In 2016, the Spanish suspense film "The Invisible Guest" came out.
Layers of reversed plots, ugly and real human nature, the shock and amazement when the truth is finally revealed... After watching many stories, he became one of the most popular suspense films of the year, and strongly won the 67th place in the Douban movie Top250.
After 5 years, the director of "The Invisible Guest" and the original team of the film re-contributed to bring the audience the suspenseful brain-burning drama "The Best of Innocence".
The same suspenseful story, the constantly reversing plot, as soon as it is opened, you can't help but brush the whole set.
The story begins at a school party many years ago.
During the party, the male protagonist Matt accidentally causes the death of his classmate Danny during the fight. Atonement, Matt paid a 4-year prison sentence.
But fortunately, fate did not abandon it: after being released from prison, Matt got a good job with the help of his brother and met his destined wife, Olivia. The two are in love and married, and there is about to be a new life in the family.
However, the good times did not last long.
Matt's seemingly always gentle and considerate wife, Olivia, is suspected of cheating—
The strange man uses Olivia's mobile phone to send Matt a short video of "ambiguous content". The man in the video is wearing nothing while the wife is lying vaguely on the bed. In order to find out what really happened, Matt went to the private investigators to start a reconnaissance operation.
At the same time, the female police officer Ortiz appeared.
Ortiz received a report of a "nun committing suicide", but during the on-site forensics, it was found that the nun was not a suicide. Even more frightening is the true identity of the nun: in addition to the female police officer Ortiz, the National Special Crimes Team was also alarmed to investigate, and it is obvious that there is a lot of article in it.
As the investigation progresses, Matt, Olivia, the mysterious man suspected of cheating on Olivia, and the nun who is persecuted to death. Everyone is shrouded in a huge net, seemingly unrelated, but in fact hiding earth-shattering secrets...
On the evening of April 30, "The Best of Innocence" premiered on the whole network.
The series opened with a score of 9.1 and gradually increased to 9.2 points as the number of viewers increased. 94% of the audience gave 4 stars and above praise, and the title of the annual suspense god work is worthy of the name.
Like "The Invisible Guest", the biggest attraction of the story is the high-energy reversal of the whole plot.
Under the layered interspersed editing method, important characters appear one after another. First, the time narrative tells their life experiences, and then uses a common point to connect each person's story, and finally constructs the truth.
How meticulous the laying of the front is, how amazing the subsequent reversals and the revelation of the truth are.
Take Matt's wife, Olivia, for example.
In the first episode of Matt's perspective, Olivia behaves strangely and suspected of cheating. But in the follow-up Olivia perspective story, we learn that all this is painful.
The truth behind the suffering is related to the reason for the sister's death, and even more to Olivia's tragic past. The moment I learned of the cause and effect, it can be described as a thousand emotions.
Another example is the National Special Crimes Group tracing the real cause of the nun's death.
Since his appearance, the crime team has worked to stop the female police officer Ortis from investigating the case. This act made the audience feel extremely confused: shouldn't the pursuit of the truth be more powerful than the number of people?
It is not until the climax of the plot, when all the character events are connected, that it is finally known what the crime team is doing this for.
What is even more surprising to the audience is that "The Best of Innocence" continues the narrative style of "The Invisible Guest" while deciphering and overturning the previous conclusion of the so-called truth. One second the audience thinks they guessed the ending, the next second the case takes on a new direction, and until the last moment, they don't know who is behind the boss.
Such an extreme suspenseful and reversed narrative style brings the audience a great viewing experience, and the five stars feel that it is not enough.
On the other hand, there is the strong emotion and complex human nature presented in the series.
The reason why "The Invisible Guest" can become a classic story is part of the wonderful and beautiful, but more importantly, the parents' dedication to justice for their deceased sons in the story is touching enough. Suspense + emotion builds a high-scoring formula, which is amazing.
This time the launch of "The Best of Innocence" continues this performance method, and the emotion presented in the series is more intense, and it is not too much to say that it is tear-inducing -
In love, all kinds of evidence show that Olivia and the murder of the nun cannot be escaped, but Matt is still on Olivia's side.
The friendship is related to the secret relationship between Olivia and the nuns. Among them, there are two girls at the bottom of society who are trying to escape the hardships of the black forces, and there are also mutual dependence and mutual protection after the new birth.
The story begins with a suspenseful murder, but in the end it is the shock of strong emotions. In addition to revealing the truth, tears were also moved.
Because it is a suspense crime film, the picture style of the entire episode of "The Best of Innocence" is cold and gray. The soundtrack is terrifying and eerie, complementing the setting in which everyone in the play hides secrets, creating a sense of suspenseful atmosphere.
Where there is sin, there must be sinful humanity.
Even if the case is sealed for a long time, someone will always remember it.
This allows the story of "The Best of Innocence" to extend from Matt's murder to the murder of the nun, to the deeper and more heinous case in the subsequent story...
The story progresses layer by layer, and the true face of the characters becomes incomprehensible. People who seem to be good people are complex and changeable, but people who are actually murderers are not as evil as the audience imagines...
One after another reversals, people can't help but cry out. Such a high-energy suspense masterpiece, of course, is not to be missed!