Hello everyone, I'm a boxer, a deep fan who only recommends good movies.
Recently, the circle of friends was swept away by "Manslaughter 2", but the comments were polarized. Some people think it is a "high-quality domestic film", but others say "lower than expected".
Sister Boxer just finished watching it yesterday, and said that "Manslaughter 2" was even more exciting than I expected, it could fully rank in the top ten of my best movie of the year, and it deserved to become a dark horse at the theater box office in December.
It has no relationship with "Manslaughter 1" such as story continuation and character linkage, and is a brand new story. To say the same thing, that is, the core of the story is related to human nature, family affection, and responsibility.
"Manslaughter 2" starts from the involuntary resistance of a small person, grafting the emotional relationship of the characters onto the contradictions and confrontations of the two classes, thus uncovering the truth of the world, and the pattern is very large.
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The actor's acting skills are exploding, and the language of the shots is outstanding.
First of all, I will briefly tell you the story synopsis of "Manslaughter 2" for easy understanding below.
"Manslaughter 2" is adapted from the movie "Imminent", Lin Rilang (Xiao Yang) and his wife Ah Ling (played by Wen Yongshan) and son Xiao Worm (played by Wang Haoze) have been living a poor but happy life, until their son Xiao Worm suddenly needs a heart transplant, and Lin Ri Lang has to quickly raise a huge surgical fee of 2 million baht.
Surprisingly, when he finally got the money, it was found that the source of the heart that originally belonged to his son had been secretly changed by the powerful mysterious person. Desperate, Lin Zhilang decided to give up his son and formulated a shocking plan.
As the first protagonist of the movie, Xiao Yang's acting skills can be called "explosion".
One of the scenes that impressed him the most was that he took risks to lend money to his son for surgery, and his emotions ranged from humble to angry to humble, and the micro-expressions on his face and the speed of speech all accurately interpreted his inner emotions.
After learning the bad news, the first reaction is to bribe Dr. Dama (Song Yang), the director of the cardiology department, to restrain the panic and the expression of flattery and to stuff money into the other party's pocket, in order to save his son's life, he is extremely humble; after being rejected, he violently chokes the neck of the other party and roars, his face is red and angry, and the performance is very layered.
The language of the shots in this scene is also clever. The editor took advantage of the dislocation of time and space to connect the dialogue between Dr. Mada and the dean to the conversation between the doctor and Lin Rilang, as if Lin Rilang and the dean had a direct dialogue, and also explained Lin Rilang's great grief.
There was also a scene where Xiao Yang personally saw that the heart that originally belonged to his son had been placed on someone else by the doctor, Xiao Yang's facial muscles were constantly trembling, his steps were unstable, his eyes were full of panic and despair, and he was staring directly at the person on the operating table.
In particular, a blinding red light hit his face, and the image of a father who was weak, mournful, and desperate jumped on the paper.
This is also intertextual with the shot he used to find the mastermind behind the scenes in the last second. He stood downstairs and looked up, shrouded in a huge shadow, and the ringing of the mobile phone rang continuously on the upper floors, which also hinted at the huge identity gap between Lin Rilang and the people behind the scenes.
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The symbols are profound, speculative and humanistic.
Viewers who have watched "Manslaughter 2" should have experienced that the symbolism of the whole film is very strong.
The first is the "fireflies".
Fireflies appear three times throughout the film. The first time was when Lin Zhilang's family of three went out camping, and the little worm sent fireflies to his mother and asked his father, "Why don't fireflies light up when there is light?" ”
The film's dark screen transition, the question of the worm has not been answered for the time being.
The second time was when Lin Rilang was taken to the hospital, and the fireflies fell on his fingertips; the third time was the end, when all the dust settled, and the picture turned back to the night of the camping, lin Rilang thoughtfully answered for his son.
The scenes where the fireflies appear three times are all ten points
- The fireflies represent a powerless little person like Lin Rilang, who can only shout powerlessly but not be noticed in the strong light (the high-powered one covers the sky), and can only be seen in the light emitted from the body of the great darkness (crime).
It is worth mentioning that the English title of "Manslaughter 2" is "Fireflies In The Sun" (Daytime Fireworks) and the firefly-related scenes in the movie form an intertextual. All sentient beings are not seen, but they can exert great influence in extreme environments, and the faint lights that come together will eventually illuminate the darkness, which also means that the truth is revealed.
