两位厨师和一个婚礼蛋糕

　　上古洪荒时代，流传著神奇的冒险故事。“万兽王”达尔即是这个时代的英雄。
　　达尔出生皇室，却被巫师亚刚追杀，流落民间。他成人不久，养父就被野蛮人杀死，但他也发现了他能与动物交流的能力。
　　同时，他必须阻止巫师亚刚拿到“布朗斯之眼”。因为一 旦亚刚拿到此颗宝石，邪魔恶神布朗斯将重返人间，助亚刚王为恶，荼毒生灵。为了取得布朗斯的魔力，亚刚绑架了达尔的亲兄弟——泰尔王，兄弟情深的达尔誓言救回兄弟，为父报仇，他带领著忠心的动物军队以及军师塞斯向亚刚王宣战。达尔将和这位神秘没测的魔头刀锋相对决一死战。

　　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.

　　一个可怜的小女孩在厕所里遭到后母虐打，这位后母随后被谋杀了。随后不断发生了连环神秘谋杀事件。凶手被锁定是一名女性，凶手留下的唯一线索是一幅奥罗拉公主贴画。吴警察（文成根 饰）越深入调查案件，便越觉得凶手是他的前妻郑顺贞（严正花 饰）。
　　这场连环杀人案件是一场复仇计划。多年前，郑顺贞与吴警察的只有6岁的女儿被奸杀碎尸，辩方律师却以凶手有精神问题为理由，是凶手躲过制裁。
　　被杀害的数人只是前奏，郑顺贞最终的目标是要杀掉当年的那个辩方律师。郑顺贞竟公开了杀人的现场，警察与传媒大众的注意力都集中在郊外的某个垃圾场。

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