The Trap of Megre, starring "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson, is a remake of the 1958 French film The Trap, the pinnacle of veteran director Jean Dilanno, who directed Notre Dame de Paris.
1958 French film "Trick Trap"
Although the story of "The Trap of Megre", starring Mr. Bean, is still a perverted serial murder case that occurred in the streets of Montmartre in Paris in the 1950s, the style of the whole film is not related to French cinema in any way, there is no familiar French humor, only a serious British style.
Serial murder cases are still the cases of perverted killers, but the cause is due to the discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, which leads to the splinted husband to kill to reduce his own pressure. Such a reason for committing a crime is really laughable! Even in the end, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are still competing for control of the prisoners, competing to admit that they are the culprits in the last case.
It can be seen that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, whether in the East or in the West, is an important relationship that needs to be taken seriously and needs to be handled well, because it is very likely to be related to whether it will give birth to the next serial killer.
The case itself is not really a twist and turn. Megre found out what serial murders have in common, sent female police officers to dress up as bar girls, lured criminals to commit crimes, such a trap was 58 years ago, it was still fresh and clever, but it is really ordinary now. Or even who is the murderer? Who in the end impersonates the murderer and kills to divert the attention of the police? Experienced audiences should have come up with the answer earlier than Megre in the movie.
The film's creators actually know that the film's case itself is not fascinating, and the focus of attention is not on the confusion of the case itself, but on the psychological process of the police officer Megre in the entire process of solving the case.
The serious Lo wen Atkinson was not funny at all, he had a big pipe in his mouth, his eyes were brooding, and he really looked like a great detective. In the movie, it is difficult to associate him with the image of Mr. Bean. At first, it was feared that Megre would be a replica of Mr. Bean, but it turned out to be completely unfounded.
Murders followed, and Megre faced pressure from her boss, the media, the families of the victims of the case, and even friends around her. In the face of many pressures, What Megre cares most about is not the accusations given by her boss and the media, or even her friends, but the feelings of the victims' families. In the face of the victims' families, Megre always seemed to blame himself, and he felt their grief. This is the motivation for Megre to solve the case and catch the murderer. Rowan Atkinson's Megre is a serious-looking but warm-hearted detective.
In this film, Rowan Atkinson's performance is remarkable, which is the biggest highlight of this slightly bland suspense crime film. It turns out that Rowan Atkinson is not just the cute and funny Mr. Bean, he can also be Officer Megre, or even someone else, a role he has never played.
If you want to see how Mr. Bean gorgeously transforms into a French detective, watch this movie.
(Text/Qin Shi Xiaoge on December 12, 2016 at 21:09)