Suspense film "The Master of None" movie review Commentary material Afterthoughts
Today we bring you the latest suspense film of 2021, "The Master of None".
The film comes from a beautiful country
It was released in June of this year
Directed and starring Elijah Wood
Does it look familiar?
Yes, it's the Lord of the Rings trilogy
The immortal Jordans
Not only him
We also know another old actor
Robert Patrick
When it comes to him
The immortal Yoder in "The Devil's End
Vividly remembered
In this movie
Is still a sheriff
But this time he is playing a positive role
Seriously, he still has the same style
Then the two undead little strong
In this "The Man Without a Master
And what kind of sparks can be rubbed out?
Today let's take a look
This film is based on a true story
Without further ado
The story takes place in the
1980s
Set against the backdrop of a series of unsolved murders of young girls
This is the beginning of the criminal investigation
Due to the high crime rate at the time
And the serial crime method is very sophisticated
The police were overwhelmed
So the FBI research team proposed
If we could establish communication with the arrested criminals
By understanding their psychology
We can effectively catch the same type of criminals
thus increasing the detection rate
This communication process was also given
has a name
It was called "criminal profiling"
The president at the time also wanted to solve crimes quickly
He set up this crime analysis center
And formed a special investigation team
A total of five people
The main character, Xiao Shuai, was among them
At first things were going very well
Large and small cases
Successfully solved one by one
But there are still some violent serial criminals
Have not been caught so far
So the director of the old white asked the special team
To profile
The next serial killers on the list
By understanding their psychology
To help the FBI to solve the case successfully
Then the names on the list were announced
Each person volunteered.
They were the first to come forward.
Until Lao Bai called out Da Zhuang's name
The scene was silent
Everyone was silent
and said that this Dazhong was very difficult to deal with
It's like a psycho
Extremely psychotic
This awkward atmosphere
Was finally broken by Xiao Shuai
Raised his hand
Expressing his willingness to try
At this point all the surprised eyes
were thrown at this young man
And mockingly said
Don't waste your time on Dazhong
He is not likely to care about you
Besides, you are a newcomer
Afterwards, Old Bai called Xiaoshuai into his office
Tell him
This Da Zhuang is recognized as difficult
You don't have to feel pressure
How much you can understand is how much
Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse
Xiaoshuai smiled faintly
Turn around and leave
After that, he began to make appointments for profiling.
The warden of Dazhuang's prison told Xiaoshuai
This Dazhuang is very different
If you want to make an appointment with him
You must first write a letter of introduction
Only if he accepted this condition
He agreed to let Xiaoshuai side write
This made him speechless
What a big deal for a criminal
Then he was ready to discuss with the prison director
But he just picked up the phone
and then put it down
At this moment, Xiao Shuai
seemed to have thought of something
So he answered Dazhong's request
The next day Xiaoshuai came to the prison
The original plan did not go well
As mentioned at the beginning of the film
This Dazhong does not like the FBI agents
There are two main reasons for this
First
Although this Dazhong is a vicious serial murderer
But he could not be executed
Because there was no death penalty at that time
This led to Dazhuang becoming the focus of the media
He became an internet sensation
During this period
Dazhuang edited his motive for the crime into a book
and released it
It was a best seller
So much so that
The media was eager to come to interview
The amount was even speculated to 50,000 once
Second
He thinks
These agents of the FBI
Are all self-righteous idiots
And have no respect for people.
Seems to have been "taken care of" by the agents.
He didn't have much hope
The warden wasn't expecting much.
But to his surprise
Dajiang actually agreed to let Xiaoshuai profile
It seems that the letter from last night
really did work.
Then Dazhong came to the interrogation room
When he saw Xiaoshuai
He immediately gave a warning
He warned Shuai.
Don't try to get it out of him
and said he would not confess his guilt to death
Then the prison guard barged in
Attempting to end the conversation
Although Shuai is a novice
But his insight is still online
He could see that Dazhong's move
is to test himself
If this were in normal times
the agent would have angrily asked the guards to take him away
And when he returned, he would have punched and kicked Da Zhuang
However, this time was different
Xiao Shuai signaled
The conversation had just started
He beat up the guards
He saved Dazhuang's life
This is a bright spot for Dazhong
Apparently the first impression of Xiaoshuai established a good
Then Dazhong asked Xiaoshuai what he was doing here this time
Xiao Shuai didn't beat around the bush
He directly explained the purpose of his visit
This time, he didn't want to convince you to confess.
But he wanted to understand your psychological process
to solve a similar serial murder case.
That's why I said that
It's not just a rumor.
You've been visited by many agents before.
Trying to solve cases in this way.
And they've been successful.
So the main purpose of this visit is to give advice
After hearing this, Da Zhuang
he became complacent
It seems that from this agent in front of him
saw a trace of sincerity
Then Dazhong immediately showed his ability
mentioning a recent sensational
Green River Killer case (suspected of killing 48 women)
and said that the file he had read was not complete
But it was enough to draw the physical characteristics of the perpetrators
and has been submitted to local agents.
