第九号悬案

　　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.

　　影片故事发生在“莱咖国”政权交替之际，黑势力头目宋邦（曾志伟 饰）欲洗白，勾结官员行贿，但遇到了巨额资金缺口。得力干将郑咤（安志杰 饰）与身份成谜的打手苏万（汪东城 饰）杀人越货、横行作恶，一步步帮“老板”上位。就在宋邦以为坐收渔翁之利时，三人的关系发生了惊人反转。

　　本作脚本出自青岛武和泷本智行之手，讲述了一同经历过年少时期的3位少年在度过25岁之时，因调查某件杀人事件而分别以刑警、嫌疑人和被害者再度相遇，追溯事件的真相以及内心深处封印的禁忌过去。而与三人有着千丝万缕联系的案件真相、一段讳莫如深的过往，也将在调查过程中逐渐浮出水面。
　　在片中，冈田准一饰演的四方笃为了逃避过去而成为了刑警，但因杀人事件为契机又直面了自己的过往，小栗旬饰演四方的旧友以及杀人事件中浮出水面的嫌疑人田所启太，柄本明将饰演田所的青梅竹马以及事件的被害者川端悟。长泽雅美饰演四方的妻子，田所的妻子由木村文乃饰演，西田尚美饰演川端的妻子。

　　为了找寻失踪的叔叔，年轻人自己设计了地心探险船,却被人剽窃,结果只能接受事实,因为商人答应让他带队去寻找失落的文明。 然而商人手里有一块神秘碎片，如果他找到其余碎片就可以拥有强大的力量。另一部分传说在地心，在那里也有一个世界，于是他赞助一些科学家去地心做科学研究，其实是为了实现他的野心，科学家们乘坐年轻人发明的有大钻头的飞船到了地心，在那里他们发现有原始人，通过他们的壁画知道他们的祖先是从地上顺着火山口进到地心的,他们还结交了白色的人形怪物并成为朋友。然而在这里还有一个身上插了很多导管，管子里流淌着绿色液体的邪恶统治者，整个地心世界由他控制....