Lost in the Stars

Lost in the Stars is a Chinese Hitchcockian-style mystery crime thriller that grips the audience and keeps them guessing with endless twists and turns. It's pulpy, melodramatic entertainment that burns brightest in the moment, assaulting the audience with questions but never providing enough time or the breathing room to solve them. While celebrating their first anniversary at a Thai island resort, He Fei discovers his wife Muzi has mysteriously gone missing. Unable to file a missing persons case with the police and his visa about to expire, He Fei wakes up to find an unknown woman claiming to be his wife and that all the photographs on his phone have been replaced. Desperate for help, He Fei hires Chen, a renowned hotshot lawyer, to disprove the mystery woman's identity and find the real Muzi. Directors Rui Cui and Xiang Liu hook the audience from the beginning and keep the plot moving like a freight train. Yilong Zhu, Ni Ni, and Janice Man tune their performances to serve the mystery like a cog in the machine, finding the sweet spot between who their character appears to be and revealed to be. Little inconsistencies spotted are actually all paid off later in a fun way. The final reveal... is so ridiculous that it's technically a cheat. I notably laughed out loud as the film blatantly switches genres to engineer an unguessable reveal. It's the equivalent of revealing Darth Vader is a woman so the audience has no chance of guessing he's Luke Skywalker's father, if that makes sense. By that point, the fun had already been had. I already cared and can't take it back. The journey was in guessing what was happening at the moment, less in the reveal itself. The best mysteries place the answer in plain sight and deceptively steer the audience from seeing the obvious the entire time. Lost in the Stars falls short of this; its mystery is ultimately not sophisticated enough to warrant a rewatch. The mood, intrigue, and soap opera melodrama of it all still make it an entertaining one-time watch.

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Always wondered how come this movie is so highly recommended? As the main actress was not that good before. After watching it by myself, just could not agree more. The movie is about a man finding his missing wife, and suddenly a gal claiming as his wife appeared, where she knows all the info of the wife. At first just thought it was with old story that she is the friend of the wife and tried to replace her, and with more info disclosed, it was the best friend of the wife ( a drama director) who is using her actors to act this to disclose the fact ( the wife was already killed by the husband) the ending was sad but it explained everything clearly and at least I dun have find any contradiction. Would like to watch again!

Given that the suspense-themed films have become my all the time favour like Gone girl, Invisible Guest, I did enjoy all those twists and turns with the reversal of the plot in the end. In this movie, the director is good at creating atmosphere of suspense and horror which I'm totally obsessed with it. Three actors are impressive and give such a good chemistry, and surprisingly Jenice Man can act that creepy! It's not just a good "brain-burning" one, it is difficult for us to figure out the whole picture of the incident. In the end, the starry night in the deep ocean is so sad and is good enough to make everyone cry.

Went into this show not expecting anything. But to say I was pleasantly surprised is an understatement. The storywriting is excellent, with brilliant transitions, progression and twists and turns, the entire cast did a fantastic job at characterisations and bringing the plot to life. Had my attention throughout, which is something I can't say for a lot of the more western takes on a similar genre. The show also delivered a powerful underlying message on how addiction will ruin you and those around you. Overall, it was a thrilling emotional and intellectual rollercoaster, but a rollercoaster that I enjoyed and left feeling my money's worth.

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I will say Lost in the Stars has big ambitions and pays close attention to many real-life issues. It reveals the complexity of humanity while getting to the bottom of the case. It demonstrates the brutal truth in the softest way and exposes the darkness of human nature in extremely beautiful scenes. Oh dear, let me rewrite that poem, do not go gentle into that starry night! I The end of the movie really sent chills down my spine. I would definitely recommend a second viewing. As a matter of fact, I've watched this movie over and over again. When I watch the story from God's perspective, I see much more details and that experience is rather interesting and fascinating. Of course, I must praise the performance of the leading man, Zhu Yilong. It is he that makes this story great. So young he is but able to show such a professional and brilliant performance! I am totally amazed that he brought the character of He Fei to life and every audience is just simply shocked!

The premise of this movie was very much Gone Girl-esque. I decided to check out this movie because of its rave reviews. From the beginning, it was like Gone Girl. (This review might just be glowing praise of Gone Girl, and I'm sorry - but it's relevant) From the sunlight shots of the missing wife looking beckoningly into the camera, to the flowing white linens as the missing wife smiles and laughs, flashbacks of the happy couple - you know the works. You discover as the plot goes on that everything is not as it seems. You always think "the husband did it", and I thought that in the beginning scene where He Fei raggedly runs into the police station. He was handsome, and kudos to the actor, but he smelled from the moment he went on scene. You could sense the greasy interior behind the gentleman act. Spoilers for the ending: Gone Girl did it better. The ending was too hamfisted and implausible, I almost burst out laughing at scenes that were supposed to be thrilling. There were gut wrenching moments, but the whole Oceans 11 mixed with Shutter Island scenario of the theater troupe suddenly arriving on the scene, doctoring images, setting up props within days of the wife's disappearance????? The whole asylum set when they do theater production sets of Romeo and Juliet in a whole another country???? Yeah you lost me. I was entertained, so I do recommend. The levels of disbelief will be stretched.