This means that this vicious criminal
There is still a use for this vicious criminal.
Then the two talked about the topic of detective novels
Xiao Shuai thinks
Detective novel is to stimulate people's curiosity through suspense
And also to warn those criminals
The net of justice is wide open
Any trace can be found
and used as evidence
But Dazhong doesn't think so.
He thinks that
Detective novels are manuals that teach people how to commit crimes
This topic
became the first point of conflict in this conversation between the two
The good news is that Dazhong is willing to talk to Xiaoshuai
The bad news is that the two of them have opposite views on things
are diametrically opposed
So here
There is a serious problem
A game of brainwashing and anti-brainwashing
has begun
Either Xiaoshuai is blackened by Dazhuang
Or Xiao Shuai will convince Da Zhuang
Which one will it be?
Let's continue to see
Later, we learn from Dazhuang that
He has a very high level of education
He is about to get a double degree in law and psychology
That is to say, Dazhong has a very high IQ
And a strong psychological quality
To break Dazhong's psychological defense
Basically, it's impossible
Xiao Shuai had to take the route of emotional intelligence
Began to explain his tragic childhood experience
to try to empathize with Dazhong
Xiaoshuai told Dazhuang
His father was an alcoholic
He was often beaten as a child
and domestic violence against his mother
So when he first started elementary school
His mother ran away from home
I lived alone with my alcoholic father
So when I grew up, I wanted to be a law enforcement officer
to put an end to such violent families
Hearing this
Dazhong had a little sympathy
But still did not let down his guard
Then he asked Xiaoshuai
Growing up in such a problematic family
And how did he become an FBI agent?
Xiaoshuai replied
He did not want to be an agent
He just wanted to be a small police officer
But because he was a good communicator
To convince a major suspect
To convince a major suspect to confess
That's how I got the attention of the FBI.
I was transferred to my current job.
Whether I can do this job or not
I don't even know
He told Dazhong
Since you were transferred here
The first person to communicate with
Facing this newbie in front of him
Dazhong did not bully him
Instead, he told him a very strange analogy
If you want to see the abyss
then you must be in the abyss
The implication is
If you want to understand me
you must first become me.
The only way to catch them
Then it was time to talk
Dazhong turned around and left
Hearing this
Little Marshal was a bit puzzled
Before leaving, Dazhong also made a small request to Xiaoshuai
Is that the next time you come to bring him a chewing gum
Xiao Shuai agreed with him for the time being
From this we can analyze
Dazhong is willing to communicate with Xiaoshuai again
But there is also a problem
The problem is that this Dazhong
His intelligence is superior
Language is also very aggressive
If you are not careful
If you are not careful, you may be corrupted
Afterwards, Xiao Shuai returned to the police station
Old Bai asked about the progress
Xiaoshuai described the process in general
And said he was confident in himself
Then Xiaoshuai proposed
Next time, bring the file to Dazhong to see
He is capable of helping the police to solve the case
Seeing Xiao Shuai's confidence
Old Bai also agreed to his request
Shortly afterwards came the second communication
Upon meeting Shuai gave him a long-lost chewing gum
When the moment of entrance
made Dazhong feel satisfied
He couldn't help but laugh out loud
It seems that this time the communication did not start with a quarrel
Then Dazhong noticed that
Xiaoshuai carried a tape recorder this time
He, who was always cautious
questioned Xiaoshuai what he was doing with it
Xiaoshuai said
I don't want to miss the wonderful reasoning
This once again gave Dazhong the satisfaction of his mind
So he did not object
But Dazhong still made a cunning request
That when Dazhong said to turn off
The recording must be turned off.
Xiaoshuai also agreed.
Then Xiaoshuai took out the file
Let Dazhong analyze the suspect's portrait
After a few casual glances, Dazhong
Then he had an answer
He told Xiaoshuai
The suspect is a middle-aged male
No stable job
No fixed girlfriend
And life is very irregular
But he is a normal person
No mental illness and no perversion
This is a small handsome doubt
Before he had time to ask
Dazhong asked Xiaoshuai to turn off the recording
After Xiaoshuai turned it off
Dazhong looked straight at Xiaoshuai and said to him
Do I look like a pervert to you?
This question made Xiaoshuai confused
Then Dazhong changed the way he asked
Ask Xiaoshuai if he could kill someone
Xiaoshuai said I am the FBI, how can I kill someone?
Dazhong shook his head
I didn't ask you if you could
I asked you again if you can
At this moment, Xiaoshuai was silent for a moment and then
answered yes
Then Dazhong asked
Are you a pervert then?
