Not long ago, Sir pushed the list of horror films in the second half of the year.
Coincidentally, a Korean thriller drama that was on fire last year also produced a sequel to the movie version.
But Sir didn't put it in the list recommendation.
Why?
Let's take a look at its predecessor, The Law of Defamation.
"Busan Trip" director Yeon Sang-ho served as the screenwriter, just out of Douban 8.5, one of the annual horror dramas.
What is the law of defamation?
It is a spell that casts a curse on people based on the idea of religious gods and ghosts.
The person who casts the spell will twist his whole body and die violently.
In the social context of magic blessing, the dark side and weakness of human nature will be infinitely magnified.
The series worked well, and a year later the movie version was launched while the iron was hot.
It is reasonable to say that the sequel created by the original team of people and horses is often not far behind.
But this time, Sir, he couldn't exaggerate.
The Law of Defamation: Here It Is
Method: Reconfirm
01
The sequel follows the ending of the previous game.
Journalist Lin Zhenxi (Yan Zhiyuan) has always prided himself on being a media person who speaks out for justice.
After learning that Forest's president, Qin Zhongxin (Cheng Dongri), had brutally abused her subordinates, she chose to post online for more information about the incident.
During the investigation, she becomes acquainted with the slander mage Bai Zhaoyuan (Zheng Zhizhi).
Only three documents are required:
Photographs, personal belongings, kanji names.
A slander mage can curse him to death.
Lin Zhenxi: It turns out that there are really these things in the world!
Bai Zhaoyuan: Oh, not only is there, it's all around you.
The current president of Qin Zhong is the one who is possessed by the evil spirit.
Not only that, but there are other dark wizards who secretly help him do evil.
The ending of the previous game is not a reunion:
Bai Zhaoyuan successfully defeated the Dark Wizard, but she was also seriously injured by the excessive use of mana and had to embark on the road to redemption;
Lin Zhenxi, who wrote a book about his experiences, sat on money and traffic overnight, and faced greater temptations.
The story of the sequel begins here.
On the night when I couldn't see my five fingers, a drunk man swung into the house.
Someone in the house?
The search was fruitless, and a black shadow rubbed out behind him.
And that's not all.
A close-up
On the wrist of the black shadow, a mysterious pattern gradually appeared.
What to do, him!
Of course, it is impossible to beat.
The black shadow bit down on the neck, the man fell, and the black shadow immediately fell to his knees.
The skin on his body actually shattered and fell like clay.
(High Energy Warning Ahead)
The next day, the man's body was found.
However, he did not die of blood loss or internal injuries.
It's poisoning.
A paralytic shellfish toxin called PSP.
What is even more bizarre is that the real murderer, that is, the black shadow, is still at the scene.
Kneel there, motionless.
The police were stupid after checking in the past
This is not human.
It was a corpse that had been dead for three months!
How can a dead man kill?
Is it corpse transformation? Or is it a blindfold?
Stop and look at the other side.
The well-known "writer" Lin Zhenxi received an interview invitation from the real murderer behind the self-proclaimed "corpse killing".
At the scene of the interview, the police and newspaper personnel were waiting in a tight line.
Then, a mysterious man in a gray hoodie walks into the studio...
There's something strange about this guy.
The movements are stiff, the eyes are sluggish, and the expression is expressionless.
I believe I guessed it.
Yes, this so-called "real culprit behind the scenes" is really just another corpse as a puppet.
Shockingly, he actually opened his mouth and spoke.
I'll make three more cases in the future
Two days later, at 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow
I'm going to kill Director Kim Min-seok of Katsuichi Pharmaceutical
There was another two days later at two o'clock in the afternoon
I'm going to kill Lee Sang-jen, the special director of Shengri Pharmaceutical
And also......
The way to stop killing is simple
Asked President Bian Shengri to face Lin (Ren) Zhenxi reporter alone
Just make a very sincere apology
Apologies in other ways are useless
Death threats.
Sentence by sentence is not far from "Shengri Pharmaceutical", but also directly named the senior management of the enterprise.
Understand, it seems that the cause and effect and the real murderer of this "corpse killing" are inseparable from Katsuri Pharmaceutical.
Immediately after, the pattern also appeared on the man's wrist.
The eyeballs turn gray and the skin falls off.
It sucks.
This interview is fully live.
Corpses talking, bodies shattering... The number of spectators is not going to rise like a life.
The city is full of wind and rain.
Wait, what is Shengri Pharmaceutical?
02
After investigation, it was found that the manipulated body was the leader of the new drug research and development team of Shengri Pharmaceutical.
The top brass panicked one by one.
Being able to manipulate corpses, what kind of magic is this?
Through the pattern on her wrist, Lin Zhenxi learned from folklore experts that this is most likely a kind of corpse art from Indonesia.
And these manipulated corpses are also known as "here".
The paper wrapper can't hold the fire.
The panicked high-ranking people finally spat out.
It turned out that Shengri Pharmaceutical had produced PSP shellfish toxin for the development of chemical weapons in the United States, and secretly gathered a large number of people who accepted illegal clinical trials, including some illegal detainees from Southeast Asia.
