卧龙战警
Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop  Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.  The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narrationvoice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.  Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppieviolence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.  However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.
终结死亡
影片简介  导演石井再次将迷离朴素的风格注入他的电影世界。  《终结死亡》:一名男子(伊势谷友介)被人追杀,最后跑进死巷,无路可逃。一个身影向他走近,他一手执起铁棒攻击,岂料击毙了一名素未谋面的女子。正当他以为自己误杀了她之时,她突然站起来,翩然起舞……  《影子》:一名正在逃跑的男子(永瀬正敏)抺着他脸上的鲜血,最后走到死巷。他听见身后的脚步声,转身一看只见一个持枪的人。  《飞翔》:一名男子(浅野忠信)从警方逃跑出来,他跑进了大厦,跑上楼梯,一直冲上顶楼。其时一名女子正在天台晒衣服,他用手枪指向她,把她胁持作人质,可是她却不作一声。其后警方到场,试图说服他,但他甚幺也听不入耳,而那女人质也继续不说一语,他却突然提起手枪,指向自己的太阳穴……  影片评价  关于影片:  这是石井聪互酝酿三年的作品,影片由三个故事组成———“死亡之歌”、“影子”、“飞翔”,分别讲的是三个被追逐的男子的故事:他们三人以“拼命的奔跑”出场,而在跑到没有退路的刹那,却发生了匪夷所思的事。石井聪互野心勃勃,正是想借此影像展示穷途末路的三名男子的境遇。片子虽然不长,但是奔跑的紧迫性使影片极具爆发力。展现在我们面前的,是三具被压抑的躯体的逃亡畅想曲。明天对他们来说已不重要,天堂或者地狱早由不得他们选择,甚至他们都不愿为自己的逃跑找个理由。 导演简介:  日本第一代独立电影导演石井聪互,1980年,用16毫米胶片创作了《再次一炮走红》,后来该片以35毫米胶片电影公演。作为一个没有体验过摄影系统,却能从自编自导电影中成长起来的导演,他给新日本电影界注入了活力。1982年发表了《爆裂都市》(Burst City),1984年的电影《逆喷射家庭》获得了第八届意大利萨卢索电影节最高奖,石井聪互的名字也从此在海外有了很高的评价,甚至高于日本国内对他的评价。1994年凭着《天使之尘》(Angel Dust)夺得伯明翰电影节金奖。之后,又先后于1995年发表了《水中八月》及1997年的《梦之银河》。继2000年《五条灵战记》及2001年《八万伏特霹雳神龙》(Electric Dragon 80000V)后,新作《Dead End Run》再次将迷离扑朔的风格注入他的电影世界。 石井聪互何许人也?  蛰伏三年的石井聪互,在这里用爆炸的影像给我们讲述了三个关于死亡的故事。对了,还有爱情。  日本电影界始终活跃着两位大师级的视觉电影狂人,一位是眆本晋也,另一位就是石井聪互。在他们身上,我们能闻到钢铁的味道。这两位几乎全日本最低产的电影导演,二十多年间来始终保持着开创性的影像激情。而最难能可贵的是,电影在他们眼中毫无商业可言,永远只是尚需改良和完善的实验产品。石井聪互从20岁开始拍电影,掐指算来,47岁的石井聪互已经拍摄了27年的实验电影。  有人说石井聪互的金属风格沿袭了眆本晋也,但这是违背事实的,石井的成名作《爆裂都市》甚至还比眆本的《铁男》早了七年。其实二人各有千秋,虽然形式主题常常不谋而合,但石井要倾向视觉效果多一些,而眆本更钟情于对窒息压抑的铺陈。无独有偶,在眆本推出黑白实验片《六月之蛇》后,石井也如同约定般地拿来了这部加过N个滤镜的《终结死亡》与之示意。  在这三个关于生命的故事中,奔跑作为死亡的前奏,再次成为了石井聪互操练的形式元素。
