The Man In 3B Movie Analysis

The movie that I’m writing about is The Man In 3B. “The Man In 3B” is a 2015 drama and a mystery movie written by Carl Weber and narrated by Mike Ray. The movie starts with an ambulance and firefighter trucks at the scene of a crime. A chaotic and distress group of people gathering around the entrance of the apartment building where the coroners are getting out with a man’s body. The narrator wants to suspend the viewer by showing at the beginning of the movie, the aftermath of a dramatic scene that led a man to lose his life. The main character of the movie is Daryl Graham. Daryl Graham who is an ex gangbanger and a hood legend moved from South Sides Forty Projects to Queens, NY, in an apartment building (Apt# 3B) because he wants to turn

his life around in the best way possible. Since he moved in the 3B apartments troubles don’t seem to stop fallowing him, which make him later to become the center of attention of a crime committed on his apartment. The main questions still remain, is there only one main suspect for the crime? or is there a probability of more than one main suspects for the crime.

First, in the mid beginning of the movie there were a sequence of shot that was taking.

What I understand from those shots is that the director wants to show the viewer that there is a crime that’s going to take place in the movie based from those shots that were taking. Based from those shots we might find the suspects. According to Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, “a shot is a series of frames, that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and

movement.”
Avery became the first suspect when he came to give Connie the first payment of her divorce and he threatened Darryl by showing his gun once he saw how close Daryl and Connie have become. Slim became the second suspect once he threatened to kill Daryl by telling him, “you come by here again, you’re gonna talk to my nine” when Daryl was telling Krystal to warn his dad that the police was looking for him because of his illegal activities. There was a close-up that the cameraman takes by showing the faces of the two men and the facial expression of Slim show how piss off he was and he wasn’t scare to kill for his lady. Krystal who is Daryl’s ex-girlfriend, who later happens to live in the same building apartment with Daryl, finds it difficult to be out of Daryl’s life even after being proposed by Slim who is her current boyfriend, which later make matter more complicated. According to Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, “In a close-up (CU), the camera pays very close attention to the subject, whether it is an object or a person, but is most often used in close-ups of actors’ faces. Although it traditionally shows the full head (sometimes including the shoulders), it can also be used to show another part of the body, such as a hand, eye, or mouth. When focused on a face, the CU can provide an exclusive view of the character’s emotions or state of mind, yet it can also show a face lacking emotion or thought.” Ben became the third suspect when Benny went missing. Ben threatened Darryl and punch him because he thought that Daryl was having a relationship with his son. Ben exact words were, “what the fuck is this? He’s trying to steal my son right up from under me. I’m going to kill that son of a bitch!”. The cameraman takes a shot of Ben while he was punching Darryl just to show that he wasn’t afraid to kill or fight for his son Ben. Benny became the fourth suspect when he wished Daryl’s death because Daryl disclosed Benny’s secret about being gay to Ben (Benny’s dad) and Nancy (Ben’s mistress). Benny said, “you told him! Really? I hate you! I wish you were fucking dead!”. The cameraman also take a shot of Benny attacking Darryl by punching him after he finds out that Darryl told his dad that he was gay. Those shots just prove that Ben and benny were in a fight with Darryl, which obviously make them suspects of Darryl’s death.
In the movie, the truth remains a mystery for some and a blessing for others. Connie ended up killing Avery in Dylan’s apartment by self-defense because Avery was pointing a gun on her head. After killing Avery, she puts Dylan’s necklace on Avery’s neck and with Dylan’s help she deliberately set the apartment on fire. Everyone thoughts that Dylan was dead, but the truth was that Dylan helped Connie fakes his death after the unornate incident that led to Avery’s death. It was a mystery because the police thought that Dylan was dead, but in reality, it was Avery who was dead. Later on, it was a blessing for Connie and Dylan to be together at last in Jamaica because Avery’s dead was an escape path for Dylan.
The interesting thing about the movie, “The Man IN 3B” is that there are characters like Darryl and Connie that changed and found their selves through their obstacles and there are other like Avery who stayed the same and never found their real purposes.

In this film, Darryl’s journey is about of becoming a better man than he was in his past. By moving out to his old neighborhood just prove how relentless he was to leave his past behind him, so that he can move forward with his life in a more positive way. In this journey Darryl going to find his purpose in life by defending young man like Benny from other gangbanger whom want him to break the law, and by protecting woman like Connie from her abusive husband. It’s like Darryl’s purpose is to protect others from bad people. In the hope of fixing her broken marriage by losing weight, Connie Mack who is Daryl’s neighbor accepted Daryl’s offer to be her personal trainer. Avery who is Connie’s wife could not live with himself being broke and could not live with a fat wife decided to give his wife a divorce. In her journey, Connie learns to love herself the way she is. Through her journey, she became to realize that she wasn’t the one that needs to be change but it was her husband that need to be change. Unfortunately, not everyone can be save. Avery did not have a change of heart, and his greediness was the thing that led to his

death.
Beside the facts that the characters in the movie must go through some stumbling blocks in their journeys, the characters sort of switched their roles at the time they were going through their obstacles. For example, at the beginning, Connie was not happy in her marriage because her husband finds her to be not attractive anymore since she gained weight. She became weak by having a low self-esteem. At the end, she fell in love with Dylan who love her and every curve of her body. She raises her self esteem by rejecting her fugitive ex-husband on his offer to run away with him because she knows she deserved a better man than her ex-husband. At the beginning, Dylan was not a free man because could not leave his apartment after eight o’clock He has an ankle monitor as a courtesy of the New York department of corrections. At the end, he became free by helping Connie faking his dead and he went to Jamaica as a free man. At the beginning, Avery was a free man that can go everywhere and anywhere without having to hide from the polices. At the end Avery became a fugitive because of his greed.
To conclude, in the movie, the truth remains a mystery for some and a blessing for others. The story ends happy for Daryl and Connie who found love after a lot of obstacles that they had face. The interesting thing about the movie, “The Man IN 3B” is that there are characters that changed and found their selves through their obstacles and there are others like Slim and Avery who stayed the same and never found their real purposes.