When you first watched the film, in the first few minutes, guessed the real murderer?
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[7th minute]
After the prosecution lawyer finished the opening statement, it was the first time for Neo (that is, the defense lawyer Richard Ramsay, although I prefer Keanu Reeves’s "Speed of Life and Death" and "Frightening Four Hundred Years", but after all, the role Neo made him thoroughly He became famous, so I always used to call him Neo) and said to Mike: "If you don't talk to me, I have to waive my opening."
But Mike responded in silence, let alone looking straight at Neo, his face didn't tilt towards Neo. On one point, Neo had to tell the judge that the defense reserves the right to speak in court.
Seeing this, I guess Mike is mentally retarded or autistic? Because Mike hasn't spoken a line yet, I think this film is about Neo's exoneration for the mentally retarded or autistic. . . But Mike is not, of course I guessed wrong.
Next is the process of the flight attendant and the driver appearing in court to testify, and after that. . .
[12th minute]
Neo said to Mike for the second time: "This is what losing looks like, but it's the best I can do until you start talking to me. Unless you start talking to me, we're going down." And Mike still has no response .
Seeing this, I was surprised. How did this bear kid treat his defense lawyer with this attitude?
Yuan Fang, how do you see?
Sir, there must be something strange in this matter.
Afterwards, the policewoman’s testimony and the report discrepancies were caught by Neo and asked if the murderer was someone else?
After Mike policewoman confirm and repeat the lines, the camera immediately cut back to the scene, Mike to the sentence reprise of the original "I should've done it a long time ago."
And then cut back to court, and the lens to the Neo The prosecution lawyer immediately switched back to the scene of the crime and saw Neo enter the scene of the crime.
[19th minute]
And the camera focused on Neo. I said that the director is suggesting that you cut it like this? So I began to doubt Neo
reason one. As soon as the police arrived, the family lawyer "arrived early" to the scene of the crime. Is this the efficiency of due diligence? In the past experience of watching movies, such family doctors and family lawyers often have something to do with the case.
The second reason is that Neo is more famous than other actors. I think in such a film without a catastrophe, there is no role like the savior. So the director arranged Neo to play a role like the behind-the-scenes man here. .
Reason three, combined with movie posters, some clues can also be seen.
After the policewoman's testimony was over, Neo asked Mike why he had to say that to the police. Then Mike turned his head and stared at Neo. Seconds, do your ass").
[20th minute]
When Neo said "Unless you start talking to me, we're going down" for the third time, Mike turned his head back and responded to Neo with the same attitude as the previous two times.
The court was adjourned, and Janelle, the assistant lawyer sitting between the two, asked Neo strangely, why Mike didn't talk to you. While watching Mike, Neo replied to Janelle with arrogant words, while Mike turned and left, while struck back at Neo with silent eyes, which made me sure that Neo was related to the murder.
When I saw this, I basically believed that the murderer was probably Neo, but the truth behind the truth is still at a loss, but I no longer guess guessing, and only continue to pay attention to the development of the plot.
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--------------The trial continues- -------------
Neighbors, police detectives, and coroners successively sat on the witness stand
Neo and asked whether the detectives had other direct or indirect evidence. Before the detective answered, he gave us a brainstorming scene of analyzing the case in the autopsy room. Mike's mother Loretta once said that she was washing her hair in the shower room at the time of the incident, but the investigation found that most of the hair was in the sewer, and only a small part was in the shower. The room found it, which was obviously intended to tell the audience that Loretta was also suspected, but the detective did not tell this detail in court in order not to confuse the jury.
Then Neo asked the police detective a statement, "So this is a case with hard evidence." Mike's expression at the time was quite meaningful.
--------------The trial continues--------------
Loretta, the only person at the scene of the crime, sat on the witness stand. She and Neo rehearsed in advance, One question and one answer convinced the jury that Mike killed his father.
--------------During the adjournment --------------
Suddenly Mike offered to go to the witness stand. This move caught Neo and Loretta off guard. Neo wanted to stop it, but it was Mike's right.
--------------The trial continues --------------
Mike sits in the witness box and blazes out that he has been taken by his father Boone since he was 12 years old. Sexual assault, this testimony was unexpected to everyone.
The court had to summon the flight attendant again. After the prosecution's lawyer finished the questioning, Mike whispered Janelle to ask the flight attendant about Ginsburg. Sure enough, Janelle successfully led the flight attendant's testimony.
--------------The discovery of soy sauce--------------
As mentioned earlier, Neo's assistant lawyer couldn't come, so he recommended Janelle to Neo, Janelle's assistant attorney was here to make soy sauce.
