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today I'll show you a Spanish crime thriller film: "Origenes Secretos"
spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
Detective is a father of two sons
His eldest son was a swat officer and a real hero
Two years ago, a fire broke out in a building in Madrid
The eldest son died when he rushed into the fire to save people,
before firefighters arrived at the scene
Detective's heart was torn to pieces from then on
His younger son is a fat nerd obsessed with quadratic elements, nick-named GreasyBeard
He is running a comic book store, and likes outlandish things
When he hears about the Chinese-made electric batons, he immediately purchases them online
In the eyes of the father Detective, GreasyBeard is nothing close to his elder son
Whenever he looks at GreasyBeard's beard, he is reminded of the eldest son who always did him proud
Ever since the passing of the eldest son, Detective has been more lenient to GreasyBeard
He feels thankful for the fact that GreasyBeard is still safe and sound
Detective's retirement is just around the corner
A young and handsome officer, short-named Officer Handsome, will take over his position
Officer Handsome used to work in a small city
This gorgeous man likes boxing
Until Detective retires, Officer Handsome will work under his guidance
Right now, they have a difficult case to handle
Residents from a secluded apartment,
complain that their upstairs neighbor lifts the barbells every night
Furthermore, the hallway stinks recently
Detective and Officer Handsome arrive at the place, and locate a big and gray corpse
Judging from the scene, the victim's neck appears to have been broken accidentally,
while he bench-lifted a barbell
There is no other clue in the room, except many tins of protein powder
In fact, it is not an accidental death
The victim was a scrawny physicist who ran a chemical factory
One year ago, he was reported missing
It does not make sense that he hides in this particular room only to exercise himself
The coroner confirms their preposition that this man was murdered
Coroner theorizes that the killer grabbed the victim,
fed him protein powder on purpose, forced him to work out,
and left him with bulging lines all over his body
Since he was fed with prohibited drugs, his skin turned gray
While the two detectives wonder about the motive of the murderer,
a cool and pretty cosplayer steps into the lab
She scolds Detective for taking up such a case, and orders him to retire tomorrow
This domineering beauty, named Pretty, is Officer Handsome immediate superior
She graduated with the best result from the police academy,
and is now the youngest and prettiest Head of major crimes in Madrid
The interesting contrast to her career professionalism,
comes from her hobby of cosplaying comic characters
In the afternoon, another strange murder case is reported
The victim was a wealthy armour-maker
His heart was removed, and his body stuffed inside an armour
He was kept alive with a machine
There was a newspaper clip stick on his head
Officer Handsome cannot help but think if the culprit is mimicking Jack the Ripper
The investigation gets nowhere
While the team is stuck at the present cases, GreasyBeard spots an important clue
Detective vows to fulfill his mission, though he is told to retire
When he studies the cases at home, GreasyBeard glances at the photo,
and finds the dead man looks like the Incredible Hulk
He introduces that the first issue of the Hulk in the '60s was gray
It is the same for the Iron Man
Detective is enlightened that perhaps the two cases are related to the comic books
He then returns to the crime scene for a detailed investigation
Below the exercise machine, he finds a piece of newspaper clip
To his surprise, it is the cover of the first Hulk issue
Along with the cover, there is a note bearing the message Origenes Secretos,
which means unknown origins
The first murder is a parody of the Hulk's origin story
The second murder is a parody of Iron Man's origin story
Detective informs Pretty about his discoveries,
and suggests that she should recruit GreasyBeard for the investigation
He knows very well that Officer Handsome has zero knowledge about comics
Pretty approves the plan
But Officer Handsome is apparently not very happy with this arrangement
In his opinion, to be obsessed with comics as an adult, is what he considers unprofessional
Despite his personal preference, he has to admit that GreasyBeard is of great help for the case
The duo visit the Iron Man murder scene together
GreasyBeard is so familiar with the weapons at the place that he can name them one by one
He introduces to Officer Handsome the Conan sword, Hanzo martial arts sword, Ice, etc
At a glance, he finds one of the collections appears at the wrong place
In the section for the Lord of Rings, there is an extra ax that belongs to Triangle
Obviously, this is a clue given by the murderer
They take the ax for further examination
Three fingerprints are found on the ax
But it takes time to identify the culprit
While waiting, Officer Handsome decides to read up on the origin of those superheroes
at GreasyBeard's comic book shop
Coincidentally, he runs into Pretty at the store
She is giving a lecture on cosplayer fashion design
