陆虎
发表于4分钟前
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:坐落于西印度群岛的加曼群岛,椰林树影,水清沙幼,与比邻的迈阿密城不过1个多小时机程。岛上居民过4万,近一半都是来自世界各地的移民与商人,混迹在五颜六色的人群中,或许是迈阿密破产商人瑞德雷(比尔·帕克斯顿)能想到的最好藏身方法,于是在联邦政府正式上门追讨他欠下的巨额税务之前他就带着女儿琵葩和百万美圆逃到了远在五百公里外的热带小岛了。瑞德雷上岛的第一件事便是四处打听可以帮助他洗掉一百万黑钱的银行,却没注意到女儿初来乍到就被本地小混混弗里兹(Victor Rasuk)迷得忘乎所以,更没想到弗里兹背后的大债主-岛上的黑帮头子(斯蒂芬·迪兰)-也盯上了他。弗里兹的好朋友-英国渔民夏尔(奥兰多·布鲁姆)爱上了本地富商千金安德丽娅(祖·萨尔唐娜),两人顶着悬殊的阶层压力终于爆发了内心的激情却被安德丽娅父兄撞破。为了惩罚穷移民对家族名望的玷污,安德丽娅父兄对夏尔狠下了毒手。惨遭毁容的夏尔失去了爱人和对生活的憧憬,绝望连同对小岛污浊暗涌的憎恨化作复仇的怒火。这个现代罗密欧与朱丽叶的悲剧在弗里兹进入后,走向另一个悲剧的结局。
刘子菲
发表于6分钟前
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: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.