"Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" has two lines: light and dark:
The bright line is the nurse's mistake, the morphine as a painkiller, injected 100 ml for the old man, far beyond its normal dose of 3 ml, directly leading to the death of the old man.
The dark line is that the eldest grandson is dissatisfied with the old man's will (leaving all the property to the caretaker, the family does not have a penny), secretly exchanging morphine and painkillers, and guiding the nurse to inject the wrong potion for the old man, killing the old man.
The caregiver who intends to kill and the eldest grandson who intentionally kills
But the problem came, the next day's news report, the cause of death of the old man was not the wrong medicine, but the suicide of the neck. What's going on?
Here in the nurse, she explained it like this: I injected the wrong medicine for the old man, but the old man usually had a good relationship with me, treated me as a family, he couldn't bear to let me make this mistake, and the future was ruined, so he decided to bear everything alone, anyway, he was going to die, so he simply committed suicide by cutting his neck, making his cause of death a secret, and exchanging me for a future. The old man is my regenerative parent, my great benefactor.
After the eldest grandson spent a lot of money to ask the detective to understand a circle, the situation looked like this: Although I changed the medicine for the old man, the nurse yin and yang mistakenly changed the wrong medicine back, so in the end the medicine she used for the old man was actually right. The old man did not have to die, but the label on the medicine bottle made the nurse mistakenly think that he still used the wrong medicine, which led to the end of the old man committing suicide in order to protect the nurse.
The old man died as I wished, but this death was outside my plan. What is even more infuriating is that the nurse is no longer the murderer of the old man, then she is still the legitimate heir of the old man's inheritance. (According to the Murderer Ordinance: When someone is convicted of killing the owner of the estate, he cannot inherit the estate.) ）
The old man who committed suicide by necks
Then the problem comes again, if the old man, like a nurse, is injected with an overdose of morphine and dies, the autopsy report must be able to find out. In order to protect himself and understand the old man's wishes, the caregiver must find a way to destroy the autopsy report. (But the reality is that the autopsy report proves the nurse's innocence because there is nothing wrong with the drugs she injected the old man.) ）
If the old man is as the eldest grandson learned that he did not die because of the wrong injection, then the eldest grandson must also find a way to destroy the autopsy report, because doing so is equivalent to destroying the evidence proving the innocence of the nurse, and can continue to let the nurse carry the black pot without knowing. (And even the caregiver himself thought he was a murderer.)
The eldest grandson who knows all the details and the caregiver who knows nothing about the truth
At this time, a key figure appeared, that is, the housekeeper of the old master, because she did not expect to see the eldest grandson doing things on the old master's medicine bottle, and she also understood the life of the eldest son in his daily life, and her subjective guess was that the eldest son killed the old man. Because her cousin worked in the hospital, she got the old man's blood poison test report in advance, so she wrote a blackmail letter to the eldest grandson.
Unexpectedly, this matter was used by the eldest grandson. The eldest grandson made the housekeeper half dead, the drug inspection report burned and threw it on the ground, and then instigated the nurse to find the housekeeper, and while calling the police, he waited to see the police arrive, and when he saw the nurse, the dead housekeeper, and the destroyed drug inspection report together, he would definitely arrest the nurse and put the nurse in prison for the crime of killing the old man and the housekeeper, so that the inheritance would belong to their family again. But what she did not expect was that the kindness of the caregiver prevented her from leaving the half-dead butler alone, but called an ambulance for her, so that her suspicion of killing the housekeeper was gone, and she heard an important last word from the mouth of the dying housekeeper - "Hugh is the murderer".
The caregiver who called an ambulance for the housekeeper and the eldest grandson who killed the housekeeper
The end is that the truth is revealed, good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, the caretaker finally wins all the property of the old man, and the greedy and selfish eldest grandson is brought to justice. This is the story told by "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath".
It can be said that "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" is a super positive energy film that promotes kindness.
The key turning points in the film are that the caregivers inadvertently save themselves with their own kindness, such as:
The nurse's honesty with the old man is not hidden (winning the old man's heart to save her would rather sacrifice himself);
The caregiver did not regard the housekeeper as dead or saved (but proved his innocence);
The caregiver's closeness to the grandfather's granddaughter Meg (who helped her find a copy of the poison detection report hidden by the housekeeper);
The nurse tells the detective everything (the detective hired by the eldest grandson is in the end helping the nurse expose the conspiracy of the eldest grandson);
The caregiver is even friendly to the dog, and when she returns to the manor to cover up the crime, the dog is silent (and in the same situation, the eldest grandson is blocked by the dog barking, destroying the original plan)...
