David（陈小春 饰）是某私家医院的医生，高耀外表平庸的他却有着与众不同之处。因童年的一段离奇经历，高耀他获得了可以看见幽灵的阴阳眼。生活还算富足的David却并未感到快乐幸福，结婚刚刚一年的妻子（陈敏芝 饰）红杏出墙，令David大为沮丧，他只得与好友辉仔流连酒肆，靠杯中物排解忧愁。某夜，David结识性感神秘女子Cindy（林熙蕾 饰），二人干柴烈火，一拍即合。不久，两名男子离奇坠楼身亡，身上更有强酸破过的痕迹。负责调查此案的张Sir（雷宇扬 饰）发现，两死者竟和他及David是童年的玩伴。一桩被刻意遗忘多年的惨案渐渐浮出水面……
回复 :60年代的香港，风云变幻。一面要忍受港英政府的压制，一面又受到内地运动的波及，更要面对不时登陆的台风暴雨。老字号的永利街就处在这样一个风暴的旋涡中心。鞋匠罗一家四口，在街尾以做鞋为生。罗先生（任达华 饰）做得一手好鞋，在那个混乱的年代仅能养家糊口；罗太太（吴君如 饰）为人辛辣直率，人称“侠盗罗嫂”。大儿子罗进一（李治廷 饰）16岁，品学兼优，是运动会的冠军，全家人的希望，也是永利街的骄傲；小儿子罗进二（钟绍图 饰）8岁，在父母溺爱之下，天性顽劣，出了名的顽皮整蛊……一家人艰难度日，也算其乐融融。然而大儿子与富家小姐芳菲（蔡颖恩 饰）之间一段纯美的初恋、一场扫荡整个香港的飓风暴雨、更有一场潜伏已久的噩梦，让这个普通家庭的平安幸福在一夜之间陡生变故、支离破碎……面对岁月这个最大的“神偷”，顽强不屈的人该如何去抵抗？2010第60届柏林电影节“新生代单元”最佳影片水晶熊奖，第29届香港电影金像奖最佳编剧、最佳男主角、最佳新演员、最佳原创电影歌曲4项大奖。
回复 :Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
回复 :Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.
