Chapter 588: Reversal
In that slaughterhouse, Holmes and Watson did spot Earl Blackwood.
However, due to the lack of preparation, the other party ran away again.
And, Blake Wood also left them with a conundrum-
Erin Adler!
This female thief, who has an ambiguous relationship with Sherlock Holmes, fails to escape again when faced with the fierce and strange Blake Wood.
She was caught.
And, tied to the slaughtering line of the slaughterhouse.
If Holmes and Watson don't save her soon, the sexy thief will soon be split in half by the jigsaw of the assembly line as the assembly line progresses.
— like those pigs that are cut in two.
"Actually, it wouldn't be bad if the heroine was really cut in half!"
would think so, but instead of the real serial killer, the ogre Billy Huntington, but Emily.
As a lover of dark hardcore movies, Emily's preferences for watching movies are completely inconsistent with her age, gender, and sweet appearance.
plus very good at convincing people with "reason" -
Emily, like her roommate Gianna, is the type that is so inconsistent with her inner and outer appearance.
And this made her quite popular on the campus of Stanford.
After all, in Los Angeles, the most open-minded place in the United States, the sales of leather whips, candles and so on are still quite high......
In short, Emily is now enjoying the thrilling action footage on the big screen, and her mind is turning to her imagination of what would happen if the heroine was cut in two like a pig.
In contrast, the real ogre Billy doesn't have any strange thoughts at this time.
He was just putting himself in the shoes of Earl Blake Wood, imagining what the clever count was thinking.
Regardless of whether his heart is different from ordinary people, but as a middle-aged man who mixes well in the real society and has not been noticed at all, Billy knows very well the laws of this society.
He understands that even from the perspective of the box office, it is impossible for the movie "Sherlock Holmes" to kill the heroine halfway, let alone let the villain win in the end.
- Those cowardly ordinary people are bound by hypocritical morality, they cannot, and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.
It is precisely because of this that Billy hopes that he can deduce the methods and purposes of Earl Blake Wood in advance.
- In this way, he can figure out whether the inevitable defeat of Earl Blake Wood in the end is really defeated by Sherlock Holmes, or the defeat is due to the plot that the movie forcibly promotes for the needs of the public.
In Billy's view, the latter will make the quality of the film drop a notch overall.
So, while Billy watched the movie, he thought hard.
Gradually, he became more and more engaged......
At the same time, a feeling of hunger gradually welled up in Billy's heart—
"After watching this movie, if I think it's good, I'll kill one person and make liver stewed fava beans to celebrate, and if I think it's bad, then I'll kill two to make up for my regrets!"
Billy made a decision in his mind, just like deciding where to go for supper after watching a movie.
He looked at the two little girls not far away—the two prey he had been eyeing before he entered the screening room.
He thought they should taste the best—fresher than real adults, but not as chewy as children.
It's just that there are two people on the other side, which makes it a little difficult for Billy to choose.
- After all, he had just made up his mind that if the movie "Sherlock Holmes" looked good, then he would only kill one person tonight......
"If it really doesn't work, catch the other one first, and then kill the first one after a few days!"
Eventually, Billy cleverly solves the problem.
Unbeknownst to Emily and Gianna, they have become the target of the ogre.
At this time, the two were completely immersed in the plot of the movie -
Sherlock Holmes and Watson eventually save Erin in the last minute.
But when the three of them tried to pursue Earl Blake Wood, they fell into the trap set by the other party in advance-
There was an explosion in the slaughterhouse, and Watson was injured.
At the same time, the top brass of Scotland Yard issued an arrest warrant asking the police to arrest Sherlock Holmes.
"What's going on!?"
Kenneth Turan's professional instinct as a film critic made him realize that the shady scenes brought about by Earl Blake Wood in the film had reached a climax, and the next step was to enter the process of reversal.
- Director Charlotte, this rhythm can be described as quite perfect.
And as a mystery fan, Kenneth's mind is very messed up at this time-
On the one hand, he felt that there were a large number of clues in front of him, and that if he thought about it again, he could solve the puzzle;
On the one hand, he never came up with it.
In fact, it was not only Kenneth, a veteran film critic, but most of the audience in the screening room had similar feelings.
An intelligent and specially trained FBI agent like Diana didn't quite solve the puzzle;
On the other hand, even a novice viewer like Gianna, who doesn't like to think and has only watched a few movies, has found a lot of clues.
- Charlotte's handling of the clues and lines that appear in the film, and even the various hintive shots, is just right.
Coupled with his strong narrative ability, the audience can understand the story as long as they have normal intelligence, but they can't solve the puzzles.
As a result, everyone will be drawn by the puzzle and become more and more immersed in the story.
Of course, if there is enough time, those intelligent viewers will still be able to solve the puzzles in the movie.
But that's the way it is in the world, as long as it's fast enough, many weaknesses are no longer weaknesses.
The same goes for Sherlock Holmes.
This fast-paced movie doesn't leave much time for the audience to think.
After the puzzle reaches its peak, the puzzle solving session will follow.
The first thing to unravel is why Sherlock Holmes is wanted by Scotland Yard -
It turns out that after killing his father and getting rid of an opponent by strange means, the Earl of Black Wood has relied on his mystery and terror to master the occult society led by his father.
There were many powerful figures in the association, including the top brass of Scotland Yard.
This explains why Sherlock Holmes is wanted, and it makes the thoughts of many moviegoers, including Kenneth Turan, suddenly clear.
The Earl of Blake Wood told the people in the association that he would use his mysterious power to completely control Britain and the whole world.
Although this is very much like boasting about Haikou, people have to believe it under his countless mysterious deeds in the past.
In fact, even some viewers in front of the big screen are a little skeptical.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Holmes to once again use brilliant reasoning techniques to explain to the audience the true purpose and methods of the Earl of Blackwood.
And this time, when Charlotte was shooting, she used a more novel way of using lenses-