The film begins with the corpse of a dead man named Brother Cat.
Then the police shunteng to find Song Lao'er, he is the protagonist of the movie, but this Song Lao'er is not a murderer, the real murderer is a person who has nothing to do with this village, Song Lao'er became a pursuer in order to prove that he is not a murderer.
In the whole process of pursuing the murderer, he found that he was the one who was going to be killed, and Brother Cat became his substitute ghost, and the reason behind this was because Song Lao'er refused to move.
We can completely see Cao Baoping's "Pursuer" as a black absurdity caused by the relocation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" >01, the contradiction between the simple countryside and the process of modernization</h1>
When you first watch this film, you may first be attracted by the film in the villages of western Yunnan and listen to the fascinating dialect, because the people here are simple and simple, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, living a life without dispute with the world.
The tranquility of the countryside in western Yunnan and the simplicity of the people in the small places are reflected in the film. As the protagonist of Song Lao'er, the powerful actor Liu Ye interpreted his simple temperament of "Huan Bao" vividly.
Some of the extras and scenes in the film further set off the local simplicity and uncivilized atmosphere.
For example, brother cat died, his mother invited the witch to do things for his son at home, and Song Lao'er's brothers who lectured on morality, these small details can further highlight the simplicity and simplicity of the rural people.
The location of the ancestral tomb of the Song family has found rich manganese ore resources, and the local county government and businessmen hope to exploit mineral resources, the government wants to develop the economy, and the merchants also want to make a profit from it.
But helplessly, Song Lao'er is a "Bun" auto repairman, he refuses to move his ancestral grave away, because his son Song Tao just happened to take the college entrance examination, and he hopes that the feng shui treasure of his ancestral tomb can bless his son to enter the university.
Therefore, when the second brother said that the manganese mine would be repaired later, and the car repair work Song Lao'er was all covered, Song Lao'er said in the Yunnan dialect that "pack a ball, Lao Tzu has a vendetta against them", in fact, this is the deepest fuse buried in the movie, because all the development of the storyline is because of this matter.
The simplicity of the Yunnan countryside and the tranquility of the paradise are being changed little by little by the process of urbanization.
The countless road shots that appear in the movie, the development of manganese ore, the young Gu Qiuzai Wang Youquan, the increasing number of cars, and the identity of Song Lao'er, a car repairman, all show that the village is changing. Because of the needs of economic development, modern concepts and facilities continue to pour in.
I remember a scene where when the police rescue Song Lao'er, who was mistaken for a human trafficker, the camera shows a small child lying on the police car playing, which shows a connection between modern security management and the village, where people are constantly accepting the arrival of new things.
The most dramatic thing about the film is the contradiction between simple countryside and modernization.
After Song Lao'er learned that Qian Guixing and Dong Xiaofeng and their gang were going to kill themselves, they found Qian Guixing's theory, and Song Lao'er accurately said Qian Guixing's evil deeds and was preparing to call the police.
Qian Guixing said at this time: "Anyone can kill you, and they want to kill you." This sentence is deafening.
Because Song Lao'er was unwilling to move the land, he blocked the financial path of many people, and everyone hoped to get rid of him to avoid future troubles.
Qian Guixing explained why Song Lao'er should be killed on the grounds that he could not selfishly hinder the development of the entire region.
Seeing this, we can't help but think that such a complex relationship between public and private has been difficult to explain since ancient times, but when modern theories and developments emerged, money became a very important factor between public and private.
Just because Song Lao'er was unwilling to move land, he was said to be selfish, but think about it, is it really beneficial to future generations to vigorously mining mining?
Merchants, especially profiteers, are the profiteers, and ordinary people can only be slaughtered.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" >02, character interpretation in black absurdity</h1>
The main actors in "The Pursuer" are all powerful actors, Liu Ye, played by Song Lao'er, Zhang Yi, played by Dong Xiaofeng, and Wang Ziwen and Tan Zhuo, etc., whose acting skills are very online.
The high-energy interpretation of Song Lao'er is on the way back from selling pigs for money, and he seems to feel that someone is following him and there is a vague sense of murder.