At this moment Xiao Shuai suddenly realized
Finally know the reason for the delay in solving the case
That is to fall into the blind spot of vision
Pervert killer
Not necessarily a pervert
Maybe it is a normal person
He usually goes to work and has a drink with his friends
Pick up the kids from school
Usually they go to the supermarket
They only have one more daily routine than normal people
That is killing people
Seeing Xiao Shuai's realization
Da Zhuang also laughed out loud with relief
Xiao Shuai also laughed out of shame at his own clumsiness
And what is so frightening is that
Dazhong used to be a "normal person" who killed people as his daily life
What's even more frightening is that
He was implanting this thought into Xiao Shuai's brain
But Xiao Shuai didn't even know it
After this communication
Dazhong and Xiaoshuai became friends completely
From time to time, they received letters from Dazhong
And this kind of intimate behavior
Old Bai had to remind him
To restrain his emotions
Don't get too much involved
Be careful not to lose yourself
Xiao Shuai also seems to have realized this point
So he did not go to Dazhong again
After a year
before visiting Dazhong again
But it did not reduce the friendship between the two of them
On the contrary, there is a feeling of meeting an old friend in another country
The two of them chatted more happily
Xiaoshuai told Dazhuang some
Some embarrassing things happened to his son
The two of them were very happy
After the laughter
Dazhong told Xiaoshuai
He also has a 4-year-old daughter
At first, she came to visit him
Since she learned to understand
She never came again
I miss her very much
Then Dazhong suddenly sank his face
He asked Xiaoshuai to turn off the recording
He said directly
I can't do profiling with Xiaoshuai anymore
Xiaoshuai asked why
Da Zhuang said directly
Because I don't want anyone to know me too well
Xiaoshuai denied it
He said he didn't know him
This statement is not believed by Dazhong
He then asked Xiaoshuai
If I escape from prison, what will I do?
Xiaoshuai was silent for a moment
gave his answers
These answers are completely on the psychology of Dazhong
This is enough to show that
Xiao Shuai, who said he didn't understand him
Now he knew all about Dazhong
He was so angry that he became furious
And is this his true emotion?
Obviously not
This is just a forbidden fruit effect
The more you don't want to let Xiaoshuai know about yourself
Instead, the more Xiao Shuai wants to do that
That's exactly the trap of Dazhong
Because he wants to turn Xiaoshuai into himself
The ultimate goal is to get rid of the crime
Then he asked Xiaoshuai
Am I a normal person?
Xiaoshuai answered "Yes" without any hesitation
And then Dazhong said
If one day
we switch roles
I will definitely do what you are doing now
Then you will do what I have done?
At this moment, Xiaoshuai's mind was really generating
The thought of killing someone
The horror was not the crime that Dazhong had committed
But the powerful corrupting power
He was so close to implanting the thought of killing into the FBI agent's brain
After that, Xiaoshuai never went to Dazhong again
Until 3 years later
The new governor took office
In order to please the people
support himself
He changed the law of the state
added the death penalty
and immediately put Daejang to death
He was executed 7 days later
Knowing that he would not live long
Dazhuang finally admitted his guilt
He was willing to give an account of the crime and confess his guilt
thus asking the law for a lighter sentence
But the confession process
He only explained to Xiaoshuai
After three years, Xiaoshuai saw Dazhuang again
But at this time, he was completely different from his usual self
He no longer had his previous paranoia and arrogance
His radical thoughts were exposed.
The only thing that hasn't changed
is that he is still defending himself
On the other hand, Xiao Shuai
Did not expose his distorted psychology
Instead, he tried hard to find a way for him
If you want to live
He should give the details of the case honestly
And admit to the crimes he committed
To get a chance to be treated leniently
Da Zhuang finally let go of his mouth
And what shocked Xiao Shuai even more was that
Da Zhuang actually murdered more than 30 women
Among them were two children
At this time, Xiao Shuai was silent
His heart was full of mixed feelings
Said against his heart
According to these truthful explanation
will be pardoned
Then turned around and left
After that, Dazhong followed Xiaoshuai's advice
Tell the truth
He thought he could live.
But he was naive.
How will the governor pardon him?
The final twist of the film came
Just before Dazhong was executed.
Little Marshal found him.
It turns out that this Little Marshal is the king.
He is the FBI crime analysis expert
All the little tricks that Dazhong used on him before
He saw it all
But did not expose it
He kept watching him play.
He wanted to see him confess to the crime himself
thus completely shattering his high psychological defenses
Dazhuang could not accept this insult for a while
He continued to perform hysterically
Still thinks he is the criminal with a high IQ
At this moment he asked Xiao Shuai
Did he really deserve to die?
And this time Xiao Shuai did not show any mercy
He replied directly
"I should have died a long time ago."
This is the end of the film the whole film down
There is no excessive suspense elements
If the score is based on suspense
Obviously will not have too high scores
But from the point of view of psychological Boben
can definitely be called a masterpiece
At the same time, the film also exposes the society of the time
Criticizes the incompetent law enforcement officers
The criminals are playing around with them
Not only that
8 years of imprisonment of Dazhong
before he was executed
And that's not a way to kill the people.
It's just a way for the governor to get re-elected and win the hearts of the people.
What else can be more vicious than capital?
Well, that's all for today's film.
(End)
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