扯蛋莎翁史

　　公元前3067年，魔蝎大帝（“岩石”洛克Dwayne Johnson 饰）率领大军企图征服世界，但他的野心在长达七年的战役中遭到挫败，他的残兵败部进入神圣的阿姆谢沙漠，严酷的环境使得曾经骁勇的战士们接连倒毙，濒临死亡的魔蝎大帝向死神阿努比斯献出灵魂，以求打败他的敌人。在此之后，魔蝎大帝及来自地狱的死神军团所向披靡，大获全胜的死神军团也重新沉睡地下。
　　1933年埃及，瑞克·奥克康纳（布兰登•弗雷泽 Brendan Fraser 饰）和艾弗琳（瑞切尔•薇茨Rachel Weisz 饰）带着他们的儿子艾里克斯（弗莱迪•布斯Freddie Boath 饰）重返此地，并发现了魔蝎大帝的手镯。与此同时，另一伙神秘组织找到邪恶法老伊莫特的尸体，他们需要那只手镯复活伊莫特。针对手镯的正邪争夺战旋即展开，瑞克夫妇不得不面对新一轮的奇幻大冒险……

　　这部现实主义风格的影片突出表现了人与人之间的隔膜和孤独。约翰·卡萨维茨既是性格演员，又是个成功的导演。这部独立制作的影片花了8个月的时间拍摄，所耗费的5万美元是他当演员时攒下的。为节约成本，他用16mm的摄影机在借用的民房里即兴拍摄，并在自己的车库里将影片翻印成35mm的影片。他花了整整3年的时间才找到代理发行的公司，但上映后却受到好评，并获得奥斯卡最佳编剧、最佳男女配角金像奖的提名。
　　本片描写丈夫理查德在外面和妓女调情，妻子玛丽娅却和流浪汉同床共宿，当妻子的奸情被丈夫发觉后，理查德痛骂妻子，而玛丽娅则向他声明他们的关系彻底结束。

　　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.

　　故事发生在元朝末年，失传已久的屠龙刀和倚天剑重现江湖，传闻中，若是能同时拥有这两把宝物，便能破解惊天秘密。一时间，武林之中牛鬼蛇神们纷纷摩拳擦掌，蠢蠢欲动。张翠山是张三丰（张瑛 饰）的五弟子，为了调查师兄遭人暗算的真相下山，在此途中结识了名为殷素素的女子，之后他们受金毛狮王谢逊（罗烈 饰）胁迫，来到孤岛之上，在这里结婚生子，取名张无忌（尔冬升 饰）。
　　一晃眼十年过去，当张翠山一行人再度回到武林之中时，才发现这里早已经变换了模样，张翠山和殷素素为了守住屠龙刀的下落而死在了众人的围攻之下，年幼的张无忌亦身受重伤。

　　After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.