Sometimes dating and shopping with their daughters, a family of three and happy:
Sometimes leave space for two people to tease the puppy of the "pet shop" together:
In order to see her, he jumped out of the second-floor window:
She had been waiting for him at home, not eating or drinking on the phone:
At first glance, you would think this is a brainless and light romantic love comedy.
But in fact, this is a thriller about the two faces of a serial perverted murderer —
Extreme Evil
At the beginning of the story, everything seems calm.
Liz (Lily Collins), a single mother, meets a mysterious man, Ted Bundy (Zach Eflon), at a bar.
From a normal point of view, Ted is an extremely attractive and irresistible man-
High-achieving law student, handsome, articulate, polite and humble, smiling and enthusiastic, flirting with her sister invisibly:
Knowing that Liz had been married once, and also took the two "drag oil bottles", she did not show half a point of disgust:
Many men think that the woman invited you to her house because she wanted something to happen to you.
But Ted was not.
On the first night I went to Liz's house, he didn't do anything, and the two of them got dressed and honestly lay down in bed and slept:
The next day he woke up early, didn't bother Liz, and secretly went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast:
Handsome, warm, inclusive, fond of children, able to cook...
Who wouldn't hate to marry when you meet such a perfect man?!
Unfortunately, Liz wants to marry, but Ted can't marry—
During a trip, he was suddenly arrested by the police on charges of "kidnapping with aggravating circumstances" and "attempted physical assault."
Ordinary people who want to encounter this kind of thing must panic on the spot.
However, for Ted, who is proficient in legal science, he seems to be confident.
After being released on bail, he rushed back to Liz as soon as possible to reassure his lover.
And at the right time to dispel the uneasiness in Liz's heart and ensure her innocence:
After this, Ted calmly handles his trial and proves his innocence.
His lawyer dismissed the victim's allegations, claiming that she was likely to be induced by the prosecution to determine that Ted was the culprit who wanted to attack him.
Not only that, but the victim mentioned that the criminal drove a Beetle car.
Although Ted himself owned a Beetle, the physical characteristics were completely different from those described by the victim:
All indications seem to suggest that Ted has been wronged.
The police are likely to force him to carry the black cauldron in order to hastily close the case, and mislead the victim with various bad tricks.
But what's the use of that?
The court finally issued a verdict:
The defendant was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
Even in this situation, Ted's first step was to comfort his lover and tell her that everything would be fine:
Even in the cold and oppressive prison, he always maintained a posture of "clean and self-purifying", with a smile on the corner of his mouth, believing that he would soon leave.
But unfortunately, the truth did not develop as he expected—
Detectives from several other states have also jumped in the face to try to prove that Ted is involved in their local murder:
If this continues, the charges pressed on oneself will only increase...
At the same time, Liz, who loves Ted deeply, begins to waver.
The lover is unknowingly imprisoned, and he can do nothing but smoke, drink, and torture himself.
Ted always said, "Believe him," but more and more voices told her:
It was a terrible demon who killed people without blinking an eye, and singled out young women.
Eventually, Liz gave up "hope".
She hangs up Ted's phone and refuses to visit him in prison, choosing to turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear.
I realized that if I continued like this, I would lose my girlfriend.
Ted had no choice but to make a bold plan -
During the trial, he took advantage of the lack of attention of the guards to sneak off the window on the second floor and carry out the prison escape!
After escaping, he quickly completed his disguise, calmed down, and disappeared into the corner of the street...
The level of proficiency is so high that it does not look like an ordinary wronged passerby.
However, this desperate attempt only allowed him to breathe free air for a few days, and he did not even have time to see Liz.
More than six days later, he was re-arrested by the police for an additional 90 years in prison for escaping.
I'm afraid that in his lifetime, he will never be able to leave prison again...
Ted's sentence was doubled, but Liz gradually let go.
She realized that she still loved the man, was willing to believe in his innocence, and was willing to wait for his return.
No matter how many years it takes, no matter how much it costs...
Seeing this, people outside the situation may express deep sympathy, feeling that they are witnessing a protracted love that cannot be abandoned, poignant and short-lived.
But if you were in the United States in the seventies of the last century, you would never think so.