武当龙影
本片根据康泰的长篇小说《潮湿岩》改编。影片讲述了 1927年 秋收起义失败后发生在湖南新田 武当山 下的一个真实动人的故事。  上世纪30年代,山外一片白色恐怖,山里仿佛世外桃源,中医世家的革命党人龙二虎,在革命失败后跛着一条残腿隐居 武当山下 小镇,沉默行医。 赵氏大族长子 赵贵 仔与李潇晴夫妻二人乔装平民来 武当山 玄帝殿求子求愿,期望摆脱厄运,不料被暗中为匪的民团头领 马标 看出破绽,打定主意要对他们绑票勒索。潇晴夫妻二人忽然遇匪,仓皇奔逃,导致滚落山谷受伤,巧为龙二虎所救,李潇晴对突然出现的面目全非的二虎惊疑戒备。也因为潇晴夫妻,二虎的山居一下子成了马标匪帮关注的所在。为勒索巨额赎金,马标登门探查,然后趁二虎出门,令手下将赵贵仔绑走。李潇晴则怀疑二虎已经堕落为匪,和马标合谋害她丈夫,误会愤怒。二虎曾经为平民时候的马标疗伤,救过他的性命,一直被马标奉为恩人。二虎赖此与马标 周旋 ,使其放掉贵仔,将贵仔带回,李潇晴知误会,戒心虽减,但为二虎的现况和过去对自己的离弃,心中依然充满疑惑和幽怨。赵贵仔伤势将愈,打算立刻上山求愿回家。但这时候,赵家对头为谋赵家财富,派人觅踪而来,勾结马标欲害贵仔。马标确认贵仔为富商子弟,在山口布下罗网,只等他们离开山居,潇晴夫妻二人插翅难飞,只能滞留。 马标为财为官,渐至疯狂,为虎作伥,劫洗赵家,索性与二虎撕破情面,逼二虎同流合污,共同为匪,二虎无可选择,避世梦碎,为救潇晴夫妇,假意答应,用一坛毒酒与马标诸匪同归于尽。
绝处逢生
清雍正元年,大将军年羹尧平息青海叛乱后回到京都。皇帝担心握有军权的年将军功高盖主,以莫须有罪名赐死这位战功显赫的大臣。皇帝的心腹肃仁亲王接受密令,率领御林军统领常玉岗等深夜围攻年府,欲满门抄斩。常玉岗钦佩年将军,愿冒死违抗圣命救出年家后代年戟、年霞飞。年将军夫妇将一对玉蝴蝶挂在两个孩子的胸前,作为成人后兄妹相认的证物,然后夫妻二人饮毒酒而死。常玉岗救出年家后代,杀出重围,逃离京都,一路南下。肃仁派大内高手血滴子步步追杀,欲斩草除根。在武当山,霞飞姑娘从悬崖上跌落,常玉岗只得带年戟逃往嵩山少林寺,后又被发现,只好辗转到泉州。慧空和尚善用笑拳,击败了前来追杀的血滴子,把他们护送到南少林,常玉岗也脱俗为僧。年霞飞在悬崖下被武当门人静姑搭救,从此在她手下学习武艺。雍正十三年,皇帝得知年家后代未除,命大内总管冠平山督促肃仁亲王尽快剪除后患。肃仁、冠平山乔装平民查访年家后代。肃仁之女婷玉也在武当山静姑门下学艺,与年霞飞是师姐妹。肃仁用圈套收霞飞为义女,霞飞不明真相,与婷玉一起为清廷效力。在南少林,法云大师向年戟讲了他的身世。年戟报仇心切,只身入肃王府,因被婷玉、霞飞发现,报仇未成,只得又返回南少林。肃仁通过密探得知年戟下落,随即发兵围剿南少林,把众僧团团围住,企图一举全歼。法云大师、年戟等人力战众清兵。法云大师不幸中暗器而死,年戟也被霞飞、婷玉追至宝塔内。正当年家兄妹杀得难解难分时,一坐禅老僧走下佛龛制止,指着他们胸前的玉蝴蝶讲明了他们的身世和兄妹关系,兄妹相认。婷玉也因痛恨父亲肃仁杀害忠良,表示愿和他们共患难。肃仁与年戟拚杀,婷玉飞身制止,并谴责其父。这时,冠平山向婷玉飞来一毒刀,误中肃仁,肃仁临死前大骂雍正,婷玉等人和赶来相救的常玉岗等人共同杀死了冠平山。这时,南少林的僧人已被清兵杀得所剩无几。年戟、霞飞、婷玉等遵师命出海,以图来日报仇。
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