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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？

　　「O-kwang投资金融」是一间新成立但十分成功的投资公司，它的保险库亦收藏了巨款，于是引来了三帮人在某天早上九时前来偷钱。第一队是Sa-hyun和Eun-na。Sa-hyun虽然是O-kwang投资公司理事长的儿子，可是却欠下巨债，更得不到爸爸的信任，最后把心一横，游说在该间公司分行当小职员的Eun-ra一同行动。
　　第二队爆窃保险库的人就是Blue、White和Red。他们三人从不知道对方的真正姓名，只是为了这次行动而走在一起。他们更不惜花时间于晚上在投资公司附近挖掘隧道进入保险库。第三队偷钱的队伍由Hae-ryong和Doo-san组成。Hae-ryong由黑市途径购买了一枝枪，希望能够利用它在投资公司开门之际去偷钱……

《我们的汽车梦》是汽车之家出品的“平凡的梦想”系列微电影的年度收官之作。影片由汽车之家论坛红人、94后漫画家小秦老师真人出演，讲述了喜欢画车的小秦为了实现汽车梦想，拿出多年的积蓄买车追梦、却落入骗子圈套的曲折搞笑故事。最终，在汽车之家论坛版主、兼职审核员的共同帮助下，骗子诡计被识破，小秦如愿走上追梦之路，收获了属于自己的小幸福。

　　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.