During Neo's interview with Janelle, it was mentioned that Janelle's father (also a lawyer) said that Janelle's detective instinct was different from ordinary people.
Neo came up and brainwashed Janelle: Most witnesses don't care about morals, and lying in order to save face and work is commonplace. Neo hopes that Janelle can find an opportunity from the witness testimony to help Mike. Because Mike doesn't communicate with anyone, including Neo, as a defense lawyer, he has to rush to find the "truth" without knowing it.
However, after questioning the stewardess, Janelle's detective intuition suspected that Mike's claim that he was sexually assaulted might be a lie, and confirmed his intuition in the conversation with Loretta.
Janelle accused Neo of Loretta killing her husband Boone, and Mike shouldn't be on trial. Neo persuaded her to leave Loretta alone, and just focus on how to help Mike out of crime, which made Janelle very entangled.
Janelle's tangled
Seeing this, combined with the previous clues, the director has revealed to us who is related to Boone's death, his wife Loretta. What about Neo? After Janelle indicated to Neo that he suspected that Loretta had murdered her husband, during their argument, Neo tried his best to defend Loretta. How can a family lawyer know that his employer is suspected of killing her husband, is it a normal response to maintain such protection? As Mike’s defense attorney, when he learned that his client’s mother was also suspected and had a chance to restore the client’s innocence, he had to defend and conceal the suspect. Is this normal? So Neo either had an abnormal relationship with Loretta, or it was also related to Boone's death.
But Janelle still compromised. She didn't continue to use her detective intuition to discover how many lies Neo had. Of course, the screenwriter is designed in this way, Janelle's role in the film ends here, soy sauce's mission is completed.
--------------While waiting for the jury deliberations --------------
Mike asked Loretta if his father hit her, I think he just wanted to hear Loretta said personally, whether she said true or false.
--------------Sentencing --------------
The jury unanimously ruled that Mike was not guilty. Neo congratulated Mike in the past, and Mike asked him to talk after he left the scene. Life.
Appointment?
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Janelle saw Neo and Loretta embracing in the corridor, she seemed to understand something, but you are soy sauce , Your task has been completed, stay on the side.
--------------The climax is coming --------------
Neo, who thought he was done, waited for Mike in the lounge, but Mike handed it to him One page of graffiti, painted a watch elegantly lying on the scene of the crime, Neo's watch.
Mike accused Neo of killing his father and must tell the prosecutor. Neo arrogantly said that there is no evidence, how to prosecute other people, besides, the case has been closed, you killed your father, everyone swears, you also swear.
Mike is angry
Mike was angry. He could only growl face-to-face with the murderer in a room where no third person was present after he was found not guilty. He had to vent, he had to vent his depression for many days, only in this way, only if the fourth person didn't know the truth, he could tear the beast's face. Because he can only let Neo get away with it, and he has to carry his father's murder case forever. He wants Neo to know that he is able to regain his freedom not by you, but by himself, by himself giving his deceased father a notoriety of sexually assaulting minors. You are just a display labeled as a "defense lawyer". .
Neo confessed to Mike that he didn't want Boone to ruin Loretta, he did all this to save Loretta. And Mike did all this to protect his mother. At this point, the two goals were the same, so Mike finally compromised.
--------------Behind the truth --------------
Finally, the director began to expose the truth.
[Motivation]
Neo ran into Boone in court (of course not, Boone was obviously here to stop Neo). Boone told Neo that his wife had an affair. Pay attention to the way Boone stared at Neo. It was obvious that Boone knew that his wife was the family lawyer. . And Neo also knew from the other's tone and eyes that the incident of his wife was discovered, and Neo's suggestion to Boone was divorce. I think this is Neo's temptation. If he is willing to divorce, it means he can let go. And Boone resolutely expressed his reluctance: "I will use my money to find you, just wait." Loretta once told Neo that Boone's attitude was not a joke. He not only wanted to intensify torturing his wife, but also retaliated against Neo, so he was murderous.
[The incident]
Neo and Loretta's murder plan: When Boone went home, Loretta injured herself; Neo killed Boone; Lerotta went to hold the knife handle and left fingerprints; Neo created the scene of domestic violence, causing Loretta to be violently defended by Boone. The illusion of manslaughter.
Unexpectedly, Mike returned early, and the plan was interrupted in the middle. Lerotta hadn't left a fingerprint on the knife handle, and the scene of the domestic violence had not been fixed, so Neo had to flash people.
