"The Searcher" is a suspense film directed by Kim Min-seop and starring Song Chang-yi, Song Young-kyu, Lee Hyun-jung and others, and there is a problem with the conscience of soldiers in the film.
In an unidentified death at a military camp in South Korea bordering North Korea, female investigator Ren Xiaoyan went to the military camp to investigate. Before the results of the investigation could be found, he was killed by the military superintendent. At the murder scene, an ordinary soldier Min Zhi saw it and was too frightened to speak out. The next day, they were ordered to search for deserters in a controlled area. They did not dare to be idle, and went to search with full force. When I arrived at the scene of the incident, I had hallucinations. Junxiu stepped on the mine and did not dare to move, and the commander of the army, Kyo xiu, bullied his subordinates and also used the muzzle of his gun to reprimand the soldiers, resulting in shooting and killing the soldiers. Kyoshu hallucinated and always thought that someone was following them. When he got lost, he shot and injured his teammates, and on the way back, he hallucinated, and actually shot Ando, who stepped on the mine, and the commander who came to the rescue, causing the mine to explode, and the two were killed.
Several of the surviving soldiers began to suspect Kyo-shu, knowing that something was wrong with him. Finally, when he was about to shoot and kill the two companions, the two companions began to resist, one shooting him head-on, and the other detouring, killing Kyoshu. However, the soldiers in the woods still could not escape a mysterious force and began to kill each other. Are there really so-called soldier ghosts that confuse them?
Investigator David Ginger asked for some information at the barracks and to talk to the only surviving soldier in the woods. However, he was restrained by the military superintendent and could not casually approach the surviving soldiers. Finally, the surviving soldier went crazy and threatened the military superintendent with a gun, and when the soldier arrived, he killed the supervisor and then shot himself.
In the face of reporters, the head of the army claimed that the soldiers had been attacked by North Korean soldiers, but in fact they were only diverting the spearhead. Investigator David Jiang demanded that the facts be restored, but was restricted from approaching another surviving soldier, Liu Shangtai. Liu Shangtai told a lie to reporters, of course, when he told the truth, he was already pushed away by soldiers. David Jiang tried to approach him, and after falling down two soldiers, he was knocked unconscious with a stick by the soldiers.
Liu Shangtai retired from the army, and on the way, Jiang David intercepted him and asked him the truth of the incident. It turned out that there was no mysterious power at all, and they received the task of pursuing the fleeing soldiers, which was also a fictitious thing, and there were no fleeing soldiers at all. When they went to the woods, they wanted to kill each other, mainly to kill Min Zhi, who saw the truth. And when Min Zhi was injured, they did not treat him, let alone carry him forward, but put a gun against his neck, And Kyo Xiu shot him, killing him. Everyone agreed to kill Min Zhi, everyone had guilt in their hearts, and when their conscience was awakened, they were going to kill everyone. It seems that everything is a trap set by the military superintendent to cover up the fact that he killed female investigator Ren Xiaoyan.
Although everything is over, most of the soldiers who went on the mission died, killing each other and becoming victims of power. If there are really soldiers' souls at work in the woods, then it is also the soldiers who were mistakenly killed by Kyo xiu who are pestering them. And since they killed Min Zhi, they have begun to be suspicious of each other, so much so that the soldiers have met each other.
When senior military officials released the truth about the incident, they said that the dead soldiers were killed by North Korean soldiers, but in fact, they were just full of lies and did not explain the truth. If you follow the clues of Inspector David Jiang, you will know the truth. However, senior military officials just want to let things pass quickly, not to release any truth. In their eyes, a soldier is a pawn, not a living life. And Jiang David investigator has a strong sense of responsibility and professionalism, although obstructed everywhere, but still have to investigate the truth, even if the survivor Liu Shangtai retired, but also from his mouth to know the truth.
It seems that the truth is not easy to obtain. And after the conscience of the person is awakened, it can produce a very strong lethal force. Soldiers are not machines, but living people with conscience. They cannot be used as tools, nor can they be made objects of toy. The barracks needed an investigator with a conscience like David Jiang, and many soldiers with a conscience, not a soldier who was assimilated by the bureaucratic machine and a commander who covered up the truth.