万物理论2023

　　文德斯1995年的纪录片，其实是他在慕尼黑电影学校教学期间鼓励学生们一起跟他玩的纪录片。纪录片献给了德国电影先驱
　　与卢米埃尔几乎在同时发明电影的德国人马可斯兄弟。因为素材少，于是就用默片的方式来搬演。影片前15分钟可以单独成章，是用马克斯女儿的旁白来演出父亲如何发明活动影像。随后才放入当时已白发苍苍的女儿露西的访谈。
　　文德斯还嫌玩得不够，于是把照片里的三兄弟之一和露西的姐姐一起请出来，黑白的他们和彩色的世界。又是一出天使下凡的《柏林苍穹下》，那些漂亮的移动镜头配合了先人抬头观看的黑白画面，说不出的美丽。

　　剧情叙述一个神经质的作曲家Winslow Leach，他的作品被唱片公司制作人Swan窃用，并且使他遭受到毁容。于是他躲在制作人新开的天堂剧院中，戴着面具变成如同幽灵一般。作曲家本来想借着破坏行动来报复制作人，但当他发现一个新进女歌手Phoenix，能够完美地诠释他的作品，于是他同意制作人的合作要求，然后签下了古怪的血约，立誓完成一部以「浮士德」为主题的摇滚歌剧。没想到制作人竟然又欺骗他，另请了一位重摇滚歌手Beef来代唱，而且他慢慢地发现到制作人真正邪恶的真面目......

　　《出手吧！女生》作为一部青春励志电影，将游戏、少年功夫、家庭教育等元素融为一体，寓教于乐，温暖感人。影片讲述一个爱打抱不平的武校女生李响（陶奕希饰）通过父亲（陈国坤饰）没日没夜开发的虚拟现实（VR）技术进入游戏，精进武功、重塑自我的故事。她在虚拟的古代世界里遇到了现实中常常欺负她的“男校霸”于大宝（释小松饰），两个小冤家是继续斗法，还是联手打怪？悬念迭起，出人意料，值得期待。

　　克里斯蒂安与妻子艾琳回到一座阴森森的古堡，同行的还有他父亲的管家保罗及其妻子布丽奇特。20年前，幼年的克里斯蒂安曾在这古堡的“镜房”里亲眼目睹自己的父亲虐杀了一个金发女子。。。

　　从未被劫的银行，三千万无记认钞票，引爆连环盗计。一群以梅雷亚（巴勃罗·施瑞博尔 饰）为首的高智罪犯，手法高超、火力强横、而且沉迷打劫；纵使犯案累累，却甚少破绽，令警方束手无策。一次押款车劫案后，他们的党羽唐尼（奥谢拉·杰克逊 饰）被辣手神探尼克（杰拉德·巴特勒 饰）识破，更从他身上知道匪帮下一个目标，是攻破从未遇劫的洛杉矶联邦储备银行，从中盗取三千万即将销毁的旧钞！于是尼克布下天罗地网，想趁机把他们一网成擒。然而，魔高一丈；梅雷亚以声东击西之法，引开警方注意。尼克错失擒获他们的良机，唯有尾随追击，双方展开连场枪战。虽然最终截获贼匪，但赃款竟全数不翼而飞！局中有局，究竟谁是取得巨款的幕后赢家？

　　Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
　　
　　"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
　　
　　From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
　　
　　The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
　　
　　The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
　　
　　Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.