无熊之境

　　公元前3067年，魔蝎大帝（“岩石”洛克Dwayne Johnson 饰）率领大军企图征服世界，但他的野心在长达七年的战役中遭到挫败，他的残兵败部进入神圣的阿姆谢沙漠，严酷的环境使得曾经骁勇的战士们接连倒毙，濒临死亡的魔蝎大帝向死神阿努比斯献出灵魂，以求打败他的敌人。在此之后，魔蝎大帝及来自地狱的死神军团所向披靡，大获全胜的死神军团也重新沉睡地下。
　　1933年埃及，瑞克·奥克康纳（布兰登•弗雷泽 Brendan Fraser 饰）和艾弗琳（瑞切尔•薇茨Rachel Weisz 饰）带着他们的儿子艾里克斯（弗莱迪•布斯Freddie Boath 饰）重返此地，并发现了魔蝎大帝的手镯。与此同时，另一伙神秘组织找到邪恶法老伊莫特的尸体，他们需要那只手镯复活伊莫特。针对手镯的正邪争夺战旋即展开，瑞克夫妇不得不面对新一轮的奇幻大冒险……

　　女排猎鹰队的小面包车抛锚后，她们困在了前不着村、后不着店的地方。殊不知落到了原始猎人的领地，而且追捕即刻开始。漫漫长夜就此展开，这一晚她们疲于奔命，团队精神也经受着考验。但是，女孩们远比看起来更加足智多谋。在森林中心，翻盘在即……

　　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.

　　《比佛利拜金狗2》虽然不像首集一般安排上戏院放映，但製作规格各方面也都比照当初的电影，同样是运用电脑科技让狗狗们开口说话演戏。本片的故事内容则是接续原本的第一集最后，叙述终成眷属的吉娃娃伴侣 Papi 和 Chloe 如今共组家庭，但是他们的冒险可没有因此结束喔！没多久五隻小狗狗们 就报到了，Papi 和 Chloe 成天开始忙著应付这些小鬼头，防止他们闯祸，给人类主人以及邻居带来不必要的麻烦。而且他们的挑战还不仅於此，这次虽然没有翻山越岭，但即使在比佛利本地也会面临许多冒险，面对一隻娇娇狗的挑衅，吉娃娃们还必须登上狗狗名模伸展台，让比佛利狗狗时尚界大开眼界！

　　在神秘的阿鲁普斯雪山上，K大学登山部的几名成员离奇失踪。为了寻找同伴，登山部其他成员在搜查主任（千葉一郎 饰）的带领下进入山中寻找遇难者，经历了无数艰难险阻，然而真正的磨难还等在前方。某晚，队员们遭遇了传说中的雪男（相良三四郎 饰），名叫饭岛高志（宝田明 饰）的年轻人紧紧追赶，却被靠捕捉动物牟取暴利的大场（小杉義男 饰）一伙推落山崖。饭岛得到原始部落女孩知花（根岸明美 饰）的救助，然而又被蒙昧的村民吊在悬崖之间。以此为机缘，饭岛得以雪男，并对这个长着恐怖丑陋面容的怪物有了新的认识。另一方面，大场则试图捉住雪男大发其财……
　　本片根据香山滋的科幻小说改编，因涉及原始部落近亲相奸等敏感话题，导致相当长一段时间发行受阻，直到2009年才以各种媒介的形式广泛发行。