Two years ago, "Manslaughter" finally earned 1.3 billion at the box office with its high reputation, becoming one of the most successful suspense films in recent years.
This year, the movie "Manslaughter 2" produced by Chen Sicheng, directed by Dai Mo and starring Xiao Yang was released for 5 days, with a cumulative box office of more than 400 million, becoming the biggest hit in this year's Lunar New Year file.
"Manslaughter" tells the story of father Li Weijie (Xiao Yang) who, in order to protect his daughter, uses the anti-reconnaissance techniques learned in the movie and the police to fight wits and courage.
"Manslaughter 2" tells the story of Lin Rilang, the father played by Xiao Yang, who let go of his son who was robbed of his heart by the powerful.
Poison Jun brushed three times after the release of "Manslaughter 2", found the 31 Easter eggs/details hidden in the film, comprehensively interpreted the secret private goods in the film, and told everyone why "Manslaughter 2" looked good!
The connection between Manslaughter 2 and Manslaughter
1, the father The male protagonists of the two films are fathers who live at the bottom and carry out "criminal actions" for their children.
2. Story Both movies are stories about ordinary people rebelling in extreme environments.
3, the fan of the film "Manslaughter" Li Weijie is a fan, "Manslaughter 2" Lin Zhilang is a screenwriter, they use the film knowledge to commit crimes, but also for the audience to bring the fun of the play in the play.
4. Mayor Jiang Haowen, the mayoral candidate in "Manslaughter", became the mayor as he wished in "Manslaughter 2".
5. The English title of "Manslaughter" is Sheep Without a Shepherd, which means "a flock of sheep who have lost their sheep". Sheep has multiple meanings in the film, referring to Li Weimin's family and the masses.
The English title of "Manslaughter 2" is Fireflies in the Sun, which means "fireflies under the sun". "Day" represents Lin Rilang, and "worm" represents small worm. This sentence also means that the insects grow under the protection of Lin Rilang.
heavy rain
6. The climax of the two films takes place in the heavy rain.
In the heavy rain of "Manslaughter", the onlookers were angered by the corruption of the government and rose up to defend Li Weijie's family.
In "Manslaughter 2", reporter Anqi uncovered the inside story of the high-ranking official's heart trading in the heavy rain, and the onlookers were also enraged and supported Lin Richang.
confrontation
8. In "Manslaughter", the confrontation scene between Tan Zhuo and Chen Chong's mothers is a classic clip of film history, which has been reproduced in many variety shows.
The confrontation scene between Lin Zhilang and Zhang Zhengyi's two fathers in "Manslaughter 2" is also classic.
Lines
9. In "Manslaughter", Tan Zhuo gritted his teeth and said the classic line: Some children are children, and some children are beasts.
In "Manslaughter 2", a grandfather saw that the mayor did whatever it took to save the child and sighed: Some children are children, and some children are not ordinary children.
In "Manslaughter", Li Weijie said: I have no ability, I can't give you a better life, the only thing I can do is to stand in front of you.
Lin Rilang in "Manslaughter 2" was forced into a more helpless situation, and for the sake of his children, he was more unscrupulous and exhausted everything. He said: You don't know what a father can do for his children.
The "Manslaughter 2" and "Tang Detective" series are both the works of Chen Sicheng's producer or director, and there have been many wonderful linkages between the two before.
10. Anqi (Played by Chen Yucheng), a female journalist in "Manslaughter 2", once played the "Braces Sister" in the "Tang Detective" web drama, also known as Anqi.
11. The dean Song Min (played by Zhang Shi) in "Manslaughter 2" once played Inspector Dulang in the "Tang Detective" web drama.
12, staring into the darkness "Manslaughter 2" has two scenes of gazing at the darkness, one is that Ren Dahua looks up at the sky shrouded in dark clouds and cannot see the light; the other is that Xiao Yang looks up at the black abyss overhead in the hospital when he looks for a buyer's bell.
This corresponds to Nietzsche's verse: "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes at you."
This is also one of the core themes of the "Tang Detective" series.
father and son
13. "Manslaughter 2" is the second cooperation between Ren Dahua and Li Zhiting. 18 years ago, the two played father and son in "The Thief of Years". At the premiere scene of "Manslaughter 2", Li Zhiting called Ren Dahua "Daddy", and Ren Dahua laughed and said, "My son has grown up and his learning is broken." ”
Father
14. "Manslaughter 2" portrays the father group portrait, Zhang Zhengyi's daughter is about to get married; the mayor Long Dan wants to save the child; Xiaoshan's father is suffering because he has not fulfilled his daughter's birthday wish.
The meaning of the name
15. The male protagonist of "Manslaughter 2" is named Lin Rilang, which means "broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun". The name also states that Hayashi Hibiro's abduction of the hospital was an act of justice.
16, the male protagonist's son is called a small worm, which means humble and small. This also corresponds to the situation of the worm family in the film - being trampled by the upper class at will.
At the end of the film, Lin Zhilang said to the mayor: "We can swallow our anger for the sake of life, we can live humbly for the sake of life, but you can't trample us to death like a bug!" This sentence can be seen as Lin Zhilang's counterattack against the privileged organization.
