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.
前三分之一是个不错的开头，当麦肯齐化身安雅走进60年代摇摆伦敦，多少让人惊艳。但影片决定往悬疑方向发展时，叙事和节奏开始崩坏，一切都变得支离破碎。风格化的镜头自然够出色，但悬疑惊悚并不是烂剧情的庇护所。即使将它置于恐怖片范畴，那些剥削的部分早已在无数电影中重复使用了千百遍，毫无心意。更让人遗憾的是，埃德加·赖特引以为傲的剪辑几乎没能看见，在一味的致敬中丧失了自己的拿手好戏。
有点…怪…有点…没太看懂…但是有点太文艺了…两个女主太可了…
一星。令人生气得难看。最讨厌自我沉醉自以为是的片子。女主的选角色是灾难性的。今后不会再去看有她的片子。
前半段很有ALL THAT JAZZ的潜质，且因为前面太抓人导致后面画风转变让人觉得龙头蛇尾。不过Edgar Wright的Visual还是很值得一看，McKenzie和Anya也是双厨狂喜了。
算了，以上是我瞎说的，这部电影就是一团杂乱又精致的空洞。
画面、颜值、摄影都挺好看的一部惊悚片，更多是心理悬疑，心理幻觉。伦敦的时尚与古旧都有所呈现，让人感觉很好。女主把乡村来到都市的那种忐忑、不适演得挺好，挺有学生味。剧情最后的反转也有些意思，居然是房东老太太反杀各种嫖客，不过让她自诉实情有些太直白了，感觉是编剧找不到好方法来揭底了。
黑人男孩换掉不香吗？剪辑棒，视觉炫，特技运用不动声色，美术等各项技术指标均不错，包括节奏控制，值得国产惊恐片学习借鉴，但令人瞠目结舌的烂尾很意外。主题“不要依附男人，一切靠自己”的表达清晰，但老太太反转来得生硬，大跌眼镜，因为是成熟导演的作品，要求就自然期许更高，所以4星减2星！尽管第2天还专门导入剪辑台又拉了一遍，再次欣赏可圈可点处，但还是因为最后的反转处理弱鸡，活生生的把老太本值得同情的悲剧角色搞成恶魔，成了简单粗暴的女权杀戮爽片，还有亚历克斯的一句话加一个耳光把老太扇清醒处直接看笑喷，一部被第3幕毁掉的好电影。 6.8/27K 【IMdb7.2/75K 预算4300万美元，北美票房1012.7万美元，全球票房2295.7万美元 】
本来都很期待赖导的故事和剪辑，结果就这？以前的灵气去哪了？？？是要和西蒙瘦瘦尼克胖胖合作才有火花吗？音乐本身不错，但后半段剧情垮了……Sam Claflin几个角度神似亨超哎。
【2.0】友邻形容的马戏团杂耍招式的电影调度很形象，虽然我是觉得花哨的调度在这个作品里完全谈不上出错。不喜欢此片纯粹因为反转做得太掉价。
碰到电影里吐槽London的地方观众都好兴奋hhhh
荆棘女王最后一部电影，赞，女主最后没有救那帮男人，是啊，they deserved it
不会真有人觉得嫖客死了就会变得很可怕吧？不会真有人觉得妓女反杀就是大反转吧？导演对性别运动的嘲讽振聋发聩啊，何必结尾再一番讨好呢？到底有没有ball啊兄弟？
作为MV和歌舞片爱好者的我对于这种MV电影当然不会讨厌，但埃德加赖特和NWR之间还是有档次的差距，NWR是影像为王，赖特还是放不下他爱的音乐。
電影本身實在是中規中矩的一般，再扣一星給這個自以為是的反轉結局吧，就是說明明過去的事看到了那麼多，怎麼偏偏最重要的事情完全看反了呢？除了導演唬我故意想反轉外，我實在找不到合理的解釋。然後這部片的視角也實在無法讓人輕易代入，不是一個能夠得到大多數人共鳴的片子。而且稍微有一點小題大做，這種60年代的悲劇應該上演了無數次，怎麼女主看到被嚇成那種鬼樣子，真的是有些沒有見過世面的既視感，反應很過激，而且最後所有男人在那求救也很好笑，就有什麼好求救的呢，真的是令人莫名其妙。對了，最後結尾那三件新設計的衣服還不如原來那三件，更別說原來那三件也挺普通，有時候看還以為女主是大肚子，腹部鼓起的很厲害
是fashion學生看完會生氣的程度，幸好沒去電影院浪費時間。兩星是給今敏的，完完全全是在看一套不成功的大雜燴
虽然是灵异惊悚片，但视觉听觉都很美，安雅简直像个精灵，谁能不喜欢她呢～以及热评好搞笑，这就“恐男厌男”了好玻璃心哟
剪辑版。女性主义的部分真的相当好评。但是这种结尾过于刻意，否则这部和前程似锦的女孩那部就类似了。这部还算是HE和有希望。女主们好美
有几段戏拍得不错的，剪辑音乐也很棒…但这个可怕的开头和结尾是在干什么…
3.5 借当代小镇青年的都市vintage怀旧乡愁的壳讲了一个男性视角下的女性题材故事，意思就是复古和女性主义都没有处理好，导致了前半段和后半段叙事的割裂，不论是60s的SOHO/男性凝视/女性互助/小镇和城市的互动都显得十分悬置，尤其是最后的和解和男性忏悔，不还是以男性气质去形容女性吗……不过伦敦处处有鬼魂还是很有意思
3星半，不太喜欢后半段Ellie精神崩溃出现的“僵尸”，整体还是算OK，配乐不错，有几段的剪辑也很惊喜，整体故事不新鲜，小镇女孩勇闯大都市的成长路。
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