When the branches break/the devil executioner
Time: 1993
Original novel: Jonathan Kellerman
Screenwriter: Michael Cohen
Director: Michael Cohen
Starring: Ellie Walker Martin Sean
Ron Peremin robert knepper
Product: American Permeable Membrane Company Prism Membrane Company
Type: thriller
Synopsis (transferred from Century Global Online):
On a rainy night in Houston, Texas, a group of young people dancing in the street are having a party. A couple found a broken hand washed by rain near the sewer after a lightning explosion. They were shocked, so they quickly reported the case to the police. When the police appeared on the scene, they found several residual hands in the plastic bag, and the palms of these hands were marked with numbers in sequence.
In order to solve this case, the State Crime Center sent female detective Audrey Mackley to assist the Houston Police Department. The police chief in Houston took Mackley to the autopsy room. Forensic doctor Wen Xi introduced to her that four right hands and three left hands have been found, two of which may belong to one person. Judging from the number arrangement, the victims are very young, ranging from 5 years old to 12 years old. These hands are all cut off with sharp blades, and the numbers on the palms are tattooed with special ink. ...
If we want to find these victims, it's really looking for a needle in a haystack. While Mackley was investigating the case of the broken hand, Dr. Zinger from the state mental hospital called and said that he could provide some clues. Mackley came to the state mental hospital. Dr Singh introduced a boy named Jordan to Mackley. Ten years ago, he became an orphan at the age of four or five.
The children's hospital was sent to a mental hospital. His illness is very serious, and his wrist is bleeding like a wound. After examination, nothing can cut such a wound. He also has a habit of drawing a pair of hands on the wall when he is sick and marking the numbers in sequence. Every hand is painted on July 16 every year, and July 16 is Jordan's birthday. come
Since then, he has never spoken again and was diagnosed as non-pathological dumb.
So Mackley began to investigate the case of missing children. In the past ten years, in July of 16, seven children disappeared in different parks. She found a missing girl's parents to understand the situation and got first-hand information. Then she went to the hospital hoping to get Jordan's help. She asked Jordan why he drew these hands and whose hands he drew. However, Jordan was wary of Mackley ... Mackley looked up Jordan's medical records, 16 July, and he got sick every year. It was this day that he wanted to draw a hand on the wall, and Mackley planned to spend more time investigating Jordan. She went to Jordan's ward again and talked with Jordan patiently. Jordan just wrote in his notebook to answer her questions. Mackley believes that the case has made new progress.
When the police station was studying the solution, the police chief introduced the photos and names of the kidnapped children to Mackley one by one. Mackley analysis, the criminal is a doctor, he chose the same type of target, the date of the crime is1July 6.
On July 16, Mackley came to Jordan's ward again. Her relationship with Jordan has always been very harmonious. When Mackley asked Jordan's name, he wrote "Jennifer Lane" in his notebook ... At the same time, another kidnapping occurred in an ice cream truck in the park, and a girl was kidnapped. this
Jordan suddenly cried hysterically. ...
Through careful investigation and evidence collection, Mackley collected a lot of evidence, including medical records, videos and birth certificates ... She learned that Jordan Bryan and Jennifer Ryan Eben were twins, and their birth date was 16 July. Mother died of postpartum hemorrhage. It turns out that Jordan has a twin sister whose father is Eben.
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Jennifer was born with deformed hands, and Jordan was adopted by others. Mackley got inspiration and clues from Jordan's paintings on the ward wall. She found Dr. Eben's home, but the housekeeper said he was on vacation. In a photo, Mackley found the house where Mrs Eben lived when she was young, and it was marked with the words "Two Rivers". So Mackley finally found the house of "Two Rivers" according to this clue. There's nobody there. Mackley searched in the terrible room. In the basement, she found the kidnapped girl. To Mackley's surprise, she also found Dr. Eben's daughter Jennifer. She tried her best to rescue them, but she didn't escape. She had a fight with Dr. Eben, who set herself on fire and resisted, and Mackley shot her. It's over. Mackley took Jordan out of the mental hospital, and the brother and sister finally met. Mackley and the officer's face showed a gratified smile. At this point, the broken hand case has also come to the fore.
Behind the scenes:
The film When the Branches Break, which was shot by American Infiltration Film Company and Prism Film Company at a cost of 10 million dollars, inherits Hollywood's consistent commercial route, but the title deliberately avoids the bloody and horrible commercial packaging form and uses "broken branches" as a metaphor for "broken hands". At the same time, in view of the fact that the domestic film grading system has not yet been introduced, and there are a lot of bloody and dismembered scenes, criminal hints, criminal thrillers and other contents in "Broken Branches", the domestic distributor of the film specially translated the tips of the North American posters on the film: this film may not be suitable for minors to watch.
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