This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
电影分享会推荐的2022印度新片，可与《摔跤》和《厕所》媲美。只要敢于直面尖锐的、敏感的社会问题，敢于揭露社会的黑暗面，这个民族就会逐渐好起来，这方面，印度和韩国都还是可以的。
即使有女总理、女警官，依旧不能保护女性公民，如此可悲讽刺的现实。
就冲阿三拍出这样的电影，尼玛到了最后再给你惊几下。步步升华，伦理上完美。
厉害，印度电影已经达到这个高度了嘛。我是说尺度上探到达的高度。
像韩影那类意义大于电影本身的电影，聚焦印度的社会问题，新闻媒体和官僚体制的探讨也只是浅层次的，更多是女性的控诉，以及这一控诉也因为前奏过长而显得无力，结局更是过于理想化了。角色必须伟光正的规则也使得影片走向了模式化的类型片，没有被逼入绝境的疯狂似乎就失去了批判的力量。当影像之外的观众没有看到行为只听到了枪响，也就等于把真相告诉了观众，因此展开的情绪是多余的，这也是电影的局限性。
被片名耽误的好电影，不要拿误杀2这样的烂片来做对比，至少也该是跟迫在眉梢一个级别。印度QJ案频发的现状已经让人望而却步，电影以此元素开展的剧情之紧凑完全让人挪不开眼，这一次没有歌舞，没有超长片场，层层递进，高潮频出，真相浮出水面之时就是你大感震撼之际
弱势者的正义，没有人关心，如果想提出自己的要求，发出自己的声音，首先得变成强者。“觉醒的星期四”，哪有这回事啊，世界不会觉醒，人们依旧装聋作哑，印度如此，每个国家都如此。丰县没几天就消失了，调查结果呢，没有人关心。
拍的不好，故事显得狗血了，要不能和曼切斯特差不多吧？
演员都挺好的！！！！！可这剧情？我这个法盲只想知道5岁孩童走火过失杀人，到底算谁的责任？怎么判？
刚开始挺好，但是一跟总理通话后，开始崩了，这就有点脱离现实了
真是压抑啊，情感被压着，行为也被法律压制。怎么办，生活还是要继续的。
但是，印度的女性应该得到重视
电影本身挺普通的，尤其部分恐怖片拍摄手法对电影主题以及结构造成了极大的割裂，这方面非常不喜欢，但电影所反映的内容其本身的现实意义和社会价值不言而喻，我们期待这样的电影有更多人拍、有更多人看，然后有更多人引以为耻、以此为戒…
陈词滥调哈哈，Sandra Bullock一如既往的Poker face。
强奸大国拍摄的批判强奸的电影，的确很有现实意义，作为女性我希望印度能改变女性国民的现状，而且我也希望全世界的女性都能免于被强奸的危险，希望所有强奸犯都能获得死刑，但单纯作为一部电影从观众的角度来看，不得不说前面大部分都太冗长了。
拍的不好，故事显得狗血了，要不能和曼切斯特差不多吧？
陈词滥调哈哈，Sandra Bullock一如既往的Poker face。
邻近结尾处拍得很棒，反转也挺犀利，不错的印度电影。
社会议题电影，我们啥时候才有啊。表演好用力，真是印度风
最后的结语真的令人心寒。
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