In an interview, Xiao Yang's understanding of "fireflies" is a tiny light and a small kindness in ordinary people, we may not have the heat of the sun, but we are in a dark situation, and most of us will not completely lose hope.
This is followed by "tom and jerry".
After Lin Rilang took hostages and asked the police to send the heart belonging to his son Worm, the police investigated the truth and sent snipers into the ventilation duct to prepare to assassinate Lin Rilang.
Lin Zhilang repeatedly questioned the policeman Zhang Zhengyi (Ren Dahua), who had guaranteed him: "Are you a cat or a mouse?" ”
The cat represents the pursuit of justice and fairness in the sun, and the empathy and kindness of the people, while the mouse represents the person who submits to the powerful, or is willing or passive to be a lackey, loses his conscience in order to ascend to the throne, and tries to snuff out the truth.
Ironically, in the movie, Lin Rilang is forced to play the role of a "vicious and vicious" robber in order to save his son, but in the eyes of the citizens, he is a righteous cat who pursues fairness, and the policeman who is supposed to eliminate harm for the people has become a dirty mouse in the gutter.
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Lines, details, and Easter eggs are worth brushing twice.
The lines in "Manslaughter 2" are very simple, but every sentence is particularly moving because of the emotional impetus of people in the plot, and has the power to reach people's hearts.
For example, Dr. Mada did not believe that Lin Zhilang would kill people, but the other party's eyes firmly replied: "You don't know what a father will do for his children."
For example, when the people behind the scenes lamented to Lin Zhilang, "We are all fathers who can do everything for their children", Lin Zhilang cried out in tears in the rainstorm, "But we are different, I will not steal and rob." ”
Little people struggle in a difficult life, even if they go to a desperate situation, they never think of committing a crime, they work hard, they do their duty, and try to find the small light in life. However, the high-powered people use their power for personal gain, and the public power is used for personal gain, and they can achieve their own goals by ignoring the lives of others.
Let's talk about the details of Manslaughter 2 that I remembered more deeply.
Lin Rilang's son Worm celebrated his birthday in the hospital, his body was so weak that he couldn't even blow out the candle, and finally he helped xiao Shan, a little girl in the same ward, and his face looked much healthier than that of Worm.
But the next day, Xiao Shan died of sudden heart palpitation, and Xiao Shan's father collapsed at the door of the ward and cried bitterly. This unexpected accident also implies that the worm may die at any time in a short time, which aggravates the anxiety and fear of the Lin Rilang couple.
Finally, the Easter egg of "Manslaughter 2" is too clever, and I feel the profound skills of the screenwriters and directors. I won't go into the spoilers, but what I can tell you is that easter eggs give people solace, and if you can understand it, they can subvert the entire end of the film.
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"Manslaughter 2" has handed over a satisfactory answer to the audience with full sincerity, whether it is in the actor's acting skills, text level, lens language, and details.
But what really moves the audience must be the ultimate family affection and the courage to reflect reality.
"Manslaughter 2" does not pursue, does not reinforce high-IQ crimes, and is completely driven by human emotions. The father played by Lin Zhilang is not tall and rich, but he is willing to give everything he has to his children and strive to protect them for a lifetime. The mother played by Wen Yongshan has a gentle and modest personality, but in order to protect her son, she will also have a dark personality and fiercely emphasize: "Whoever dares to move my son, I am desperate with whom." ”
At the same time, "Manslaughter 2" not only continues the theme of fatherly love and conveys the love and emotion of guarding the family, but also points directly to the real problems of society and shows the deep humanity under the desperate situation. Lin Rilang worked day and night to work odd jobs, sell houses to borrow money, apply for critical illness insurance, borrow usury, etc., and finally could not meet the "birth".
As an old man in the film sighed: "Some children are children, and some children are not ordinary children." ”
One of the most touching scenes in "Manslaughter 2" is that the reporter Li Anqi (Chen Yucheng) took the camera to the hospital to interview Lin Rilang's motives as a robber, from her indifferent questioning to the security escort, to a group of people listening to Lin Rilang's story face to face, and proving to the media that he was a good person.
Why would a good man pick up a gun? This is not only an interview with Lin Zhilang, but also a questioning of all the audience.
And the audience can deeply reflect and personally understand the ultimate love of parenthood, which is the greatest meaning of "Manslaughter 2".