兵临城下

　　Twenty years ago at the infamous Redwood Farm, the owner went mad and killed his family and himself. Shrouded in urban legend ever since, a stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in the hope of proving the existence of the notorious burlap bag-masked maniac. Their quest for truth sees a sinister turn of events, as the hunters become the hunted and a blood-soaked fight for survival ensues when they find that the sinister tales told of the axe-wielding psycho farmer are very real indeed.

　　故事发生在我国云南中缅边境。跨国犯罪集团EBY组织老板吴昌泰被手下二号人物李国栋杀害，此人会中缅英三国语言，携带该组织存在世界各国的全部资产约四亿七千万美元潜入了中国境内。国际刑警组织中国局得到通告立即发出通缉令，迅速对李国栋展开了秘密追捕。围绕着这一跨国犯罪集团的行动，中国警方与各路势力，展开了一场触目惊心的殊死搏斗。影片情节跌宕起伏，悬念妙趣横生。枪战紧张激烈，武打别具一格。是一部脱俗超凡的枪战武打片。

　　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.

　　希尔维娅（Penélope Cruz 佩内洛普•克鲁兹 饰）是西班牙某小镇上参逊内裤厂的缝纫女工，她与厂主的儿子乔西相恋，并怀有对方的孩子。优柔寡断的乔西发誓迎娶希尔维娅，却遭到母亲的强烈反对。为了拆散两人，乔西的母亲雇佣健美的内裤模特卢去勾引希尔维娅，与此同时自己也臣服于卢年轻健硕的雄性魅力之下。隐约感到女友移情别恋的乔西伤心非常，继而从希尔维娅的母亲那里得到慰籍。
　　脆弱的爱情，混乱的情欲，一切该将何去何从……
　　本片荣获1992年威尼斯电影节银狮奖。

　　本作导演为清水崇，共演演员为有冈大贵和门脇麦。takki饰演能操纵孩子灵魂并对施虐大人下死亡诅咒的神秘男子。大贵饰演追寻真相的记者，门脇麦则饰演他的女朋友。该片定于6月17号日本上映。