四妖棺奇案

　　基特（亨利·戈尔丁 Henry Golding 饰）年幼时跟随着父母躲避战火，一家人从越南前往英国，之后就再也没有回去过。一晃眼三十年过去，基特的父母早就双双离开了人世，基特带着两人的骨灰打算返回越南，让双亲的魂魄能够在故乡的土壤里安息。
　　当基特踏上阔别了三十年的祖国的故土时，内心里百感交集。这里的一切都和他模糊的记忆截然不同，久远的过去对于基特来说仿佛一场快要消弭的梦。在越南，基特在社交软件上结识了一个名为路易斯（帕克·索耶 Parker Sawyers 饰）的男人，路易斯的父亲曾经参加过越南战争，即便两人在国别和立场上有着微妙的对立，但他们之间还是渐渐碰撞出了爱情的火花。

 故事发生在文革前夕的1965年。妇女队长春苗（李秀明 饰）看不惯医疗卫生大权把持在有资产阶级思想意识的人手中，她主动请缨到公社卫生院学习，以期学成回村为贫下中农服务。她不顾院长杜文杰（白穆 饰）和医生钱济仁（冯奇 饰）的刁难排挤，在方明（达式常 饰）的帮助下，她刻苦钻研专业知识，但杜与钱的所做所为还是让她愤然离开了医院。春苗回村后，在党支部的支持下，她在村里的卫生室做了一名赤脚医生。1966年，文革开始后，杜文杰出于不可告人的目的，在公社办起赤脚医生培训班，春苗和其它村的赤脚医生揭穿了杜文杰的阴谋，杜脑羞成怒，暗中下毒谋害水昌伯（高宝成 饰），并嫁祸春苗，春苗识破了杜的诡计......

　　《完美生物》设想了一个人类和吸血鬼和平共存的世界，当一场流行性传染病开始席卷人类后，一名吸血鬼转而袭击人类，这种微妙的平衡看似要被打破，教会派Silus去抓捕这名吸血鬼里的叛徒Edgar。Silus同一名人类警官 (Burrows)一起将要找到躲藏在黑暗地下的Edgar。

　　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.

　　某日，布莱恩（约翰尼·梅辛纳 Johnny Messner 饰）孤身一人在广袤无垠的沙漠之中醒来，失去了记忆的他不知道自己身处何地，为何在此，甚至不知道自己究竟是谁，有着怎样的身份和过去。他唯一的陪伴是身边躺着的八具尸体，以及塞满了可卡因和钞票的两辆面包车。
　　很快，大毒枭马特奥（丹尼·特乔 Danny Trejo 饰）以及他的爪牙便找上了布莱恩，很显然，可卡因和钱都和马特奥有着不可撇清的关联。除此之外，正义感慢慢的缉毒警探洛克（杜夫·龙格尔 Dolph Lundgren 饰）正摩拳擦掌，想要将布莱恩捉拿归案，与此同时，贪婪腐败的警长奥尔森（迈克尔·帕尔 Michael Paré 饰）亦将布莱恩视作自己最大的阻碍。