Ji yi da shi (2017) Reviews

• This is an amazing and fantastic movie

  boristheteacher2017-05-03

  I went to watch this movie with my best friend and her father this weekend at the movie theater. I thought that the plot of the movie was excellent. The beginning was very creative. The relationship between the characters was very complex and well planned. Also, the movie gave the audience a lot of room and freedom to imagine what could happen. The acting was very convincing. The actors poured a lot of passion in their respective roles. The child in the movie showed a great range of emotions. The on-screen relationship between the police officer and the protagonist was awesome to watch. This is an amazing and fantastic movie and I recommend it strongly. Go watch it now!!!

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• Decent thriller.

  Fella_shibby2017-08-06

  Saw this recently on a DVD. A decent serial killer film with a dash of sci fiction.The film is about this new technology where one can remove unwanted memories at a cost. This new procedure is not approved by majority of the nations. Our lead character who is on the verge of divorce, goes to center to remove his memories of his marital life n he succeeds. At the center, a commotion n shootout happens n our guy drops his deleted memories which is in some box. No prize for guessing what happens next as it is already mentioned in the synopsis. Later the wife tells our lead to get back his memories before she signs the divorce papers as she wants to tell something important. The guy goes back n retrieves his memories but as it was quite predictable during the shootout, our guy's memories have been swiped. He now has the memories of a serial killer inside his brain. He is later put into a lock up (the same glass one from Silence of the lambs where Hopkins was put) for assaulting the director of the center blaming him for the wrong memories n not realizing that it got swiped during the commotion. Now the killer has our guy's memories n our guy is worried that his wife is in danger. Our guy is helped by a cop n his junior to track down the killer before its too late. The acting n direction was decent. The movie moved at a decent pace except for some scenes in the lock up n during the middle. Don't expect a fast paced thriller. Our lead guy is not some ex military or ex government intelligence. Ther r no fast paced chases, shoot outs, fights, car chases. May find shades of Minority report, Total recall, Solace.

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• no individualism...copies of multiple sci fi and thriller movies...that does not make a good movie

  bcheng932017-12-19

  The people who gave it high ratings must watch only 1 movie every 5 or 10 years. you cant tell its a chinese movie except for the chinese faces, everything else is a copy of something else or other already done in movies. copying parts of 10 great sci fi or thriller movies doesnt make it a great movie. the chinese movie industry has more money to spend then hollywood and still really cant turn anything decent to put on the screen. you're lucky if you find a good movie out of 10. the movie gets 5 stars because it is professional but that draws the line. theres also the requisite pop songs they like putting into movies...dont matter if pop songs dont belong in a thriller movie. they try to sell you everything at one time ...lol. again...a professionally done movie with decent actors but so underwhelming and a major copycat of multiple great movies. i love great thrillers and sci fis...sighhh...this had a little potential but sure wasnt it.

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• Plot is rubbish Framing is good

  tsanglouisa2018-04-15

  I don't know who wrote this plot. The whole story contain 10+ points that don't add up!!!! Taking ONE tablet of sleeping pill can cause you drown in your own bath?? And I don't know the 72 hours memory recuperating period and then after that you can't erase the memory anymore and WTF, memory can't be restored the second time???! So confusing! The dialog was ridiculous. It's to add a lot of turns to the story, without much sense. The scriptwriter wants so much to write an edgy detective film but in my opinion, everything has fallen apart, it's so fake to a point I feel like an idiot if I continue watching this film. But the framing is not bad, so good cinematography with a plot written by a 10-year-old boy. The cell in the police station is something to laugh about: 1) Why would you lock one suspect with another one? Oh, right! Cuz something had to happen between them later! Childish! 2) That basement was HUGE but only contained ONE cell in the middle! Silence of the Lamb?? But those two were not Dangerous Criminals!!! What is going on? Just a few more points to think: 1. Why would this man involve in this investigation so desperately in the very first place? And even those 2 detectives wanted to kick him out so badly??! Then out of nowhere, he's worried about this wife, and even forced the other "inmate" to swallow the razor so he could get out. My god, everything happened for the next thing to happen, it's so obviously in a way, it's so stupid! Then, after a few scenes, he forgot about his wife anymore, and just concentrated on finding the murderer for them! And if he thought his wife was in danger. Why didn't he ask help from the police first, and if they refused, then he could try something on his own. The whole thing is so not convincing. Worst script written ever! 2. Have you ever tried this: you were submitted to a hospital. And a doctor suddenly showed up at your doorstep to bring you medication. Fine, that lady opened the door. And she didn't even feel surprised about this "medi delivery". She invited her to come in and chat. OK, let's say this doctor had a crush on her. That's fine. But then, the concert tickets?? Really? Everything was so fake! 3. Obviously that lady carried only this tote bag with her when she visited. So probably her mobile phone or wallet was in it even she drove? And she could wait till the night for the concert to have it brought back to her. I don't know~ If I were the Director, I wouldn't have let this film to happen this way. Scriptwriter is to be blamed, so as the Director! 4. I don't know what I was watching anymore~ It's been a long time I haven't had such a ridiculous movie. It's not good or bad, it's lousy! I will check who the scriptwriter is and avoid EVERY film he's involved. Nothing original. Everything is copied and not thoroughly copied! I wish he or she would have done better than that! I am Chinese, but I am ashamed of such a work done! If one wants to make a Chinese version of Vanilla Sky + Different Elements! Good idea! But do it well! If you can't handle it. Don't do it! I can't forgive that many flaws even it's a first attempt! Don't understand viewers giving it more than 5 stars~ Music is OK, but that's it!

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• Nice mixture of twists

  mkw4652019-01-14

  Clever use of plot twists. As with sixth sense, you watch it twice to check for clues missed on first viewing.