诡事：第一章

　　克里斯与西塞莉是一对年轻的爱人，一个是国际记者，一个是剧场演员，他们挣扎于要兼顾爱情还是要冲刺事业中，爱得很深，又非常骄傲，两个常年分居，独自生活……（by波迪与鹅）
　　In New York, the rookie newsman Christopher "Chris" Tyler dreams on becoming a famous journalist. When his girlfriend Cicely spends a couple of days with him, they decide to get married and Cicely leaves college. Chris's best friend Tommy Abbott is his best man and becomes a family's friend. Chris has his great chance when his editor Frank Carteret sends him to Rome assigned as a foreign correspondent. Cicely stays in New York with Tommy and does not tell to Chris that she is pregnant. When she delivers the baby Kit, Chris celebrates and loses a big scoop and his boss fires him. Chris falls in disgrace and the couple has economic difficulties; however Tommy lends money to Cicely and offers an opportunity on the stage as an actress. Cicely is hired and becomes successful and Chris is depressed with the situation. Cicely seeks out Frank Carteret and explains the situation, and he offers a job opportunity to Chris in Russia. He accepts the job but Cicely stays in New York with their son....

　　When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen. Written by Tribeca Film Festival

　　影片讲述了县剧团的小名角彩云到上海寻找“明星梦”的故事。彩云在上海投靠了从小青梅竹马的朋友——担任摄影助理的阿伟之后，突然明白大上海是如此千变万化的世界，阿伟也只能住在即将拆迁的房子里。梦想变得遥不可及，但是阿伟却在理想主义潘导演的影响下，拍摄着老电影人赵丹和黄宗英的纪录片。赵丹和黄宗英对于电影的热爱，以及俩人在拍电影时产生的爱情，这些都对应着彩云与阿伟之间的生活和爱情。

　　故事讲述别尔科公司的职员们原本平静的一天被广播里的神秘声音划破，他们被告知公司范围内将强制展开大型逃杀活动，一群平日西装革履的伪善者会不会在死亡面前创造人性丑陋新高度？

　　以文艺片见长的罗伯特．本顿意外地执导了这部黑社会动作片，台前幕后的阵容惊人。摄影执导是大师级的拉斯托．阿曼多斯，主演明星包括达斯廷．霍夫曼、 布鲁斯．威利斯、 尼科尔．基德曼等大牌，叫人充满期待，然而影片的实际却有点雷大雨小之感。剧情描述在30年代美国经济大萧条的时候，比利．巴盖一直想在逆境中出人头地，凭机智的脑袋成为黑道枭雄舒滋的左右手，但是江湖的险恶却也让比利经常陷入生死边缘的危机，为了活命还不得不绞尽脑汁。全片的气氛比较文艺腔，也偏向小人物奋斗史，而非帮派血战的格局。