工于心计的克里斯托弗·沃尔肯饰演恶名昭彰的纽约大流氓韦佛兰,日本他在出狱之后要收回他在坐牢时失去的毒品市场,日本跟哥伦比亚帮、意大利帮和华青帮等竞争对手展开宣战,逐渐建立起比以前更庞大的犯罪王国。但因其不可一世的嚣张态度,也激起了另一帮派头目的不满,因而展开一场黑道大火拼……
工于心计的克里斯托弗·沃尔肯饰演恶名昭彰的纽约大流氓韦佛兰,日本他在出狱之后要收回他在坐牢时失去的毒品市场,日本跟哥伦比亚帮、意大利帮和华青帮等竞争对手展开宣战,逐渐建立起比以前更庞大的犯罪王国。但因其不可一世的嚣张态度,也激起了另一帮派头目的不满,因而展开一场黑道大火拼……

回复 :法国喜剧片。阿嘉特·维拉诺瓦是新近踏入政界的女权主义者,她回到法国南部家乡停留10天,以便帮助她妹妹弗洛朗丝整理母亲过世后留下的遗物。弗洛朗丝有丈夫和孩子,却和电视导演米歇尔搞婚外情。米歇尔在这家人的老女仆的儿子卡里姆的帮助下,说服阿嘉特接受采访,以便拍摄一部有关“成功 的女人”的纪录片。阿加莎·维昂诺娃,刚刚步入政坛的女权论者,回到她位于法国南部的儿时寓所,帮助妹妹弗罗伦斯料理一年前去世的母亲的后事。阿加莎不喜欢这块地方,她一有能力便离开了这里。然而,命运将她安插于此,准备下一任行政官的竞选。这所房子里还住着弗罗伦斯和她的老公、孩子,还有米姆纳——维昂诺娃一家在阿尔及利亚独立时从阿带到法国来的女佣。米姆纳的儿子卡里姆,跟朋友米歇尔张罗着给阿加莎拍一部纪录片,筹备他们的“成功女人”系列。这是在八月,天总是阴沉沉的,时常下雨。这样的天气有些反常,不过生活中出其不意的事又何止天气……
回复 :2003年,移民美国五年的莉莉因罹患乳癌,抱病带著两个女儿芳仪、芳安从洛杉矶回到新店,与疏离多年的丈夫宗辉团聚。芳仪因为中文障碍在班上成绩严重落后,被同学戏称为“美国女孩”。横衝直撞的她面对母亲生病深感无力,最渴望的就是回到美国。随时担心癌症恶化的莉莉不能谅解芳仪的各种叛逆行为,家庭成员之间的紧张关係一触即发。在文化衝突、经济、疾病等压力之下,莉莉与芳仪的衝突节节升高,并在小女儿芳安于SARS期间被医院隔离时达到高峰。莉莉原本即将分崩离析的家庭,因一场意外的疫情被迫面对彼此的心结,进而获得重新开始的契机。
回复 :Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with hisher partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...