A hundred people died after the drug trial.
Draw the focus, Southeast Asia.
The casters who used such devious methods to avenge their victims were likely to be from Southeast Asia as well.
All the senior executives who received the death notice were the people who approved the trial drug project in that year.
This also explains why the cause of death of the first man who was bitten was poisoning.
Because here, they are the ghosts of the wronged who are full of poison.
Good drama, this is just the beginning.
The first object of the death notice, Director Kim Min-seok, even if he has the protection of special police and the escort of police cars, he is still unable to escape death.
Because there are too many opponents.
How many people died back then, how many are here now.
- An army of the living dead in human skin, formally assembled.
Quality leverage.
Not afraid of pain, not afraid of tiredness, the living can do, they can also.
Like talking, like driving.
Yes, you read that right.
In addition to that, what the living can't do, they can do.
Jumping off buildings, pickpockets, cornices walking on the wall...
The spellcasters and screenwriters who added the invincible buff here can almost be said to be all-round puppets.
Long battery life, no need to charge, and automatic destruction when finished.
The two remaining top brass collapsed.
A suicide.
A fright.
And the ending, is the heavenly divine soldier-like maiden slander mage Bai Zhaoyuan, find the real murderer's nest behind the scenes, and duel with it.
Well, the most exciting orgasm comes
Defamation vs. Corpse Technique.
Who wins and who loses? What else is there to reverse?
Sir certainly doesn't spoil.
It can be seen that the sequel to the "Law of Defamation" has been upgraded
The faction expands, the sense of suspense is enhanced, and the action scenes are more violent and fresh after the addition of new zombie elements.
As an investment not the top thriller, it passes.
But it was only a pass.
03
The success of the previous work lies in the use of evil methods to amplify human nature.
Between the different sects and spells, what is reflected is each other's desires.
Fight evil with evil, and counter violence with violence.
In the end, conscience is destroyed and the rule of law is flouted.
The whole work weaves a complete web of mutual resistance with voodoo knowledge.
Inuyasha, mourning, evil spirits.
Each spell is also designed based on folklore knowledge and related theories.
Blood and horror are not nothing, but they are the icing on the cake.
But "Here It Is" focuses more on visual stimulation and special effects.
Zombies are pretty energetic.
Then let them run a little faster.
The fighting method is very emotional.
Let's make the lighting effect a little weirder.
But what does zombie mean?
What does Dou Fa want to express?
What is the difference between two magic arts?
I don't know, how lively how to come.
Not only that.
Each character in the previous game has its own characteristics and multi-faceted.
They have a human face, but they are all puppets of desire.
The heroine Lin Zhenxi claims to uphold justice, but still uses Bai Zhaoyuan's mana to take revenge on her boss.
But when she was faced with the same choice a second time, she gave up again.
In the face of witchcraft, the heroine shows the hesitation, longing, greed and residual justice that ordinary people have.
pity.
"Here It Is" erases all of this.
Compared with the participants in "The Law of Defamation" who mediate between good and evil, the heroine in the sequel is more like a pure bystander.
She does have a sense of justice as a good person and a professional ethic as a media person.
But she also lost the right to think independently.
There is no difference between her and the camera in her hand.
The female second bai Zhaoyuan is even more free of her own inner waves and torments in the previous work.
In the face of this and the corpse man, she is like the protagonist of the traditional hero movie who is responsible for defeating the bad guys and sensationalizing.
Justice, invincibility, bravery, delicacy.
The full screen of divinity and holy light was about to brighten Sir's eyes.
No fear, no hesitation, no introspection.
In order to highlight the character's aura, the screenwriter simply castrates all the tentacles that perceive emotions.
Not to mention that the motivation of the villain in the film is either the ultimate evil or the ultimate love.
And that's not all.
In the previous game, when the right path could not reveal the darkness to suppress evil, witchcraft could indeed be used as a stopgap measure.
But by the time it came to "Here", this evil spirit technique had completely replaced the right path.
The collapse of the rule of law has not only not improved, but has also worsened.
To take revenge, do it;
If you want to criticize, do it;
To punish evil, it is still necessary to do it.
Supernatural forces are gradually brought to the table, becoming a buff existence that gives the protagonist the privilege of "scavenger" status.
The personality of the slander mage is also strengthened, and it is even possible to be invisible and decipher dreams.
From beginning to end, the works are permeated with a smell of "taking advantage of the ip heat to make quick money".
If nothing else.
Just look at two posters.
Sequel poster: the starring artist's refined headdress occupies the C position, and the visual elements of the film are used as the background.
Nothing informative.
What about the original poster?
At first glance, the composition is very plain and not very attractive.
The lead actors are also all crowded in the corner.
Can you zoom in?
The poster itself is an allegorical play.
Highlights are in the lower right corner.
Piles of skeletons, and countless pairs of hands that want to pull people down.
The position where the protagonist stands is on the edge of this abyss.
Even, looking back now.
It's also a metaphor for where sequels are headed
Corpse bones (obsession) are also one of the recipes needed for witchcraft.
Which is the production that worked hard?
Which is the work of rushing to work?
Don't lie to the audience.
Don't lie to yourself.
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