Text/Naranze, Naranze Self Media Editorial Department
In the context of the hot sales and high reputation of the previous work "Manslaughter", "Manslaughter 2" is full of gimmicks and very exciting. As one of the most anticipated Chinese New Year movies this year, "Manslaughter 2" finally met the audience on December 17. Lead actors Xiao Yang, Ren Dahua, Li Zhiting and others frequently attended the premiere ceremony to warm up the film.
Although the story of Manslaughter is not continued, the new plot of Manslaughter 2 does not disappoint and comes up with a very good quality. The story of Manslaughter 2 is based on the American film "Imminent" released on February 15, 2002, and has been adapted. (Spoilers below)
The film tells the story of the happy little family of the unpopular screenwriter Lin Ri Lang living in Thailand who encounters a major accident. Lin Zhilang's son Worm was diagnosed with a serious congenital heart disease and nearly died suddenly on the football field. If surgery is not done as soon as possible, the worms will be life-threatening at any time. Faced with high operating costs, Lin Zhilang and his wife sold their houses and worked hard, but they still did not have enough money. Desperate, Lin Richang could only barely scrape together the cost of surgery through loan sharking.
However, what awaited him was not a successful operation but bad news. The source of the heart that was originally paired successfully with his son Worm was actually intercepted by the magnate after arriving in the local area. In order to give his son a glimmer of life, Lin Zhilang got a prop police gun from the crew, rushed into the hospital and planned a shocking hostage abduction incident, which aroused the attention of the whole society. But as the kidnappings were brought in, the development became more and more unexpected, and a series of criminal conspiracies hidden under the water surfaced.
01What is the final ending of the film?
Many viewers may not have waited for the end of the film to thank the Easter egg in the middle of the subtitle, but only saw the ending of the movie. In the finale of the film, Lin Zhilang finally sees through his fate, choosing to use his life to expose the mayor's amputation of the heart, and the secretary-general colludes with medical institutions to secretly engage in human organ trading. Before being headshot by a SWAT sniper rifle, he had already signed a consent form for surgery and transplanted his heart to the worm. Under the doctor's emergency surgery, the worm was finally able to obtain the heart of his father, Lin Zhilang, and regained his life.
In the easter egg ending, everything in the film is just a story of his film being shot. The old policeman played by Ren Dahua in the main film is actually the director of the film. Lin Zhilang was not killed, the worm did not have a heart attack, everything was just a story.
It can be said that the two versions of the ending give two completely different perceptions. A dim, ironic, but at last there was a glimmer of light. Another version, on the other hand, puts everything down to drama, and everything in life is so sunny and beautiful.
At the premiere scene, some viewers specifically asked director Dai Mo about whether the ending was designed with a parallel universe. Dai Mo said that in fact, in the original design, what they finally wanted to leave was the end of the Easter egg. The story of the Easter egg is not a parallel universe, but the final ending of Lin Rilang, played by Xiao Yang in "Manslaughter 2".
02 How does Xiao Yang see the character of Lin Zhilang
Xiao Yang said that at first he thought it would be a continuation of the story, but he did not expect to reopen a new world. After reading the script, he found that although the scripts were different, the essence of the role of the father played was not too different, and the core of the discussion was very close.
Xiao Yang shared at the premiere that if "Manslaughter" is the ultimate father's love, "Manslaughter 2" is based on the ultimate father's love, adding how society and public opinion are simple and rude to define a person's thinking. It takes time and different angles for the public to get close to the truth of many social events. Integrating these into social events makes sense in both depth and breadth.
Xiao Yang also believes that Lin Zhilang in "Manslaughter 2" is better than Li Weijie in "Manslaughter". Because Li Weijie is more like a legend with superior wisdom, and Lin Rilang is more like an ordinary father, his behavior is more emotional. When he went deep into the role, the script read and cried over and over again, and finally walked into the heart of the character.
03 Several metaphors in the movie
I believe that many viewers will be impressed by the two shots. One shot shows Ren Dahua looking up at the sky shrouded in dark clouds and seeing no light; the other shot shows Xiao Yang looking up at the black abyss overhead in the hospital. It corresponds to Nietzsche's poem: "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes at you." The justice that Ren Dahua wanted, and the fairness that Lin Rilang wanted, all made them unable to see through and see clearly.
The policeman played by Ren Dahua is called Zhang Zhengyi, and its meaning is "justice". Therefore, he dared to continue to explore the truth to the end and desperately defend Lin Zhilang.
The name of the protagonist, Lin Rilang, means "broad daylight, langlang qiankun". But it was in broad daylight and lang lang that the heart source of the worm was blatantly snatched away. Combined with what Lin Rilang did for his son, Lin Rilang's name is indomitable confrontation with justice and justice.
