Cure

Fuck, this movie was sooooo good. Im a sucker for murder mysteries and with the slightest touch of the supernatural? Amazing. This movie is in its essence about us as people, what we push down and hide. Everyone has their killing impulses but its hidden behide a thin facade of smiles and politeness. Sakuma says pretty early on that you cant hypnotise someone into doing something they dont want to do, meaning that all the killers deep down wanted to do what they did. All these seemingly successful people had hates, grudges, vendettas that they had repressed, but they are exposed by Mamiya who I suspect has been part of some organisation that deals with this and has recently resurfaced. When we are shown the 1898 barn video I think the man that draws the X is part of the same organisation that Mamiya is. They go underground and have resurfaced now when society is a pot ready to boil. This is why its so easy to hypnotise everyone, why Mamiya can so easily and quickly unearth the evil within. It might not have changed much but it was so satisfying seeing him get riddled with holes.