Kim Carey, who has a comedic face, must be no stranger to everyone.
Masterpieces such as "Strange In Disguise", "Detective Plane Head", "Dumb and Agua" have already brought countless joys and laughter to the world.
Like other great "laughing masters", Kim Carey has never given up on breaking through himself after his success.
Today, the evil king will bring you this comedy god, the most subversive and crazy attempt -
Spirit number 23
The Number 23
Walter, played by Kim Carey, is a trapper.
Living in the city, his job is actually very simple, just to deal with the stray dogs who have been complained about.
Agatha, played by his wife, veteran beauty Virginia Madsen ("Into the Yin and Yang Realm"), runs a cake shop.
The two have been married for many years and have a handsome son, Robin (Rogan Lerman).
Wife and son filial piety, the life of this family of three was originally full of happiness and stability.
But on Walt's birthday, February 3, all the goodness quickly fell apart like an overturned domino.
Just before leaving work, he was tasked with dealing with a bulldog that was running around.
Walter chases the bulldog to the cemetery, and a tombstone with a familiar name suddenly makes him feel confused.
As a result, not only did he fail to complete his work, but he was also bitten by a bulldog...
A small accident delayed Walt a lot of time.
Agatha, who had made an appointment to attend a birthday party, had to go to a nearby bookstore to read a book while waiting for her husband.
At this time, in a novel called "Spirit Number 23", the ghost made the god send to attract her full attention.
After flipping through a few pages, Agatha bought the old book and gave it to Walt as an extra birthday gift.
Walt, on the other hand, enjoyed a few days of leisure due to his work injury, and he was able to stay at home and read it carefully.
However, just after reading the beginning, Walt felt a deep uneasiness.
Because many of the contents described in the book are almost exactly the same as his childhood experiences.
The protagonist of the novel is named Fingerling, who grew up in a desolate, dilapidated town.
No kid wants to play with him, and no one wants to listen to him.
It seems that only by studying well can he escape from this "prison" as soon as possible.
His father, an accountant, hoped that Fingerling would grow up to inherit his father's business.
But at a young age, his hobbies are all in detective reasoning.
On his 8th birthday, Fingerling chased his neighbor's puppy into the neighbor's house.
Found the hostess dead in her own bed.
Since the deceased was a widow, the town police arbitrarily determined that she had committed suicide.
But Fingling did not think so, and used it to strengthen his dream of being a detective.
When he grew up, he became the "Fingerling Detective".
And at work, he met the "True Destiny" Fabrigia.
The two soon married, walking through the dark and depraved city while wandering in lust...
In reality, Walt did grow up in such a small town, and when he was a child, he liked to collect detective magazines and often helped neighbors chase dogs;
Even his mother committed suicide on his 8th birthday...
Stunned, Walt told his wife about his shocked discovery.
But Agatha thinks that this is the imagination caused by his rare reading of novels, and his sense of substitution is too strong.
As long as you continue to read it, you will find that it is just a coincidence.
Unfortunately, Walt's nightmare is actually just beginning...
In the novel, Fingerling is tasked with stopping a blonde who is trying to commit suicide (Lynn Collins).
Faced with Fingerling's proud eloquence, the blonde was unmoved, but instead told him a curse about the number 23.
This magical number is everywhere, the date, the time, the license plate number, the number of pages of the book...
Even the blonde's favorite pink is inseparable from 23.
All her life is completely dominated by the number 23...
Once, this curse belonged to the blonde's father.
The father was unbearable, and after killing his mother and raising a gun to commit suicide, the curse fell on her head.
Fingerling was noncommittal about the blonde's story, continued to comfort her for a few words, and then got up and left.
Unexpectedly, the blonde woman, who seemed to have calmed down, actually jumped out of the apartment and fell to her death in front of him.
Since then, the curse of 23 has entangled Fingerling.
This number began to appear in every aspect of his life...
Seeing this, Walt's mood became more and more difficult to calm down——
His birthday is February 3rd, he was born at 11:12 p.m., and the number of letters in the middle name also adds up to 23...
Thinking about "Fingerling" and his own similar childhood experiences, Walter couldn't help but wonder:
Could it be that this curse was "contagious" to him as a reader through the novel?
But the wife still thinks that these are coincidences, because 2 and 3 are the most basic numbers, and anything in the world can be related to "23" if you want to.
In order to solve his doubts, Walt had to go to the bookstore alone, hoping to find detailed information about the author of the novel.
But he was told that the book was privately printed and published.
The author's name is a pseudonym that no one has ever heard of, and there is little chance of finding him.
As the novel's mystery grows, Walter sinks deeper and deeper into the "curse".
He began to "transform" everything around him into 23, like the blonde woman in the story.
Even the tea and dinner are heartless, can't sleep at night, and have numbers written on their arms...
Agatha saw this and understood that persuasion was useless.
I had to recommend Walt to visit his old friend, psychology professor Isaac (Danny Heston).
Isaac explained to Walt the peculiarities of the number 23 and gave him an analysis of the possibility of mischief or conspiracy theories;
In the end, I still advise him not to think blindly, read the whole book and then make a conclusion.
The Fingerling in the book, in addition to the inhuman form that was also tortured by 23, has undergone some changes "in advance".
His wife, Fabricia, learns of the blonde's suicide and becomes obsessed with the blend of sex and death.
Each time he asked Fingerling to tie her up and pretend to cut her clothes with a sharp knife...
At the same time, Fingling was also asked to undergo psychotherapy because of his work mistakes.
The doctor's diagnosis is also compulsory leave.
Unexpectedly, he lost his pistol and lost his status as a police detective who symbolized power.
Fabrizia, who loved to death and came back to life, lost interest in him for a moment.
Walt was puzzled and secretly followed his lover.
Found out that she came together with the psychiatrist at some point...
After catching them squarely again, Fingerling completely lost his mind and killed Fabrikia with a sharp knife.
In reality, Walterton felt a chill in his back and recalled the ambiguous words of the psychiatrist Isaac before he left;
And his long-standing "friendship" with Agatha, the seeds of doubt have quietly taken root...
More seriously, the nightmare of killing his wife, Agatha, began to swirl in Walt's mind, lingering.
Still deeply in love with his wife, he decided to leave the family for a while and find a secluded place to finish the novel.
Walt ghost sent god into a dilapidated hotel, and naturally stayed in room 23.
The story in the book then ushered in the final chapter.
Fabrigia's body was left on her bed, waiting for the arrival of witnesses, who happened to be a psychiatrist.
Inexplicably, he walked into his lover's room as usual and inadvertently touched the murder weapon and the corpse.
In the end, he was mistaken for a murderer by the police and was unjustly imprisoned.
Fingerling jumped off the windowsill with the curse of 23 on his back...
The little one came to an abrupt end here, just in chapter 22.
It seems to imply that Walt will personally compose this most crucial and mysterious chapter 23.
Suggestion is a wonderful thing, and when you identify something, it becomes omnipresent.
PS: If you don't believe me, you can try your relationship with 23
Fingerling's story is over, but Walter's fate continues.
Are all kinds of coincidences psychological or are there other hidden feelings?
Interested friends can go to see the film in person.
Of course, the evil lord will also bring the second half of the explanation at the same time tomorrow.
Everyone is not seen or scattered~