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　　该片讲述省台女记者白子衿到消防部队采访消防官兵转隶的事宜，同时，她也想在这个支队找到曾在大火中救过自己的“父亲”。而她采访的对象——教导员赵建成，正是“父亲”以前的部下。
　　此刻的赵指导员也即将脱去这身“橄榄绿”，他十分迷茫，甚至一度想要逃避。然而，行为上的逃避只是暂时的，军人的使命却从心底提醒着他肩负的责任。在昔日战友的墓前，他想找到该如何面对这一切的答案。但是，这里只有沉默的丰碑。而此时，子衿的“父亲”大队长来了……

　　国际大都会香港，残忍冷酷的当纳卡（基努·李维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）暗中组织地下黑拳，只手遮天。香港反黑组派出卧底潜入其中，然当督察孙靖诗（莫文蔚 饰）率队冲入现场时，却发现卧底早已被当纳卡无情杀害。在此之后，当纳卡四处网罗卓越出众的格斗高手。恰在此时，全国武术锦标赛隆重召开，出自灵空太极门的陈林虎（陈虎 饰）轻松击败夺冠热门，名震全场，也由此引起当纳卡的注意。接受到邀请的林虎赶赴香港，虽然认为用太极赚钱有辱师门，但为了改变师父所在的“灵空观”被拆除的命运和家人的生活现状，他还是选择成为当纳卡旗下的一名选手。
　　在此过程中，誓不言败的绢秀注意到林虎的行踪，一切朝着不可预测的方向发展……

　　阿蒂姆（阿利·巴凯 Ali Barkai 饰）的父亲在战争之中死去了，十六岁的阿蒂姆拿着一把手枪，决定群寻找并且杀死自己的杀父仇人。怀揣着满心的仇恨，阿蒂姆来到了仇人纳萨拉（尤苏夫·约罗 Youssouf Djaoro 饰）所在的城市，此时的纳萨拉早已经成家立业，并且经营着自己的面包房，每天，他都会将卖剩下来的面包分给附近穷苦的孩子们，俨然一副老好人的模样。
　　为了接近纳萨拉，阿蒂姆隐瞒了自己的真实身份，作为学徒来到了纳萨拉的面包房工作。纳萨拉非常喜欢聪明肯干的阿蒂姆，将自己的本领毫无保留的传授给他。随着时间的推移，阿蒂姆和纳萨拉之间渐渐产生了亲情。

　　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.

　　名優・笠智衆が主演した成瀬巳喜男監督作品。正月興行らしい豪華キャストで、家族制度における妻の立場を問う。家庭の中で唯一の他人ともいうべき長男の未亡人が、義理の両親を理解するというラストに、小津の「東京物語」へのオマージュが感じられて微笑ましい。