Adapted from the manga of the same name, although this film is not rated very high, I still think it is a good film not to be missed.
At first, it was attracted by its title, and it claims to have spent 700 million to create a visual feast.
In the two-and-a-half-hour-long film, the visual effects were really shocking, but in the end, it was the damn sincere emotion that touched me. I have to say that Korean movies are really good at emotional manipulation. In the first crime and punishment, the male protagonist is a firefighter who died to save people. Accompanied by three messengers from hell, he needs to go through forty-nine days of the underworld trial. Only after successfully passing the trial can he be reincarnated. .
I have to say that the first 6 minutes of the film were very successful. The male protagonist sacrificed to save others, so he got a noble card, and the last time the noble card appeared was 422 years ago. The mission of the three messengers is to help 50 noble people complete their reincarnation in a thousand years, so that they can choose the birth of the next life. The male lead is the 49th.
Of course, the film also has inevitable clichés, such as the trial of justice, laziness, and goodness in the underworld. When presenting these, the film simply treats the audience as a child. In other words, don’t do good for small things”. For another example, the structure and definition of all its world views are actually very Asian, but they bluntly follow some American expressions, which are very inconsistent. Too many bugs.
The first part is more about the display of the underworld, because it has to lay too many foreshadowings, so that it ignores the portrayal of the male protagonist's character, so even the protagonist, his character is not well highlighted. In the end of the story, the younger brother, who became an unjust death, performed more prominently.
Every mother is great, even if she has suffered endless grievances and injuries, even if these injuries are brought to her by her own flesh and blood, she still chooses to love her children. Just like in the end, the deaf and mute mother, who devoted her life to obscurity, knew all the truth, but still chose to forgive her eldest son and help him reincarnate. Anyone can make mistakes, but only some can truly muster the courage to ask for forgiveness. This is where the story really reaches its climax, and it's here that I burst into tears.
The end of the first story is also the beginning of the second. The protagonist has been replaced by the younger brother who has become an unjust death. After all, it is a pity not to make two films for such an expensive scene. It is not difficult to guess that the younger brother became the 50th noble. The second part also focuses on the three messengers of hell: the messenger of the day, and the messenger of the moon to reconcile the grievances. Their stories are intertwined, very moving and very unexpected.
If the theme of the first part is "justice", then the theme of the second part, I think it is "reconciliation". The reconciliation between the envoy Dechun of the month and the reconciliation of the grievances, the reconciliation between the younger brother of the wronged ghost and the inferior soldier, and the reconciliation between the envoy of the day and his father. The mother-son relationship in the first part continued and became a father-son relationship.
In this one, Ma Dongxi's performance is more outstanding. The role of becoming a god of creation seems to be tailor-made for him.
Many settings in the film can be used as examples at any time, such as art settings and special effects reference. Although the creature of the raptor appeared, it was not abrupt at all in the plot at that time, and it was very reasonable.
Some people believe that there is a god in the dark, some people don't, but even if there is a will of God, it is realized through the will of each person. Walking with God, there is light: your power is the power of God.
Whether the film as a whole is good or bad is left to each individual. The audience really needs a blockbuster with good visual effects, but the visual effects will inevitably become short-lived, only a good story will last forever.
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