THE ABANDONED is a decent crime thriller despite being incredibly bleak and morbid, revolved around the murders of illegal female migrants in Taiwan. Opening the film with a policewoman on the verge of suicide, only to be ‘saved’ by the discovery of a bloat corpse in the river is an interesting choice; to say the least. It dawned upon me that both our protaganist (aforementioned policewoman) and antagonist (eventual serial killer) were both ‘abandoned’ by their lovers. Hence, bringing the title full circle.
THE ABANDONED is a decent crime thriller despite being incredibly bleak and morbid, revolved around the murders of illegal female migrants in Taiwan. Opening the film with a policewoman on the verge of suicide, only to be ‘saved’ by the discovery of a bloat corpse in the river is an interesting choice; to say the least. It dawned upon me that both our protaganist (aforementioned policewoman) and antagonist (eventual serial killer) were both ‘abandoned’ by their lovers. Hence, bringing the title full circle.
