末代独裁

　　日本出版界巨子角川春树亲自导演的古装战争巨制，在加拿大拍摄的外景重现了日本战国时代两军对垒的气势和格局。剧情描述上杉谦信在武将辅佐下灭兄成为越后国领袖，并以无敌的骑兵团威震四方，有"越后之虎''称号"，而在群山环绕中的甲斐国国君武田信玄同凯空窥越后国丰饶土地，施计贿赂谦信的文臣武将，谦信囚禁了叛将的妻女却不忍心取二人性命，因其笃信佛教而不忍杀戮，但命运却逼使他跟武田信玄展开长达十二年的争霸战。本片在剧情阐述方面比较复杂，对不黯日本战国历史的观从形成一个负担，但在制作上不惜工本，服装布景摄影都美仑美奂，作战场面亦精彩可观。

　　《女牛仔与天使2：达科塔的夏天》讲述的是Dakota Rose是个西部女孩，平时参加花样马术比赛，屡次失败，还被竞争对手嘲笑。不幸的是，如今18岁的她突然得知自己是被收养的。悲伤之下，Dakota选择了离家出走，寻找自己的生母。这一路上经历了许多，结识了不少朋友，也明白了生活的道理，Dakota最终选择了回家……

　　故事发生在18世纪末的威尼斯一所女子寄宿学校，讲述了特蕾莎的故事。她是一个年轻的梦想家，与一小群非凡的音乐家一起，跨越世纪，挑战旧制度的陈旧桎梏，创造出叛逆、轻快且现代的音乐——流行乐！

　　电影讲述了一名坐在轮椅上的女歌手与她的好朋友的一趟前往孟菲斯的公路之旅。

　　孔武健壮的约翰•布里克纳（史蒂夫•奥斯汀 Steve Austin 饰）因杀人罪被判入狱，刑满释放后，他在工地和酒吧找到两份兼职，过着虽不富裕却很安定的生活。然而这样一个靠身体和拳头吃饭的男人注定拥有不平凡的人生。当年被他杀死男人的妻子维洛妮卡（Lynda Boyd 饰）找上门来，要求约翰给她的女儿治病。为了酬钱，约翰接受了黑市拳经纪人雷诺（Walton Goggins 饰）及其女友弗朗姬（Laura Vandervoort 饰）的邀请，走入了充满血腥和暴力的地下格斗场。在这个几乎没有任何法则的格斗世界里，约翰凭借一双铁拳打败无数强悍的对手，但这毕竟是一条充满艰险的道路……
　　本片由前WWE（世界摔角娱乐组织）世界摔角冠军Stone Cold Steve Austin主演。

　　A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.

　　This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
　　comments from imdb:
　　This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
　　This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
　　The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
　　I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
　　15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
　　Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
　　And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
　　The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
　　Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10