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.
看出来导演的野心了，逆转裁判那段特别好，但是前后太多内容是更多的是给国民看的，外国人看起来会有点没那么容易共情。和故事相比，人物就有点脸谱。
电影题材是好的，但是大家没必要印吹和妄自菲薄
印度又一部批判体制的电影，敢于发声的电影，对于热点社会议题没有进行更深层次的探讨，好在讲故事的手法，角色的反转，还能吸引人看下去。前面半个小时的处理不太好，为了后面法庭戏的反转模糊了故事，又想调动大众情绪，总是情绪先于故事，很难让人共情。
反转很精彩，但剧情稍微有点拖沓，尤其上半集为了煽情而煽，前面节奏有些松，加快点就更好了
5、政治一盘棋，人人都是棋子！
用一个案子把好几个社会问题串联起来，而且还有个特酷的反转，着实牛逼。电影里面的四首曲子编曲水平随便拉一首出来都比国内的主流抖音神曲强不少。
非常厉害用女教授被害案为引子，引出了一连串的社会和制度问题，教授不合理剥削学生，警察勾结政客，政客民主选举作梗，无明说的种姓歧视，操纵媒体舆论造势引流，正义公正的行使方式，道德审判与法律审判的区别，这些时代热点话题全都点到并且用生动的情节演绎了出来。此外利用叙事技巧，一直成功的引导观众往期望的方向上联想，一次是重新复盘女教授死亡的可能性（前面适当埋设了伏笔），一次用几句台词重新改写警察全部的行为动机（最后将警察的行为圆回来感觉是为了保持高尚人设的一致性），都算是比较厉害的反转了。最后印度电影的刻意煽情，是唯一美中不足的地方了。
妇女地位问题、教育问题、种姓问题、政治问题等等，诸多问题汇于一炉却丝毫不显凌乱，除了韩国电影，现在连印度电影都这么敢拍了……
众所周知印度电影的长度动辄两三个钟头，所以他们是非常有经验如何让一部长片不使人倦怠的，我上次看的这么痛快还是复联四呢。电影前半部分细致的铺陈出一个罪案的始末（女教师被残忍的强奸杀害并焚烧尸体，副警督很快抓了犯人又迫于压力退出，最后不甘心手刃罪犯），后半部分几乎全是法庭戏，但极其精彩，反转接反转，并且节奏合适，对比深刻，谁是圣人？谁又是恶魔？虽然律师最后慷慨激昂的陈词确实不像法庭上该有的，但这些话放在那里确实震撼效果最好，女教师当然知道自己在以卵击石，但她还是做了，即使以身殉道也无怨无悔。替丈夫申冤被害的妻子，替女儿讨说法的母亲，因身份和导师偏见歧视迟迟无法毕业自杀的女生，都站在她身后，她们代表的是国家的尊严。结局大坏蛋并没有浮诛才是现实的，但微光已经点亮，希望已经存在。
扎实的剧本，多重的反转，平稳的节奏，用绝佳的视听语言牵引出内心的感慨情绪，今年看的印度最佳，感觉有第二部？
仅几部印度电影不断刷新深度高度……评本片，用警察总督对副手的那句台词：“这就是政治”！
前半段节奏太慢，甚至过于拖沓……直到律师的出场才开始步入正题，氛围紧张起来，高潮接踵而至，层层反转实在过瘾，尤其是在扎实的剧本和台词下，几何倍数地放大了题材的优点。
4月上映，7月女总统就选出来了，因吹丝挺~
里面要讲的故事都是好故事，但这部电影没有讲好这些故事。但还是感谢这部电影让我认识了印度，让我再次意识到政治的残忍和民众的无可奈何，民众只能被操纵不是吗，他们只能被给出的部分真相牵着鼻子走。以及，这部电影最后不还是落到了政治斗争上面吗？只有哪边获胜更让民众受益罢了。
配乐有点太奇怪了吧？很好的剧本拍的乱七八糟的，一堆无意义的流行歌配慢动作，结局也是莫名其妙的，8.6分咋来的？？？
近来印度电影反转玩得挺溜的，这部电影真的就是反转反转再反转，而所有反转的内因又都是体制本身的腐败导致，某种意义上，电影的主题其实讲得尤为深刻。
量太大太撑了，印度电影就这点让我有点水土不服
看了不到两个小时就决定了，满分，振聋发聩。
今年看过的最佳！！！开始以为讲女性权益，接着又以为是革命片，看下来发现是弘扬正义，捍卫事实与法律，批判政治与媒体，没想到它最后是部复仇的爽片。ps 双男主并不需要对手戏。
《唤石》→ 猫咪老师为了喝上美酒还蛮努力的。——《可疑的访客》→ 田沼：……不过无论如何，我还挺开心的，因为我和夏目看到过同样的东西了。……
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