because after most movies are released, the comments they get are nothing more than "ok", "average", "very good"
Not good."
Immediately afterwards, applause and screams rang out in an instant, but it was the creator of "Manslaughter" who appeared.
Ning Hao leads the team, and Liang Jiahui, Yan Bingyan, and Sun Chun are all there, but Gong Li does not participate. She rarely promotes movies. To be honest, there are not enough celebrities in this group, and only Liang Jiahui is considered a big name.
But the scene was great and the exchanges were very lively.