The name of the worm is also quite meaningful. At the end of the movie, Lin Rilang said to the mayor: "We can swallow our anger for life, we can live humbly for life, but you can't trample us to death like a bug!" ”
The worm symbolizes that the life of ordinary people is as small and humble as a bug in the eyes of the magnates, and can be trampled by them at will.
After the truth about the mayor's heart snatching was exposed, the old man in front of the TV muttered: "Some children are children, some children are not ordinary children" said the same thing.
The mayor said lin should be able to understand that as a father, he can do anything for his son. But Lin Zhilang responded emphatically: "I will not rob like him, I just want to return my son's heart."
Fireflies are also imagery that appears many times in the film. After Xiao Yang was knocked down by a sniper, the nurses rushed him to the stretcher and went to the operating room. At this time, a firefly flew to his fingertips. This small light means that the light has never disappeared, and there is no hope, and Lin Rilang's life will also be like the glimmer of this firefly, continuing and inheriting in the life of the little insect.
Finally, Lin Zhilang also answered the question of why the insects "don't light up under the lights", that is, "because their light is too weak, only in the dark places, they can see!" ”
Whether it is the abyss, fireflies, or small worms, in the end, what the director wants to express is the fragility and powerlessness of ordinary people in the face of the power of the powerful.
04 The romanticism and endless darkness of Manslaughter 2
In fact, whether it is the ending of the genuine version or the ending of the Easter egg version, it is the same ending. It's just that the original version of the ending is too dark in terms of perception, while the Easter egg version is more romantic in terms of perception.
In fact, the ending of the genuine version happens to be the presentation of romanticism, which has the absurd performance of various people in the movie, and thus caused many small bugs in the plot. The ending of the Easter egg version seems to be bright, but it is actually darker.
In the finale of the original version, the secretary-general, the organ trading organization, and the head of the hospital were swept away. But a well-intentioned viewer will find that the mayor just needs to testify in court.
Although he needs to be morally reviled, and even his career prospects are worrying, he does not have much of a problem from the perspective of the law. He did not instruct the Secretary-General to grab the heart, he just needed a donor heart. He also did not instruct the Secretary-General to kill, plant stolen goods, and did not directly participate in any part of the entire series of crimes, and he could be completely unaware.
In other words, the hospital president and secretary general are his white gloves, and the mayor is actually spotless and can make a comeback whenever he has the opportunity. And the mayor definitely does not represent a person, but represents a group, a force, a class.
Did Lin Rilang win? Not at all!
The operated heart was not taken back, and his life was ruthlessly terminated, and there was no chance of redemption. His heart was exchanged for a worm, but an adult heart obviously could not fit perfectly for children in terms of longevity and matching. He continued the life of the worm, but the worm still had a long, complete life.
In the end, the cost of the operation will not be escaped, and perhaps the government can help the criminals to waive it, but what awaits the worm and Lin Rilang's wife will be the loan shark that cannot be paid off. The female journalist who uncovered the truth was fired, how should she find her new direction, and did she still believe in the truth and justice of the world? Police officer Zhang Zhengyi is close to retirement, and the career of police chief is probably not optimistic, may he be trusted by his superiors again? In this ending, we seem to see the glimmer of fireflies, which actually reflects the grayness of reality.
The easter egg version of the ending seems bright, but as long as we ask the question "What if the screenwriter's story reality happens?" "It's going to be completely defense-breaking." Because it seems that each of us ordinary people can do nothing.
Like Lin Zhilang, you can carefully plan and implement this series of activities in a short period of time? Are you likely to meet a unique police officer Zhang Zhengyi? Will Zhang Zhengyi have an apprentice leader to help him block the car instead of directly taking his post? Can you be like Lin Zhilang alone without being arrested and killed under the scrutiny of hostages and the infiltration of SWAT officers? Can you have a well-known journalist friend who is willing to speak out for justice, and can you directly synchronize all the TV and outdoor screens through the technical team? How can a female reporter just get a voice recorder, and the media really dare to output the recording directly with the microphone?
If we try to ask questions like this, we will find that it seems that every step is difficult, or even impossible. Even if all of this is achieved, will your child be able to survive to the heart source? Is the operation sure to be successful? Did you happen to bump into the odds of not rejecting after the successful surgery?
Even if all this succeeds, you are not killed, are you still worthy of usury? Even if there is no usury, you still owe a large amount of foreign debt after spending all your savings, what kind of poverty will life fall into, and will you still be able to turn over?
The answer is terrible, and there is only one solution: either you have money or you have privileges.
In fact, the darkness of the positive film happens to be romanticism, while the romanticism of the Easter egg is actually dark, which makes people think deeply but feel more and more terrifying.
What's more, as a domestic story that takes place in Thailand, it is absurd and interesting enough.
As the biggest movie in the Lunar New Year file, the main theme of "Manslaughter 2" is concentrated, the structure is clear, the layers are clear, the rhythm is reasonable, the presentation is very wonderful, and it brings the audience room for deep thinking, which is very worth watching.
Okay, that's it for today. Over。