OhPleasesubscribetoourChannelTheAbandonedonNetflixis a crimethrillerfromTaiwan.
Thismovieis a serialkillermysterywith a horror-fueledplot.
A tenseandbrutalstory.
TheAbandonedbeginsonNewYear's Evewiththemaincharacter, a grief-strickencopnamedWuJiaholding a gunatherthroatinthedriver's seatof a car.
TheAbandonedisaninterwoventaleofgrief, migrantlaborers, and a serialkillermurdermystery.
WuJiaabandonshersuicideattemptwhen a flusteredyounggirlbangsatherwindowinabsolutetorment.
WuJiathendiscovers a corpsein a ditchnearby, automaticallytakingonthecaseandsteppingintoherroleasdetective.
Asthesethingsusuallygo, she's thenassigned a baby-facedrookiecopasanassistanttosolvethiscomplicatedcaseoftheterrifyingmurderof a missingillegalThailaborer.
Throughflashbacks, welearnthatWuJiausedtohave a partnerwhokilledhimselfinthesamecarthatshedrivesaroundnowandattemptedtokillherselfin.
Asthefilmprogresses, itismadeclearthatthiswas a romanticrelationship, andtheywereevenengaged.
WuJiahasn't dealtwithhisdeathyet, andisn't willingtotake a breakfromworkeither.
ThisobviouslyputsWuin a verydifficultpositionbecausenotonlyhassheseenthedeathofthismaninthesamefashionasherpartner, butsomeonehasdiedonherwatchusingWei's gun, makingher a terribledetective.
There's a cabdriverwhohelpsyou, andhe's thefirstsuspect, accordingtoWu, buttheyquicklyrealizethathe's nottheirguybecauseSaipanhadmade a dentinhiscabbyhittingitfromtheoutsideinfrustration, whereasthecabthey'relookingfordoesn't havesuch a dent, asthey'veseeninCCTVfootage.
Thisisprobablywhyhecutsofftheirringfingerandremovestheirheart, as a signthattheycan't loveorbelovedanymore.
Consideringhiswife, thepersonwhowasmeanttobewithhimthroughthickandthin, lefthim, Chongfudecidedtokeeptheheartsandfingersofthewomenas a signthattheycouldneverabandonhim.
I supposethereareparallelsbetweenWuandChongfuthere, too, becauseshewasalso, in a way, abandonedbytheloveofherlife, buttheybothdealtwithitinverydifferentways, tosaytheleast.
AttheendofTheAbandoned, weseeherenjoying a videogamewhilechit-chattingwithWu, showingthatthey'vebecomecloserthaneverandwillprobablycontinueworkingtogetheraftershecompletelyrecovers.