The film has a cliché but terrifying beginning, and then the story unfolds. The heroine's family of four moved from the urban area to a long-desolate farm in the suburbs. Her father decided to live here for a long time and began to open up wasteland and plant sunflowers. Days passed, but strange things began to happen. This is the basic plot of "The Messengers". There is nothing new. For such a horror film, since the plot has no highlights, it is necessary to work hard in both creating an atmosphere and creating new scary tricks. The Pang brothers did a good job in creating the atmosphere, but the scary methods are a bit of a genius, and even some shots completely imitate similar movies. The most obvious is that ghosts slowly appear from the stains on the wall, completely copying the "Pulse" "; The name of the film "The Messengers" means messenger. According to the title, the family of ghosts in the film plays a more important role in reminding the heroine’s family of potential dangers, and the director, in order to enhance the film’s sense of horror, is shallow Let these ghosts and crows play scary roles; in the final finale, they solved the villain.
The biggest feature of the ghost films of the Peng brothers is sentimentality. Regardless of the early "Damn" series or the recent "Ghost Domain" and "The Injustice", this time "The Messengers" is no exception. Family and family are still the main themes. The direct reason for the relocation of the heroine’s family was that the heroine’s family paid a high amount of compensation to the victim in a traffic accident. After years of savings, the heroine’s younger brother also became speechless due to excessive fright. But compared to "Damn" and "Ghost Domain", the power of family affection in this film is much weaker.
The first Hollywood work of the Peng brothers can only be said to be qualified. I don't know if it is restricted by the production company, and the personal characteristics of the brothers have not been fully utilized. Hopefully, in their next Hollywood work, the remake of "Silent Fire", we can see Peng's characteristics again.
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