The small worms are also representative of the fireflies, although small and have light.
The little worm asked his father, "Why don't the fireflies light up under the light?" ”
Lin Zhilang said: "Because their light is too weak, only in the dark place, they can see!" ”
It also implies that the poor need to be tough enough to be "seen" and their needs to be met.
When Lin Rilang was carried on a stretcher for surgery, a firefly flew to his fingertips, which meant that his life would continue on the worm.
17. The policeman played by Ren Dahua is named Zhang Zhengyi, which means to uphold justice.
The actor said
18. Xiao Yang said that "Manslaughter" is about the ultimate father's love, and "Manslaughter 2" adds the theme of social and public opinion definition of the individual on the basis of the ultimate father's love. "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 Li Weijie in "Manslaughter" is more like a legend with superior wisdom, while Lin Zhilang is more like an ordinary father, and his behavior is more emotional. When he went deep into this role, he read the script and cried again, and finally walked into the heart of this role.
finale
19. The ending of the movie in the main film is that Lin Zhilang was headshot by a SPECIAL police sniper rifle and transplanted his heart to the worm. Eventually, the worms were reborn with Lin Zhilang's heart.
In the opening credits menu, Xiao Yang shows off his plan C. That is, everything in the main film is Lin Zhilang's story, the little worm is not sick, Lin Zhilang has not been killed, and Ren Dahua is not a lot of policemen, but directors.
The ending in the main film is dark and ironic, but there is a glimmer of light in the end.
The ending in the Easter egg dissolves the gray and dark, and the sunshine is beautiful.
Director Dai Mo said that in the original design, the ending of the Easter egg was the real ending. If it is true as the director said, then Lin Rilang's life is still beautiful.
metaphor
20. Both films use animals as metaphors for people, "Manslaughter" refers to Li Weijie's family as sheep, and "Manslaughter 2" refers to Lin Rilang's family as bugs.
21, the first floor is the scene of Lin Zhilang's hijacking of the hospital, messy and depressing, and the second floor is the place where the mayor operated on his son, quiet and high-end.
The first floor symbolizes the people on the bottom and the second floor symbolizes the rich, which represents class inequality.
22. The stairway where Lin Zhilang walked was a Buddha statue shining with golden light at one end, and an operating room emitting red light at the other. This is also a symbol of good and evil in the film. In order to save his son, Lin Rilang must go into darkness.
Echo from end to end
23. The person who was involved in the car accident at the beginning of the film is the mayor's son. At the end of the film, the mayor's son quietly appears in front of Lin Zhilang's cemetery.
Crime films
24. "Manslaughter 2" is a crime film, which involves a large number of criminology, such as arson, kidnapping, illegal detention, intentional injury, intentional homicide, embezzlement, bribery, abuse of power, etc., the most core crime is the crime of organizing the sale of human organs.
logic
25 Many viewers say that adult hearts cannot be transplanted to children. In fact, Dai Mo consulted medical experts when he was creating, and adult hearts can be transplanted to children, and there are also cases of successful transplantation in real life.
26, heart donation can not be carried out on the living, Lin Zhilang in the organ donation matching examination, has wanted to exchange his own life for the child's life.
27, SWAT officers see rats in the pipes, but also hint that he will become a "rat" slaughtered by Lin Zhilang.
bitter smile
28. At the end of "Manslaughter", Song En showed a bitter smile after Li Weijie's arrest. Song En has been helping Li Weijie speak, but Li Weijie has deceived and used himself, and he does not know how to express his complicated feelings at this time.
In "Manslaughter 2", when the reporter asked Anqi how to evaluate Lin Zhilang, Anqi wanted to choke and could only smile bitterly. Lin Rilang is a robber who harms people, and she is also the father of her first-hearted son, and she cannot evaluate Lin Rilang for a while.
29. Li Weijie in "Manslaughter" sat in the police car after turning himself in, watching his wife and daughter cry bitterly, and did not cry in the whole film. In "Manslaughter 2", Lin Zhilang has a large section of crying scenes. But Lin Rilang smiled when he was killed by the SWAT.
Hints of silence
30 In "Manslaughter", when the La Yun and his wife asked Li Weijie if Su Cha was still alive, Li Weijie did not speak, but only folded his hands to express repentance.
In "Manslaughter 2", when Lin Zhilang asked Dr. Dama if his heart matched his son, Damma silently nodded. Damma knew that Lin Rilang intended to give his heart to his son, so he never told Lin Rilang the matching result, he did not want Lin Zhilang to die.
Meaning of the title
31. The actual direction of the title of "Manslaughter" is Ping Ping's manslaughter of Su Cha due to excessive defense, and also refers to Li Weijie's use of public opinion to kill La Yun and other upper-class people by mistake;
The manslaughter in "Manslaughter 2" refers to lin rilang's manslaughter by special police, and also refers to the manslaughter of Lin Rilang's personal image by the police, the public and other outsiders. Chen Sicheng gave a broader meaning to manslaughter, saying: "Each of us may be killed by mistake."
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