Murder is a suspense crime movie, directed by Zheng Baorui and starring Lin Jiadong and Lewen Yang. It was released in Hongkong, China on April 20th, 2023. The film tells the story of a numerology master (Lin Jiadong) who is bent on helping Xifeng solve the "life-threatening robbery". He happened to meet Shaodong (Yang Leshi), a tea restaurant that sent the wrong takeaway, and aroused Shaodong's innate impulse to kill.
The master calculated that Shaodong would go to prison for murder. Shaodong was afraid of being trapped again, so he asked the master to help him change his life. Old Chagu (Wu Tingye), who witnessed Shaodong's killing of cats, firmly believes that Shaodong is a born psychopath and cannot get rid of his bloodthirsty nature, but his master thinks that it is not Shaodong's fault, but his fate.
Masters have done their best in geomantic omen and Chinese and western metaphysics, but people always fail. When the donkey is at his wit's end, the old man is pressing hard, and the murderer is eyeing up, the fatal temptation of the young Xifeng (Wu Yongshi) makes Shaodong's desire to kill more and more intense, and he embarked on the road of killing with a knife. And the master is on the verge of nervous breakdown, and the doomed catastrophe is coming.
Film evaluation:
The first scene of Murder is a cold and terrifying supernatural thriller, which has the same DNA as Seven Deaths and is inspired by the visual effects of blade runner. In the long-term operation, it provides. But then, it was difficult for the film to stick to the logic it seemed to be making up, and all this became a bit confusing.
The opening sequence of Murder has expounded the director's offensive film aesthetics and the aesthetics and themes that will continue to develop. In this illusory overture, Murder makes no secret of the fact that its actions are super-structured, puns and visual values are keen, and it is polyphonic.
In burlesque and sitcom installations, elegant performances are later accompanied by physical and psychological pain, just like staring at the contemporary image of Hong Kong intertwined with sharp artifacts.