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　　《椰林春戀》是邵氏外景大軍在星馬蕉風椰雨環境下拍成的一部愛情歌舞鉅片。富商之子平建人（林沖）剛從意大利留學歸來，由於喜愛音樂，不願繼承父業，決定跟相戀多年的女朋友蘇詠蘭（何莉莉）自開旅行社。第一件生意，就是招攬女教師董嫻芸（林嘉）和四個少女學生遊覽馬來西亞。詠蘭在旅途中眼看女學生李愛蓉（李麗麗）對建人苦苦痴纏，又誤會建人與嫻芸相戀，傷心失望離去。後來發現嫻芸早有情人梁茂夫（林智勇），一場誤會始告冰釋。愛蓉聽到建人將與詠蘭結婚的消息，精神失常，駕車撞山受傷昏迷……

　　曼谷，是一个大都市，也是一座不夜城。城市的中心泰尼亚路是一片红灯区，这里的路边随处可见一些日本男人。露克是红灯区的头牌之一。她一个人独自住在曼谷的豪华公寓中，用在这边挣到的钱，负担起她远在老挝边境的原生大家庭。一天，露克偶遇了她在五年前爱上过的男人，她曾经的一个日本客人，小泽。小泽是一名从日本自卫队退伍的士兵，他生活在贫民区，勉强维持生计。当小泽要去老挝时，露克陪着他一起回了家乡，并将小泽介绍给了自己的家人和儿时的朋友。在小村庄度过的这段时间里，小泽开始对曼谷的都市生活感到厌倦，不禁向往起了能够在这里过着平淡的日子，然而这却也揭开了殖民时代所留下的疮疤。

　　故事发生在抗日战争时期。制瓷大师郝茂庭被汉奸唐华涛出卖，日本人得知郝茂庭家中藏有一件钧瓷国宝将军樽。郝茂庭让女儿郝梅贞（平安 饰）连夜带将军樽逃了出去，但郝茂庭和妻子却遭日寇片山冈一（淳于珊珊 饰）杀害。外出办事的家丁洪德（王洪祥 饰）目睹东家惨状，他在郝家侍候多年，胸中怒火迸发。他深夜保护梅贞去郝茂庭夫妻的墓地去祭奠，没想到被潜伏在那的日本特工跟踪。洪德为了保护梅贞被日本人活捉，将军樽也落入日本人手里。片山冈一不满足于得到将军樽，他还要得到制作钧瓷的配方。于是设计把洪德给放走，并让美女特工丸尾凛子假扮中国少女白灵救下洪德并设法取得他的信任。丸尾凛子成功住进了洪德和梅贞的家，洪德能否发现危险的到来……

五上族的顶尖猎人深入神秘老山，遭遇神秘生物袭击，仅幸存者“蛇爷”带出骇人真相——袭击他们的竟是人身蛇尾的怪物。山中自古流传着“蛇女”的诡异传说，难道它真的存在？蛇爷联手守山人陈树率精锐雇佣兵再度进山。然而随着调查深入，一段血腥残酷的禁忌真相逐渐浮现。这场猎杀，究竟谁才是猎物？

　　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.