In 2017, a hellish movie airborne into the audience's sight and received countless praise for a while. Hell theme, filmed a lot, after filming that is, more than a lot, how to portray the abstract hell to meet the audience's expectations, this comic film can also be regarded as a qualified answer.
(Cast)
The film stars Ha Jeong-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Chu Ji-hoon, Kim Heung-ki, Kim Dong-wook and others. As a science fiction film costing 40 billion won, all kinds of fights in the film are flowing, and the CG special effect is overwhelmed. However, under the cloak of science fiction, in fact, this is a judgment of good and evil in human nature, and whether it is right or wrong is karmic karma.
In 2018, it also successfully won the highest box office award at the 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards, which shows that Koreans have a high degree of recognition for this film.
/ Hades has laws /
Past lives must be judged
Walking with God: Sin and Punishment
On this day, the fire fighter Jin Zihong sacrificed to save people, and his soul looked at his body out of the body, and he could not accept this fact for a while. When he was still in captivity, he was taken directly into hell by the messenger of Hades to receive a seven-tiered trial, and within 49 days, the innocent who was tried could be reincarnated and given a new life.
It turned out that as long as the King of Yama ordered 49 dead people to die within 1,000 years, the three messengers could also be reborn. And Jin Zihong, as the 48th noble person in the mouths of the three emissaries, the "righteous dead", is expected to be reincarnated. With the defense of the three messengers, the journey of the judgment of hell begins...
Compared with the human world, the Seven Judges know everything in the human world, and in front of them, no falsehood can be hidden.
Supposedly, Jin Zihong, who died to save people, should easily be acquitted in a homicide prison, but it seems that everyone has "secrets that cannot be said." When the past is presented one by one, it turns out that Jin Zihong, in his previous mission, in order to save the residents trapped in the sea of fire, he left his teammates behind, resulting in the indirect death of his teammates.
What is the weight of life to be measured by? Judging from the verdict, in the case of Jin Zihong saving 8 people, this time it is obvious that the responsibility has won. In times of crisis, as firefighters, the responsibility on their shoulders is the criterion for their choices.
Prison of Laziness – Judging those who eat and do nothing, who waste their time.
Through the karmic mirror, we see that Jin Zihong worked diligently before his death, often working day and night, wishing that he had three heads and six arms; he was also kind and honest, he could risk his life for the sake of small animals, in front of him, any life is precious...
(King of Chujiang - Lazy Hell Judge)
But he also believed in money and was willing to become a slave to money, and the king of Chujiang, who was originally impressed, was furious.
At the sound of an order, Jin Zihong saw a creepy scene, the huge turntable rotated endlessly, on which were people who were desperately running, once they stopped, they would be crushed to death, and they would never be able to live again.
Seeing this situation, the envoys rushed to defend Jin Zihong, who turned out that Jin Zihong's "for money" was because there was a deaf and mute mother and a younger brother who wanted to study, and he had to work hard to earn money to support his family.
Life never seemed to give him a chance to breathe, without his father, for the sake of his mother and brother, this pillar could not fall.
After the first two trials, Jin Zihong gradually understood that as long as he passed the test, he could dream of going back to meet his mother, but he decided to speak cautiously, but on the way, he was attacked by a ghost (his immediate family members died unjustly).
The road ahead is full of dangers, and the messenger of the advent decides to go to the Yangjian to find out the truth for the sake of everyone's safety... Next, the remaining three successfully passed the trial, and the secret of Jin Zihong's body was revealed, he pretended to be a deceased colleague to write a letter to his daughter; he lied to his mother that his family was happy and had a successful career; he was violent to his brother; he wanted to cover his mother to death...
Obviously, Jin Zihong is a kind person full of justice, but he is also a contradiction between good and evil, and good and evil are not clearly demarcated, which is the true human nature.
Any sin that is not committed for one's own selfish purposes can be forgiven here by the gods of Hades, but there is no way to wash away the violent and heavenly sins that Jin Zihong actually committed.
After the prophet's defense, the violent sin is superimposed on the heavenly sin, and in the face of the heavenly hell that the king of Yama personally judged, the greatest mistake committed by Jin Zihong will be revealed here - the crime of killing the mother.
Although under the strong persuasion of his brother and his own guilt, Jin Zihong finally accepted it. After that, he also left for 15 years, desperately running outside, by sending money home to make up for the sins in his heart.
But in the face of this trial of King Yan, Jin Zihong was unable to refute it after all.
On the other hand, the messenger found the younger brother of the ghost, Jin Xiuhong, who originally wanted to become a judge and could not realize his dream due to economic problems, and in the process of joining the army, he was wrongfully turned into a deserter, and later died and turned into a ghost.
At this time, his brother was already unrecognizable, because he saw that the lieutenant who killed him had knocked out his mother in order to cover up the truth of the killing, and the younger brother who saw this scene was furious in his heart and began to kill on a large scale.
And the anger from this loved one affected the brother who was experiencing the hell of heaven, and when the first shot occurred, the younger brother saw that his brother was being swallowed up by the yellow sand, and finally he couldn't bear to let his brother disappear, and everything was quiet.
The emissary who defended Jin Zihong said: "His mother was in a coma at the time and did not know it." But the king of Yan told Jin Zihong that his mother was sober at that time, and she was only willing to die, not wanting to be a drag on her two sons... Jin Zihong, who learned the truth, completely collapsed and expressed his willingness to accept all punishments.
Suddenly, my brother's voice came: "Mom, Mom, wake up."
It turned out that the younger brother was dreaming of his mother, and the younger brother told his mother: "Over the years, my brother did not dare to go home because of guilt, only to keep sending money to the house, running around like this all his life, without a day of rest, that idiot did not dare to face us..."
The younger brother, who could not cry, did not expect that his mother, who had never spoken all his life, was actually calling his name. The mother said that she had always thought it was her fault and had never blamed them, and that if she died, her children would be relieved, and she would have been willing, a scene that shocked everyone and earned enough tears from the audience.
Naturally, King Yan naturally took this scene into his eyes and casually pulled the verdict and declared Jin Zihong innocent, because he was sincerely forgiven. Mother's love is always great, she will tolerate all your faults, never consider the gains and losses.
For 15 years, Jin Zihong never returned home to plead for forgiveness, while his mother waited for him to come home. So at this moment, how he shouts "I was wrong", the mother in the world can't hear half a point, and it will be meaningless to understand that cherishing after losing it.
The ending is gratifying, Kim Zihong is immediately reincarnated, and Kim So-hong becomes the next nobleman. But the story setting is so cruel, the deaf and mute mother who remains in the human world has lost two sons, and the rest is only endless thoughts. Blood is thicker than water, how can life not be painful in the future?
The whole film is ostensibly condemning the dark side of satirizing human nature, but in essence it is praising the courage and sincerity of daring to repent. Good and evil are finally determined, obviously the former wins, arises from evil, ends with good, and it is the instinct of human nature to be good.