A very brilliant suspense film

Casey 2021-12-19 08:01:22

"Manslaughter", also known as "Vision", is an Indian mystery film with a duration of 170 minutes. Humans are visual animals, and they usually only remember what they saw, but don’t remember the time so clearly. This film escaped the police through this shortcoming of people. I don't know if the screenwriter has seen Keigo Higashino's "Devotion of Suspect X", but I think the crime tactics are basically very similar. But it transplants very well, the reversal is also very good, the whole rhythm is also very good, but the front is a bit too long, if you keep the basic movie for 120 minutes, the plot may be more compact.

Indian movies are best at mixing singing and dancing in. Sometimes when watching, the protagonist will perform an impromptu singing and dancing performance with the group. This script has become a symbol of Indian movies, and this sometimes becomes a flaw in the movie. The first 40 minutes have not yet entered the plot, all used to explain the background of the plot, and the real start of the story is after 40 minutes. I used to think that their family would jump up on their way to vacation, but fortunately the director resisted it and just used it as background music. The whole film also got rid of the typical song and dance film.

The male protagonist is a good person and he loves his family very much. However, the eldest daughter went to the summer camp and was taken indecent photos by the attorney general's son to blackmail his daughter. The daughter accidentally killed him while robbing his mobile phone. The male protagonist used the knowledge he learned from the film to escape the sanction of the law. The plot in the middle is how they forged evidence, how they were picked up by the police, etc. There are two things that I think are more brilliant. One is that the eldest daughter heard that the principal was looking for her. She was very frightened, but in the principal's office she responded normally to the cross-examination. Her acting skills were really great. The second part is that the wife was very nervous when faced with the police's cross-examination. She almost revealed her stuff, but was rounded up by him. After the police left, the wife assured that the police believed us, but the male protagonist denied it. The tension here is also well grasped.

What's more worth mentioning is that the reversal at the end is really great. The youngest daughter was left alone and tortured to extract a confession. Finally, she couldn't help telling the location where the body was hidden. The whole family was very nervous watching the police digging. Everyone smelled a stench. However, when the bag was opened, it was the dead animal's body. . The male protagonist aroused the emotions of the onlookers, saying that the police had beaten the youngest daughter, causing anger among the masses, and finally won. The male protagonist left the police station and cross-edited the scene of his hiding the body that night. The mystery was finally revealed. It turned out that the body was transferred to the foundation of the new police station a few weeks ago.

This film also reflects the irresponsibility and cruelty of some Indian police. The male protagonist believes that the police are protecting them, but some policemen use their powers to fill their pockets, assault suspects, threaten them, and do not follow procedures in handling cases. And the final ending is really amazing.

Although the modus operandi is similar to that of "Suspect X's Devotion", both of which are to confuse the real time of the crime and forge false evidence, this movie is still very brilliant!

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  • Dereck 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    This is the ending that should be outside the review. I want to see a father who is at large, not a murderer who surrenders inexplicably.

  • Caden 2022-03-21 09:02:08

    Gu Amo, look blindly, station B. nice

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