Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
藥物成癮的凡妮莎與男友仰賴社福漏洞苟且偷生，白天推著破舊除草機逐戶敲門、騷擾乞錢，夜晚徘徊荒郊曠野，蟄居廢棄拖車。日復一日，兩人不是在醫院無賴討藥，就是在街上失神遊蕩。行屍走肉般的生活逐漸讓凡妮莎感到不安，發現懷孕後，她力圖振作，卻發現自己無法割捨早已放棄人生的萎靡男友。在感情與理性間搖擺不定的她，終將墮回萬劫不復的愛情煉獄，抑或能堅定擁抱新生的勇氣？ 加拿大離島出身的新銳導演艾許莉麥坎錫，將家鄉沉迷藥癮、頹廢過活的失業青年群象，改編成現實羅曼史，描繪在絕望與無奈的漩渦中載浮載沉的邊緣悲歌。堅持草根視角，啟用在地演員，以大量貼身特寫手法，展現陰性影像書寫的特殊風格。
Here's a modern-day film noir in which you're never sure what's real and what isn't real. There is a possibility you may get tired of guessing and give up on this film 3/4ths of the way through, as I almost did but it worth finishing. It also was better the second time around The problem is just too many flashbacks. If some of those scenes were not replayed so often, or a few of the many twists eliminated, it would have been a super movie. It still was fascinating in parts. It grabs you, and you can't stop watching to see what the real story is. Along the way, is a bunch of nice colors and some nice film noir-type in the beginning and then during the ending credits.
