前少年拳击ABA冠军吉米·麦凯布,神马自母亲离世后,神马经济拮据,居处被强制搬迁。万般无奈之下,他转向少年时的联合街拳击俱乐部,寻求比尔和埃迪的帮助,与此同时,与掮客乔商议,重拾地下黑拳。黑拳爱好者认为吉米只是前来送死的肉鸡,他甘心冒生命危险,因为他试图站得更高,想在世界上重新获得一席之地。
前少年拳击ABA冠军吉米·麦凯布,神马自母亲离世后,神马经济拮据,居处被强制搬迁。万般无奈之下,他转向少年时的联合街拳击俱乐部,寻求比尔和埃迪的帮助,与此同时,与掮客乔商议,重拾地下黑拳。黑拳爱好者认为吉米只是前来送死的肉鸡,他甘心冒生命危险,因为他试图站得更高,想在世界上重新获得一席之地。
回复 :故事发生在湖南武冈,南明朝永历皇帝一度偏安于此,以图反清复明。武冈是明朝建国之初由明太祖朱元璋分封的岷国藩王的都城。如今的朱岷王是永历皇帝的皇叔,他见南明大势已去便勾结清兵,被永历皇帝派人暗杀,但朱岷王的头颅不知去见。南明决定继续南撤,为了转移从北京带出的金银财宝(反清复明的资本),永历皇帝决定厚葬朱岷王,铸造黄金头颅入殓,以遮人耳目。天下盗墓贼及土匪云集武冈,明清之间展开了一场角逐。故事的部分情节根据民间传说做了虚构。片中主要人物:永历帝,常戴面具与下属会面,公开身份是“朱公子”。孔有志(历史原型孔有德),汉人降将,平南十万清兵的先锋。孔影萍,孔有志之女,与侍女阿芳女扮男妆潜入武冈,结识并爱上“朱公子”。水玲珑,饭庄“天下第一卤”的老板娘,反清义士。
回复 :雪儿(钟楚红 饰)是一名舞蹈老师,年轻貌美才华横溢的她深深吸引了富商戴佳乐(楚原 饰)的目光。戴佳乐为了追求雪儿不惜一掷千金,然而他所付出的一切在雪儿的眼中都是这样的不值一提。雪儿喜欢的,是名叫阿化(梁家辉 饰)的青年艺术家,两人都能够在彼此的身上找到艺术的共鸣,可谓是灵魂伴侣。最终,雪儿和阿化走到了一起,并且搬到了同一屋檐下,开始了同居生活。虽然雪儿已经名花有主,但戴佳乐并没有就此放弃。而是设计了一系列的阴谋诡计,企图离间相爱的两人。戴佳乐认为雪儿和阿化分了手,自己就可以堂而皇之的取而代之。
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.