The line at the beginning of the film, "A crazy city, to survive, you have to get crazier than it," set the tone for the entire film. In a city with many people and few land and sky-high housing prices, not everyone is qualified to be a house slave, let alone buying the Wanghai Dream House that he dreamed of when he was a child? The legitimate channels (bargaining, borrowing money from the bank, borrowing money from the boyfriend) cannot realize the wish, and the evil means (not treating the dying father in time to obtain insurance compensation) also cannot make the wish to buy the "Victoria 1" by accident. To be realized, in the end, only the crazy and abnormal use of "killing people, creating haunted houses to suppress housing prices" can make the wish come true. Crazy enough, cruel enough, perverted enough, extreme enough. "Home Ownership" and the realization of a simple and simple childhood dream - to buy a unit that can see the sea (Victoria Harbour), to be realized through such a perverted, crazy and extreme means, which reflects the absurdity well The madness of the urban environment.
In addition to the constant bloody and violent scenes, this film has to praise Peng Haoxiang's handling of the plot. When He Chaoyi murdered, she recounted her childhood experience and the reason why she had to buy Xianghai's "Victoria No. 1" unit. The two stories are told alternately, one is bloody and violent, the other is warm and aphrodisiac. They intersect, showing contradictory conflicts and contrasts, and highlighting the madness and absurdity of "killing people to buy a house". Peng Haoxiang is indeed a very good storyteller.
In terms of picture processing, this film is a bit like Peng Haoxiang's "Exodus" a few years ago. Especially in the picture of the murder story, the picture is dark, and part of the picture is always covered by the building wall, which makes the space appear cramped. People are more depressed in such a space, and it also shows the environment of Hong Kong.
Finally, I like He Chaoyi's performance. Whether it's movements, eyes, and demeanor, the character's feeling is well expressed. Her performance surpassed herself.
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