扫毒3：人在天涯

　　人世间充满着令人无法解释的神秘角落，其中鬼神之说更是众说纷纭，谁又敢肯定在先进的世界里，不是到处充满幽魂野鬼。服装公司找模特面试，明明六名面试者，但是在面试的时候却有七个人，多出来的模特到底是人是鬼？

　　2003年的中国，社会变革激荡，人们野心勃勃。当时互联网尚未席卷一切，纸媒为王。没钱、没学历、没背景的“三无青年”韩东（白客 饰）怀揣新闻理想与女友小竹（苗苗 饰）开始了北漂生涯，期间在知名记者黄江（张颂文 饰）的帮助下进入报社实习，在一次案件调查中，韩东发现了背后更大的真相。一边是光明的前途，一边是心中的正义，韩东在两难中选择挺身而出……

　　校园青春喜剧《篮球美少女》的创意来源，取自于中国古代的《花木兰从军记》。同样的女扮男装的情景假设在文明进步的现代，让美少女如男人一样打扮，模仿男人的谈吐举止，把嗓音压低压粗，必不可少的束胸、上厕所、洗澡，以及其他啼笑皆非的道具，使人兴致盎然.。影片中三角恋的情感迷局，外加女扮男装的身份闹剧，使女扮男装这种不可能的任务变成可能。都说武侠片是男人的成人童话，那么此片也可算是青少年的美丽童话。

　　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.

　　1940年，波兰冠军拳王泰迪参与华沙围城保卫战的武装部队，华沙被破，他在逃亡法国途中被捕，成为第一批被送往奥斯威辛集中营的战囚。集中营里朝不保夕，纳粹士兵视为游戏的地下拳击赛，成为泰迪为生存而拼搏的重要战争。然而，一次次激励人心的胜利，却让纳粹长官警觉到囚犯的反抗意识，转而强化管制，眼见冲突逐渐升温，获胜已然成为集中营里残酷的生存之路。
　　波兰新锐导演马西耶·巴尔切夫斯基首部剧情长片，将战后被忽视的华沙拳王故事搬上大银幕，背号“77”的囚犯在三年内赢了40战，他的奋斗故事成为奥斯威辛囚犯幸存者的集体记忆。波兰金奖演员彼得．葛洛瓦兹基透过长时间密集的身体训练，精采演绎波兰影史最“痛”的角色。
　　“我的爷爷是集中营幸存者，这个故事一直存在我的血脉之中。”――马西耶·巴尔切夫斯基