The Lesser Evil (1998)
장르 : 드라마, 스릴러
상영시간 : 1시간 33분
연출 : David Mackay
시놉시스
Twenty-two years ago four friends went to the quarry on the edge of town with a case of beer and a loaded handgun. At the end of the day the beer was gone, the gun was empty and a stranger lay dead at the bottom of the quarry. Now, the four are together again, trying to deal with their actions in the face of guilt and a new police investigation.
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미국의 공포 스릴러 영화 《더 퍼지》 시리즈의 4번째 작품. 더 퍼지의 프리퀄 이야기를 그린다. 분명 인기가 없었다면 네 번째 시리즈까지 만들어지지 않았을 편부터 특유의 잔인하고 폭력적인 소재와 화제가 됐던 영화이다.
변호사 루이는 아름다운 코린과 결혼, 행복한 신혼생활을 보내던 중, 교통사고를 당하게 된다. 저승에 간 루이는 천사장에게 아내가 임신했다며 돌려보대달라고 사정, 알렉스라는 아이로 환생하게 된다. 그런데 다시 환생하기전 누구나 다 맞는 "전생을 기억하지 못하는 주사"를 맞지 않고 다시 환생하여 예일 대학에 다니는 알렉스는 우연히 도서관에서 미란다를 만나게 된다. 알렉스는 졸업 후 신문기자가 되기 위해 워싱턴 포스트지의 브래들린 국장을 찾아가지만 거절당한다. 루이와 가장 친하게 지내던 포스트지의 신문기자 필립은 루이가 죽은 후에도 계속 코린과 그의 딸 미란다를 돌봐주는데, 브래들리에게 거절 당하는 알렉스를 보고는 도와줄 마음이 생겨 코린의 집으로 데려온다. 집에 도착한 알렉스는 그때부터 전생에 대한 기억이 되살아나기 시작하고 코린을 본 순간 자기가 그의 남편 루이였음을 알게 된다. 틈틈히 기회를 보던 알렉스는 코린에게 자가가 남편 루이였음을알리는데 성공한다. 맨처음에는 어리둥절 하던 코린도 알렉스를 남편 루이라고 인정하고받아들이는데, 그때 영문을 모르는 필립이 나타나서 알렉스에게 대발한다. 알렉스에게 얻어 맞고 쓰러진 필립을 보고 코린은 비로소 자기가 필립을 사랑하고 있었음을 깨닫고 두사람은 결합한다. 한편, 알렉스는 죽던 날, 불충분하다는 이유를 내세우던 마피아단의 보니노를 풀어준 펜윅 판사가 뇌물을 받는 장면을 사진에 담아 밝히려다 쫓겨나는 바람에 층계에서 굴러 떨어져 혼수상태에 빠진다. 병원에 입원한 알렉스에게 천사가 내려와 전생을 기억하지 못하는 주사를 놓는다. 이제 알렉스는 전혀 전생을 기억 못하는 상태로 다시 회복해서 코린의 딸 미란다와 결혼하는데..
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