文森特•汉纳（阿尔•帕西诺 饰）是洛杉矶警局重案组的探长，明日工作积极投入，明日打击犯罪毫不手软，因此，家庭生活危机重重，目前的第三次婚姻也面临解体；尼尔•麦考利（罗伯特•德尼罗 饰）是职业匪徒，混迹江湖多年，做事干净利落，而且心狠手辣，不留后患，组织手下成功抢劫运钞车的案子，使他受到了警方的“特别关注”。一个偶然的机会，尼尔认识了平面设计师伊迪，两人一见钟情，再看到手下都有安定的家庭生活，尼尔也想把握自己的幸福，遂萌生退意。然而，在最后一次抢劫银行的行动中，因为叛徒的出卖，手下一死一伤，本已逃出的尼尔，带着伊迪在去机场的路上，得知了叛徒的消息，他决定替手下报仇，同时也和文森特•汉纳进行最后的较量……
回复 :Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
回复 :徐艺恩为给弟弟做癌症手术，她从车祸现场偷走了受害者的钱包，出于良心谴责她把外套披给了一个陌生女孩，然而谁也没有料到，衣服兜里竟然装着一张中了巨奖的彩票，面对兴奋的弟弟，徐艺恩该如何保住彩票丢失的秘密……
回复 :八十年代的恐怖电影《处刑在午夜》（10 to Midnight）中，外表不佳却颇具性格气概的老电影人查尔斯·布朗森在片中饰演一个警探，逮捕到一位专门辣手摧花的杀人犯，苦于没有证据，老查不得已设法编造证据，想送他进大牢，不料被穿帮，凶手放出来后，决定对老查的女儿下手以实行报复。为什么老查根本找不到凶手的罪证呢，原来凶手每次行凶前必把自己的衣服脱光，你想找到任何沾有血迹的衣服、裤子、鞋子，都难如登天。于是，反一号男主角吉恩·戴维斯在片中有一半的戏份都要光着身子。《处刑在午夜》在裸露尺度的把握上，真正做到了“男女平等”，你脱我也脱，像吉恩·戴维斯这种可以走偶像路线的男星，接拍《处刑在午夜》实在得不偿失，别说必须时不时的衣不蔽体，角色形象也负面到极点，从片子的票房来看，他也真是白忙了一场。可能从一开始，吸引他的只是赫赫有名的曾导过黑白原版《恐怖角》（Cape Fear）与《纳瓦隆大炮》（The Guns of Navarone）的大导演J·李·汤普森吧，可惜人有失手马有失蹄，这一回他可是脱得很没价值呐！