Officer Handsome thinks they are wasting time on such a matter
But the comics fans laugh at him
To his surprise, the comic fans are not losers, but elites in their own field
Among them, there is dentist, professor, judge, CEO, and so on
The CEO challenges Officer Handsome, and shows him photos of his sports car and mansions
That is a mind opener, and a paradigm shift for Officer Handsome
Returning home, he begins to study the origin of those superheroes
Soon after, Pretty receives the report on the fingerprints
They belong to a murderer that burnt 6 innocent lives to death,
and cunningly defended himself before the judges
In the end, he was only jailed for 6 months
Without further ado,
Officer Handsome and Pretty immediately take GreasyBeard to search the arsonist's whereabouts
Unfortunately, when they arrive, the house is already burnt
Smoke billows from the arsonist's house; and a foul, scorched smell wafts from it
Not only that, but they also hear a heart-wrenching scream
In the chaos, Officer Handsome almost kisses Pretty
GreasyBeard is totally envious of him
But immediately after, they get up to put off the fire
Wrapped in a sealed suit, unable to move, the arsonist is burnt alive
GreasyBeard discovers a book cover on a machine,
and recognizes it as the first issue of the Fantastic Four, the origin story of The Firebolt
Coroner says that the machine is very complicated
It controls heat to burn the arsonist for three days and three nights, which is very cruel
The killer is believed to be a psychopath
But the investigation has no breakthrough
Officer Handsome mentions that they should get Detective's help
Pretty reveals that Detective is diagnosed with cancer, and the stress would kill him faster
That is why she forces Detective to go for early retirement
Officer Handsome feels sorry for Detective, and gets a bottle of wine for him
Over lunch, Detective asks Officer Handsome why he chooses to be a police officer
Officer Handsome recalls that his parents were shot dead,
right after they came out of the theatre after a movie
Until now, the killer has not been caught
He starts the police career with a dream to eradicate lawlessness and violence
But police policy doesn't allow employees to see their own files,
so he doesn't know anything about the killer
GreasyBeard finds such a rule absurd, and urges Officer Handsome to seek help from Pretty
As expected, Pretty is willing to retrieve Officer Handsome's profile
Surprisingly, there is actually a photo of the cover of a comic book in the file
GreasyBeard tells them it is the origin story of the Bat-Man
This means that whoever killed his parents 20 years ago,
is probably the same person or the same group, as the three murder cases they are investigating
Officer Handsome denies such an idea
He wonders why the murderer tortures him, and what he would do next
Pretty analyses that the murderer must be very rich
The equipment for the heart transplant, the human barbecue equipment, all cost a lot of money
She points out that maybe they should begin the search with rich comic book fans
GreasyBeard agrees, for collecting these comics for publication also requires a lot of money
So they visit a man to get more information
This guy knows who buys those expensive comic books at the auctions
He is confident that the only one who has the aforementioned collections,
is a Real estate tycoon in Madrid
GreasyBeard wants to be a hero like the comic book character
But Officer Handsome sends him home, and journeys to Tycoon's house alone
In a gloomy warehouse, he finds many clips of comic books,
including the one for Bat Man, Detective 33
All of a sudden, Officer Handsome spots a man and shoots at him
Little does he know the man is already dead, and his rash actions trigger the toxic gas to leak out
Then a man in a Plague Doctor mask,
swoons and eerily congratulates Officer Handsome on finally finding the villain's lair
Unfortunately, Officer Handsome is rendered powerless, due to inhaling the toxic gas
Officer Handsome sneers at him, and challenges him to identify himself
The guy says he is Professor Novaro
In a pinch, Pretty arrives at the warehouse,
and shoots the plague doctor mask, rescuing Officer Handsome
The masked man pretends to collapse, and soon escapes with a laugh
It turns out that GreasyBeard worries about Officer Handsome's safety,
and alerts Pretty of Officer Handsome's movement
Officer Handsome is so touched that he almost kisses Pretty's smelly face
Looking around the warehouse, they find two more comic books, namely X-men, Spider-Man,
have not appeared in the crime scenes
Both books deal with mutants and nuclear radiation
GreasyBeard infers that the next murder case would have to do either mutants or nuclear radiation
Other than that, they have no idea who the next target is
Coroner confirms that Tycoon died a few years ago,
but his corpse was freshly removed from formaldehyde
It shows that the murderer has been committing crimes in the name of Tycoon
More importantly, Coroner has detected nuclear radiation from Tycoon's body
Pretty concludes this case would be handed to the National Security Council
Officer Handsome is unwilling to give up, for he is so close to the murderer of his parents