Including the stress response of the nurse who will vomit as soon as he lies, it is also quite allegorically praising this kind of relationship in a deceitful relationship, still telling the truth, and being his precious character. "Punish evil and promote good" Is the theme that the movie "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" wants to celebrate.
Honest and simple caretaker Marta
However, with such a clear theme, "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" shows a story detail that is too cumbersome and subtle, the echoes before and after are too frequent and complex, and even a bit of a waiting experience. Why? Shark Jun felt that this was because director Ryan Johnson added too many personal preferences to this work.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > metaphor and irony</h1>
The director is undoubtedly obsessed with both metaphor and irony. No wonder we see in the movies:
The family of the old man who claims to treat the caregiver as a family does not even know whether the caregiver is from Ecuador, Paraguay or Mexico;
A great detective with a standard Southern accent, a Southern accent that was supposed to be a representation of racial discrimination, but in the film, he was arranged to stand on the united front with a caregiver of color;
The children of the old man each said that they were self-made, but none of them did not rely on the resources and connections of the old man. The only self-made person in the mansion is actually the only migrant caregiver;
The family is hypocritical and deceitful, but the nurse is a saint who vomits when he lies.
Hypocrisy and falsehood of a family
The nurse's weakness of vomiting as soon as she lies has become her magic weapon in the process of solving the case;
Ignored by the whole family and without a sense of presence, the grandmother provided crucial testimony in the case;
The Italian housekeeper who was spat on for having too much hair was an important witness in the case;
The eldest grandson asked the servant to call himself "Hugh", and it was this detail that exposed his crimes;
The dogs in the manor even played a certain role in solving the case because they were close to the caretaker and alienated from the eldest grandson;
The baseball thrown out of the window by the eldest son-in-law was turned back to the eldest daughter several times, guiding the eldest daughter to discover the letter left by her father, thus discovering the fact that her husband had cheated.
Caregivers, housekeepers, baseball, grandmas, dogs, small characters often hold big truths
In addition, the words on the nurse's coffee cup that everyone was sniffing at were: "My house, my rules, my coffee", the eldest grandson finally stabbed the old man's knife at the nurse, it turned out to be a fake knife, suggesting that the old man has a spirit in heaven, protecting the kind nurse... Do you think that political opinions, class contradictions, complex human nature... there are too many metaphors and satires from all sides!
The explosive plot and lines are always loved by the audience
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > easter eggs and tributes</h1>
The director's viewing habits and literary preferences have also been exposed in this "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath".
Game of Thrones: Fans of Game of Thrones must be no stranger to the Iron Throne made of swords, and Blade Out of sheath has created such a similar throne made of knives to satirize the power game of the four generations of the same family.
007 The Great Detective played by Daniel Craig sits on the throne of the Blade
Gravity's Rainbow: In a conversation between the detective and the caregiver, they mention the novel twice. This novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon reveals the idea of "outcasts" in late capitalist American society, which is similar to the film's satirical Trump administration's fierce anti-immigration policies.
Footprints: The film pays tribute to the 1972 classic 1972 film Footprints, a brain-burning suspense film about two men calculating each other, starring Lawrence Oliver and Michael Kane as wealthy detective writers and handsome young men, respectively.
The film Footprints (part 1) and its Nobel Prize-winning screenwriter Harold Pinter (part 2)
"Accidental Death": A movie mentioned by the housekeeper to the nurse tells the story of a female protagonist who was killed by a male protagonist who was injected with poison for a long time. The film stars Danica McKayla and is directed by Herman.
Danica McKayla played the heroine Winnie Cooper in the blockbuster 80s TV film "The Age of Innocence"
The Woman Writer and the Murder: The caregiver accompanies the detectives home and sees her mother sitting on the couch watching a movie. The episode that the heroine's mother is watching is "Murder, She Wrote", a famous American detective series from the 80s to the 90s, telling the story of female mystery novelist Jessica Flectcher who has repeatedly solved strange cases.
"The Writer and the Murder" is a very famous and long-lasting American detective series
"Sherlock Holmes": Detective detectives say "The game is afoot" (the game begins), which is one of Holmes's mantras. In addition, he also referred to the caregiver as Watson, who was Holmes's regular partner.