Ted Bondi, a real serial killer in the United States, was sentenced to death in Florida in 1989.
Before his death, he confessed to committing more than thirty murders, but the actual number of victims is still mysterious, and it is estimated that it is much higher than his confession.
In Seattle alone, more than a dozen female college students have mysteriously disappeared in one year.
Two of them were even secretly abducted from the popular park where 40,000 people gathered, and none of them noticed!
Afterwards, the remains of the missing girl were found one after another, leaving traces of the murderer's cruel crimes on her body.
Stick beatings, strong X, torture, X corpses, corpse splitting...
All the ways you can think of or can't imagine the way to die happened to the sad girls.
One night, Ted Bundy infiltrates Florida State University and embarks on a horrific massacre:
He first went to the site of the school sorororities, seduced two girls, went to no man's land, beat them with wooden sticks, and then hanged them with fabric.
He then infiltrated the girls' dormitory and brutally attacked three other sleeping female college students.
After that, he left the school, wandered six blocks away, and nearly beat another woman to death...
The frequent implementation of meticulous criminal plans, so that the prosecutors can hardly catch any handle, and successfully escaped from prison twice in his life, is really worthy of the "genius of crime".
While in prison, Ted Bondi also assisted the police in analyzing the psychological profile of the famous serial killer "Green River Killer" to accurately determine the location of the murderer's body dumping and the age of the victim.
Brutality, viciousness, and madness and mischief are not enough to sum up Ted Bundy's life.
At the last trial in a Florida courtroom, the auditorium was filled with young girls who came:
Some of them are seduced by Ted's gentle and obsessive appearance, and some are attracted by the cruel and bloody killing methods.
A girl said with a smile as she said, "I'm scared to come home every night, I'll close the doors and windows.":
Another girl said she wasn't afraid of Ted because he "didn't look like the kind of person who could kill people":
There are also girls whose hearts are bursting, who have "stood in his position, understand his feelings", and learn to breathe and share the fate with the anti-social perverted murderers:
More straightforward girls will also confess in public in front of the media:
Selecting strangers to commit crimes makes it difficult for prosecutors to gain insight into their motives;
Perfect psychological quality coupled with excellent expression management ability, so that everyone can't help but wonder if they are mistaken, Ted really does not look like a perverted killer;
Coupled with the ability of subtle media manipulation, social opinion is on their side and further consolidate their "victim image":
If it weren't for the flaws in one of the cases— Ted left deep bite marks on the corpse of a female college student — this person would have had the ability to reverse black and white and escape the law:
Ted Bundy's greatest weapon of his own is his irresistible charisma.
His close companion, Liz, although he later learns that he has been being deceived, gradually becomes aware of Ted's true colors.
But in 1981, he published an autobiographical novel, "The Phantom Prince", detailing the moments with the man and the aftermath of their separation.
His danger and charm seem to have been deeply imprinted in Liz's heart.
And joe Burlinger, the film's director, seems to have some kind of mysterious attachment to Ted Bondy.
Before filming Extreme Evil, he also produced a documentary, Conversations with the Killer: A Videotape of Ted Bondi.
Ted under his lens is not only handsome and intelligent, but also always so righteous and upright.
Honestly, if it weren't for the ending, there would have been a few shots to reveal the truth.
Even the dean had to wonder:
Is Ted really innocent? Could he have been an unjust, false and wrongly decided case in a Florida court that year?
The film ends with a passage:
But in the perception of many viewers, rather than being dedicated to the victims, Extreme Evil is more like a hymn dedicated to Ted Bondi himself.
A murderer who specializes in innocent women not only attracts the admiration of the masses during his lifetime, but also is talked about after his death.
Isn't this an ironic and absurd thing?
But at least, the film still leaves the audience with some room for thought.
A truly brutal and fierce anti-social murderer will never look fierce and evil.
Many times, they either appear weak and harmless, or like Ted Bundy, who is kind to people and is a master of disguising himself with lies.
Because even Satan pretends to be an angel of light, you will never know whether those who seem to be honest and responsible are also buried behind many ulterior sins...
Is the person lying next to you at this time really worth your trust?
Do you really know the bottom line of that person?