The language of the camera is fluent, and Liu Ye also interprets the suspense and tension in place, so that the audience also follows the emotions of Song Lao'er.
The whole film vividly reflects the black absurdity, which is Dong Xiaofeng, played by Zhang Yi. He is the foreman of a nightclub, and his biggest dream is to live with his beloved woman, Ping'er.
He claimed to be a five-star killer, and he took over the killing task arranged for him by Qian Guixing and other businessmen, and after the fact, he took the money and took Ping'er to Kunming to buy a house.
But because of his mistake - mistakenly recognizing Brother Cat as Song Lao'er, his absurd killer road began, the plot was linked one by one, and every time he tried to kill Song Lao'er, he failed to succeed, and finally did not complete the "task".
The interesting point is that the absurdity of Dong Xiaofeng is a kind of absurdity that makes people feel pitiful, perhaps his life is a tragic comedy, the joy is that he has a tenacious drive, and the sadness is that he is more and more extreme after being deceived.
Dong Xiaofeng definitely wants a good life, but helplessly once had evil thoughts and wanted to rob, because he was betrayed by his companions to rob the gold bank, he was imprisoned for seven years, so he himself had a grudge against society, and later entered the nightclub to see his beloved woman being touched by others, which made him want to flee with Ping'er, so he took over the task of killing.
However, he was biased to create and manipulate people, one wrong step at a time, and finally before he was killed by the police, he said: "I hate the adulterer, and in this life I will let the adulterer give the pit."
Dong Xiaofeng wants nothing more than money and a better life, but he is not suitable for stealing chickens and dogs, killing people and setting fires, and he is not suitable for being a killer.
Later, when he saw Dong Xiaofeng limping and gray-headed to kidnap Song Lao'er's son, he still felt some sympathy for him in his heart.
Unlike the absurdity of the child's perspective in "Jojo's Whimsical World", "The Pursuer" is a kind of adult helplessness, especially the inner struggle and collapse of people like Dong Xiaofeng.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" >03, good must eventually be compared to evil</h1>
Good and evil are originally two aspects of things, and everyone has a good side and will also have evil thoughts.
Brother Cat's daughter-in-law initially believed that Song Lao'er had killed someone, Song Lao'er chased after Wang Youquan and robbed his mother's pig to sell money to Brother Cat's family to make compensation, the villagers said that Song Lao'er was the murderer when the truth was unclear, Dong Xiaofeng vented his hatred from prison seven years ago on killing people, and the treachery of the businessman...
All of these reflect the evil side of human nature, which are both influenced by external factors and their own psychological reasons.
Dong Xiaofeng did everything in his power to kill Song Lao'er, using various methods and unscrupulous means, especially he pushed the big stone downstairs to smash Song Lao'er, so that the audience could see his extremes, if you did not pay attention to it, it would hurt other innocent people, making people look at the screen full of malice.
But the saying that "good and evil will eventually be rewarded" is true, and many evil deeds must be punished, and goodness can be exchanged for more beauty.
At the end of the film, Song Lao'er and the eldest brother He Qingyong re-bought a pig to return to Wang Youquan's mother, just met Wang Youquan and his girlfriend Yang Shuhua on the road, and drove them to the car together, they finally walked together, and there was more trust between each other, and the film ended.
Most of the front of the movie is doing a struggle, a kind of search, and finally to clear the clouds and see the sky and the moon, the truth is revealed, the good people win, and the pursuit of the murderer succeeds.
In the end, the director also wants to express a kind of return of human nature, even if there are so many things and dangers experienced in the front, people still need more trust and help, chasing not only fierce, but also chasing people's hearts.
After all, good still compares evil, which is also a thought of the final sublimation of this film.
"The Pursuer" is a high-quality film that sets plot, acting skills, and ideas, and its Douban score is not high, I think part of the reason is that it is affected by local dialects and propaganda, and it is limited in the audience, but it does not prevent it from being a good film, so it is recommended that you can go to watch and appreciate the high-energy acting skills and black humor of the two film emperors.