Detective asks a caregiver to be his "Watson"
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In addition, in view of the director's deep knowledge of music, he is also a folk singer and banjo player, and his love of music is also reflected in the film, of which six middle-aged characters in the old man's family are named after the music idols of the 70s.
The eldest daughter, Linda, and husband Richard are from the couple Richard and Linda Thompson. The second sons, Walt and Donna, are named after Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who combined Steely Dan. Daughter-in-law Joni is named after legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, while her late husband is named after rock singer Neil Young. The name of the main villain, Ransom, although not related to music, has a big beginning, and the director has revealed that his name comes from Elwin Ransom, the protagonist of the British writer C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Finally, before ending this long film review, Shark Jun would like to talk to you about Harold Pinter in particular</h1>
Although Shark Jun listed so many elements that were homaged to "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath", Shark Jun felt that the person the director himself was most willing to pay tribute to was the screenwriter of "Footprints" mentioned earlier, the Nobel Prize winner for literature, and the American writer Harold Pinter.
From the perspective of character relationships: the relationship between Mr. Harlan and the eldest grandson Ranson, and the relationship between Mr. Harlan and the caregiver all have a distinct style of character:
Old Master Harlan and the eldest grandson Lan Sen, they are one old and one young, one good and one evil, one full of life wisdom and one clear mind, but they are raised to be so realistic and cunning. The two people's talents are similar, but the pattern of life is very different. It's hard not to think of Pinter's "Footprints" and "The Gatekeeper." The secret contest between two men has always been something Pinte likes.
Harlan's relationship with the caretaker represents the rich and the immigrants, the respected and the marginalized, which is also a topic that often appears in Pinter's works. For example, in "Room", Rose is afraid of uninvited guests coming up from the damp and dark basement, and the class confrontation between well-known writers and second-rate actors in "Footprints".
From the movie theme: In the movie clip of "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath", the director once borrowed the mouth of the 007 detective to say something like this:
"The parabolic path of any object is determined by the laws of nature, I don't have any emotional prejudices, I only focus on reality, I decide how my orbit runs, that is, leisurely stroll to the end." (What the detective said to the caregiver)
"Age is always exhausting, and I wish I could be less tired every day." I was tired of what I was doing, but the arrow was on the string and had to come out again. Truth is always inevitable, but the complexity and darkness of human nature is not hidden in the truth, but in what you do when you hold the truth. (What the detective said to Grandma)
If you can not sing the praises of kindness, do not cater to the explosion, I think these understandings are the words in the director's heart
This kind of life that lives to a certain degree of wisdom, is incomparably familiar with reality and human nature, and at the same time full of fatigue and helplessness, is not also the spirit of those protagonists who are no longer young in Pinte's works!
Out of the analysis of the above director's preferences, plot understanding and lines, please allow Shark Jun to make a bold assumption, that is, the old man in "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath" is actually committed suicide, and it is under his own precise layout. In the movie, whether it is the killing heart of the eldest grandson or the kindness of the nurse, it is a necessary condition for the old man to use and promote his successful death.
In other words, the old man had long decided to die on his 85th birthday, he planned to kill himself by the hand of the caregiver, but he pitied the kind nurse, worried that she would be dealt with by justice, so he designed to let the eldest grandson who was full of evil thoughts "side help" the nurse complete the plan, and finally he was clever and mistakenly took the caretaker's guilt. Finally, complete the family to get rid of the shackles of wealth, independent and free; let the eldest grandson go to prison to re-learn to be a person; let the self-made people really get rich wishes, and pass away in a dashing manner.
Regarding some doubts on the Internet: the old man did not handle his own corpse well, did not better arrange his own posthumous affairs, is the "logical loophole" of the movie, for this statement, Shark Jun does not agree.
Shark Jun believes that the reason why the movie did not let the old man do everything was because the old man was well versed in the good and evil of human nature and understood the correlation between good and evil. That's why he deliberately let the nurse and the eldest grandson complement each other's strengths and go with the flow, because the old man knows that no matter how these two people do good and how they commit evil, they will eventually follow the rules of life of evil to evil and good to good.
Careful care for "good", no protection against "evil", firmly grasping their own lives in their own hands, and helping unwise family members get rid of the constraints of wealth, maybe this is the real blade out of the sheath.
The reality is too boring
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