And then, Coroner offers that he could extend the deadline by delaying the report submission
He is willing to take the risk, for he also looks forward to making some progress
Everything set, Officer Handsome is again out for the hunt alone
Pretty decides to join him; but he stops her with a kiss
Officer Handsome explains that he does not want Pretty to stick her neck out for him again
Pretty now totally falls for him, but actually his hormones
That afternoon, another victim is reported on television
A juvenile released from prison was hung from the ceiling of the station in a bizarre way
Officer Handsome can tell that his death takes after the origin story of Spider Man
Only one more day is left, and Officer Handsome becomes frustrated
GreasyBeard is more shrewd to find the connections of all five murder cases
20 years ago, the culprit started with killing Officer Handsome's parents,
following the Spider-Man story
And then, the killer restarted the killing,
until Officer Handsome was transferred to the Madrid police station
Along the way, he has hidden clues for Officer Handsome to investigate
So the psycho must have planned to create a superhero to highlight his supervillain skills
Officer Handsome criticizes GreasyBeard for mixing up the real world with the comic books,
and storms out of the book store
Returning to his car, he realizes what GreasyBeard says might be helpful
In fact, there is nothing much he could do for the present case
Seeking GreasyBeard's help, he attends the 10th year anniversary of the comic book store
GreasyBeard prepares a superhero suit for Officer Handsome, and calls him the Triangle Man
Officer Handsome does not like this name for sure
But he humbly asks GreasyBeard what to do next
GreasyBeard predicts that the villain would create an emergency,
and force him to rescue his loved ones
Immediately after, Pretty rushes into the book store,
with the bad news that Detective has been kidnapped
Seconds later, Officer Handsome receives a call from the Plague Doctor,
saying that Detective is now kept in the tower of the reservoir
In line with GreasyBeard's analysis,
Plague Doctor tells Officer Handsome to grab this one last chance to become a superhero
Furthermore, he has already slipped radioactive elements into the comic-con drinks
If Officer Handsome does not turn up,
he is gonna dump radioactive elements into the entire city's water supply
While Officer Handsome is still engaged with the phone call,
all the participants who have taken the drink, collapse down suddenly
GreasyBeard cannot wait to rescue his father;
but Officer Handsome and Pretty order him to stay back
GreasyBeard then gives Officer Handsome the swat officer suit of his elder brother
Pretty pulls the CEO out from his sports car, and deploys it for the mission
In the reservoir, the masked man reveals his agenda of creating the X-men
Detective is taken as the Professor X
Detective is shocked to realize that the series murderer is actually their colleague, Coroner
As an anti-social comic book fan,
he believes that only a superhero could save this corrupted generation
So he commits himself to make a superhero
He tells Detective that his masterpiece will soon arrive to fight against him;
and he will be more than willing to fall before the superhero
Detective condemns him for killing innocent lives
But Coroner insists that all of them are badass deserving of a death sentence
The physics professor dumped chemicals nearby a primary school, causing dozens of lives
The armour-maker was a drug dealer
The arsonist escaped punishment by telling lies
The juvenile a ruthless dismemberment maniac
But no one curbs such evildoers
Coroner claims that they definitely need a superhero to purify the world
And then, Coroner calmly injects drugs into his face,
then dips his face into strong acid to disfigure himself
He proclaims that Heath Ledger is the real saint
Having done that, he puts on the mask, and guns down Detective when Officer Handsome arrives
As Officer Handsome puts on the swat suit, Detective mistakes him as his eldest son
he gives up his breath in the arms of Officer Handsome
Soon after, Officer Handsome wrestles with Coroner, and is soon beaten down
To retaliate, he takes out the electric baton
But Coroner takes over the baton to abuse him
Strangely enough, Coroner has no intention to kill him
Instead, he pretends to slip his foot, smashing the railing and falling off the tower
According to the script in his mind, he begs the superhero to save his life
Filled with wrath and hatred, Officer Handsome puts on his mask, and says he is the Triangle Man
Knowing that a superhero is born,
the masked Coroner willing falls into the acid pool, and disappears
This is exactly the same scene in the comics, where the joker falls into a pool of acid
However, It is unclear whether Coroner has died
Very likely he would prepare enough to survive the acid, and continue with his heinous plot
After the funeral of Detective, the trio receives breaking news
The masked Coroner has left behind a Tycoon's mansion and huge assets
In the basement of his mansion, they find a computer system,
that can hack into governments around the world
And so, the journey of the Triangle Man begins now
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