As a result, Mike, in order to protect his mother's self-confessed murderer, witty Neo adjusted the plan and changed from a murderer to a defense lawyer, trying his best to exonerate Mike.
--------------Aftermath --------------
This is a movie that uses lies to advance. Almost everyone is lying, except for that soy sauce.
Neo seemed helpless to Mike's silence. Mike's plan made him unexpectedly frequently, but Neo still controlled the whole situation.
Mike’s plan seemed seamless, from saying "I should've done it a long time ago" in front of the police, to using Janelle to guide the witnesses, to sitting on the witness stand and making up a reversal lie, but it was a lie in the end. He gambled helplessly, and he was relieved until he was acquitted.
Generally speaking, it is a good movie. I want to give it 8 points, but this film has a more critical problem. Mike is willing to stand up and admit that he is the murderer. Personally, I think it's a bit far-fetched, so give it 7 points.
It doesn't make sense to say "the law". Mike comes from a legal family, and of course he knows that it is against the law to cover the crime.
On "reason", when Mike returned home, he only saw his sad mother and his father lying in a pool of blood. He subconsciously thought it was his mother who killed his father because of his defensive actions in order to resist domestic violence. Out of sympathy for his mother, he was young. He was full of blood, and on the spur of the moment he stepped forward to condemn his mother, and it was reasonable to speak of it.
But when Mike found the men's watch beside the bed (the "fully armed" Neo dropped a watch on the spot is a far-fetched oolong), I think Mike shouldn't come out to commit the crime. It is not difficult for Mike to guess the owner or murderer of men's watches, because his mother is not violent. Compared with a strong father who likes to be violent, his mother is unlikely to kill his father.
Later, it was discovered that Loretta picked up the watch while the police were not prepared, and secretly handed it to Neo. It turns out that my mother is an accomplice! Since he was complicit, it means that when he entered the bedroom, his mother's sad expression was for himself. Murder and over-defense, the nature of the two are completely different. Will Mike come out to commit the crime? It doesn't make sense if you get to this point.
Talking about "love", this is the most difficult to quantify, there is no correct answer, so the screenwriter can write it, the director can shoot it, and there is no contradiction, the audience feels it.
I think Mike's feelings for Loretta should be very deep, and only in this way can I give myself a reason to accept this far-fetched plot (Mike is willing to stand up for the crime, otherwise there will be no such story).
In 90 minutes, the larger part was in the courtroom. Through the accounts of several witnesses, we knew that Boone was an abuser and had abused his wife for a long time. At the gathering, when I met with many relatives and neighbors, they were poisoned after drinking and had no respect for his wife. The neighbor wanted to ease the conflict, but the relationship between the neighbors was cut by Boone. In addition, Mike wants to go to Reid, but Boone insists that he go to Stanford, and he does not even give him the opportunity to visit Reed. On the more important choice in life, not letting the adult Mike make his own decision, which also makes Mike hate. Boone’s tyranny. Because the mother was abused by his father for a long time, Mike's sympathy and protection for his mother were formed.
So before Boone was killed, did Mike know his mother cheated? of course I know. Even Boone, who travels a lot, knows that his wife cheated. Would Mike under the same roof know? Mike's ability to tolerate his mother's derailment and willingness to commit crimes to her derailed mother can only show that he has a deep affection for his mother. Mike used his watch to determine that Neo had killed his father, but he was unwilling to tell the truth in court. He allowed the murderer to go unpunished. He still wanted to protect his mother, because the consequence of telling the truth was that his mother had to go to law with Neo.
Mike would rather believe that his father really beat his mother before he was killed. Mike would rather believe that his mother was really sad before his father’s body, rather than exposing her as an accomplice to the murderer; Mike would rather bear the charge of killing his father than his mother. The suffering of prison. Mike knew that the defense lawyer was the murderer. He could only respond to Neo’s inquiries with silence. He could only endure Neo’s hypocritical nagging again and again: "How can I defend you if you don't speak", "If you don't speak, I can really only help you." That's so much."
Note [48th minute] Loretta gave false testimony in court, telling the prosecution lawyer that Mike said "I did it."
The son was willing to give everything to protect his mother. Not only did the mother not think about telling the truth, but also returning her son's innocence, she also gave false testimony in court and used lies to identify her son. How did she do it in the face of her son who is willing to help herself with the crime?
And Mike watched his mother's performance on the witness stand, you can see how Mike looks. And Mike is still willing to do this and endure all of this, except for "love" as a reason, I can't think of any other excuses.
(Finish)
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