影片取材自同名小说,以二战为背景的奥德赛传奇,穿越多个时空和幻想场景。经Glenn Gould授权,该片采用了他演奏的巴赫音乐。Plot Summary forSlaughterhouse-Five (1972)"Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting, funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim, whosurvives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, then lives simultaneously in his pastas a young American POW, in the future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore, and in the present as a middle-aged optometrist in Ilium, N.Y.Summary written by Anonymous
本片讲述了一个被生活逼入绝境的警察以爆发式的逆境反击完成了自我毁灭、或涅盘的故事。全片情节非常浅显易懂,内田裕也扮演的主角沉默寡言,极其孤僻克制。面对无聊无望的枯燥工作以及无依无靠的拮据生活也一向隐忍不发,直到陷进了金钱漩涡,生活表面上的波澜不惊才被一步步打破,他尝试以逆反姿态挑战社会常规,侮辱女性以发泄不满,但最终却坠入了万劫不复的人间深渊。