The nature and complexity of the welfare system is examined by sequences illustrating the staggeringdiversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatricproblems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context wherewelfare workers as well as the clients are struggling to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations thatgovern their work and life.
美国气候学家杰克(丹尼斯?奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰)认为,温室效应正在引发地球的大灾难,北极冰川的融化,会让地球回到冰河世纪那样的劫难。他的提醒并没有引起美国当局的重视,一切都已经太晚:飓风、冰雹、洪水、冰山融化、极度严寒,一系列的地球巨变引发了一场不可挽救的灾难。美国政府组织北纬30度的民众转移到赤道周围,场面一片混乱。更糟糕的是,杰克的儿子,正困在曼哈顿的图书馆里,靠烧书生火来维持体温。大家怎样才能逃过这场灭顶的灾祸?冰天雪地的地球何时才能回暖?
1997年前夕,香港回归在即。近百年的殖民时代即将落下帷幕,而香港的繁荣与衰败也将迎来翻天覆地的改变。时代变革大潮在即,作为黑帮龙头老大的林耀昌(任达华 饰)敏锐把握到时代的脉搏,他致力坚守盗亦有道的原则,和一众兄弟笃定前行。而在他的麾下,勇猛果敢的阿骆(任贤齐 饰)更被林耀昌寄予厚望。但是阿骆的真实身份却是一名警方卧底,他奉上级程国斌(方中信 饰)之命潜伏多年,时刻准备以白克黑。但是混迹黑道多年,阿骆似乎渐渐发生个改变,内心的黑暗面正迅速扩大。沧桑巨变,人心不古……