David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
温子仁终究还是个钟爱B级片的导演，他对商业模式的驾驭能力挺强，但个人风格的把握上反而有待打磨，这种反差倒是很罕见。
2021年度亲情大戏，girls help girls forever！看样子是要拍第二部lol，片名（英文翻译）其实就点题了，片头给了很多线索，基本上恐怖片和悬疑推理片看得多的影迷保证开头10分钟只能能把剧情给猜出个70%，看到1/3能猜出全部。当个邪典小故事看就行了，剧情本身没太多的新意，基本是新瓶装旧酒，好在拍的不错。有的设计真的很有90年代香港风格，例如东方三侠和原振侠与卫斯理。男警是亚裔混血吧，长得不错，怎么不让他去演尚气哈哈哈哈哈哈（可惜就是长得东南亚了，给四星，毕竟要给温子仁面子，算是恐怖导演里面能保持品质的
希望大陆早日可以分级。
《福尔摩斯之脑中的声音》
看的是無刪減版本，實話，我覺得溫子仁選材這部不太行。。。
很好看啊，从头紧张刺激到尾，结局反转还好不是俗气的人格分裂，不过也差不多了，人格分裂实体化。。。最后那样也太恶心了
恐怖程度对我来说恰到好处，前半段是温子仁擅长的那种密闭空间下的恐怖气氛营造，看得出来非常驾轻就熟，对场景和节奏的把控都很到位。有几处神来之笔的配乐让我又觉得不那么简单，果然后半段开启了完全不同的画风，随着剧情推进，直接改为大杀特杀的血浆恐怖。不得不说两种风格衔接的很好，这种做法在契合情节的同时，大大削弱了剧本的一些缺憾，给观众更直观的爽快感，去忽略悬疑揭开后的逻辑纰漏。温子仁真是把商业片玩的贼溜。
虽然表现不佳但我好喜欢那种传统劲儿，就，魔鬼呀录像带呀小孩子呀~
看的是無刪減版本，實話，我覺得溫子仁選材這部不太行。。。
本来这个故事真相的这种故事和新闻就已经印象深刻，加上“肿瘤”二字的出现，所以影片看到一半的时候的确是在想是不是畸形瘤这样的原因。所以在悬疑度减少几许的情况下遇到关键部分的删减真的觉得有点可惜。
以為溫子仁在拍了那麼多部恐怖電影之後，難有突破性，但是這部還蠻不錯，除了例行的驚嚇場面，懸疑性，故事性及反轉劇情依然夠吸引人的目光。雖然中間劇情有點拖累，但是最後的大惡魔像個武功高強的殺手大開殺戒，動作場面充滿暴力美。還有飾演男警探的那位真是太帥了。
7/10 警局百人斩的调度太棒了，其余一般
很合我口味的调查破案类影片，追凶寻迹，氛围营造非常有感觉，说到底最后的颅内决战也是招魂式温情驱魔仪式。地下城追逐战和警局屠杀戏都尽显温子仁在拍完《海王》之后的调动能力。当然，剧情本身的逻辑漏洞也是挺厉害的，警方战力拉胯是一方面，难道警方就没法用上下颠倒的指纹验出凶手本尊吗？
我想看这部电影 2021-07-14 啊这，虽说确实不是鬼，但好像跟真的有鬼也没差多少了……
前面也就是温子仁拿手的氛围塑造，音效和各种异动，如果习惯了他的风格还是并不觉得恐怖。不过后面谜题的释出还是很不温子仁的，加百列这种一体双生的形象真的是属于身体上能给出的恐怖形象。警局的大屠杀我直喊卧槽，太血腥，太cult了。总体来说还是非常好的商业片，看得过瘾。8/10
温应该专门盖一个房子，以后拍片更加节省成本了
对于铅黄电影的一次致敬？对于习惯温子仁之前温情家庭恐怖片的人应该不会习惯，毕竟风格迥异，我也不喜欢，因为好无聊，也不纯正
算我少见多怪？今年能有一部比得上这部？目前还没看到。最后二十分钟开始就high到爆了啊。场景调度有几场戏都挺棒的啊。还是温子仁厉害。《天才少女》的小女孩要长大了呀，千万不要长歪了，I pray……
好家伙，这次主角真名就叫安娜贝尔！电锯惊魂配乐不知说好评还是出戏……背后倒爬感觉可以超越伽椰子的倒爬了，带劲！想起了《白发魔女》里的吴镇宇……
终于不是制片挂名，是导演了！挂名的基本都不太行，都是概念不错，正片稀烂。导演的作品基本都有保证，如果温子仁的恐怖片都不行，那么恐怖片基本就绝种了。
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