成仁小说

杰克（杰克?尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）是一个作家。一个冬天，他得到了一个看管山顶酒店的差事。这正合杰克的意思，他正好可以有一个幽静的地方写作。于是杰克带着妻儿搬进了酒店。冬天大雪封路，山顶酒店只有杰克一家三口。从他们一搬进来，杰克的妻子温蒂（谢莉·杜瓦尔 Shelley Duvall 饰）就发现这里气氛诡异，杰克的儿子丹尼（丹尼·劳埃德 Danny Lloyd 饰）经常看到一些他不认识的人，但这里除了他们一家别无他人。而杰克除了一整天闷头写作外，脾气亦变得越来越古怪。直到有一天，温蒂发现丈夫这些天来一直写就只有一句话：杰克发疯了！

故事发生是北爱独立战争期间。英国士兵乔迪（福里斯特·惠特克 Forest Whitaker 饰）在阿尔马遭到了北爱共和军的绑架，共和军企图用他来交换被英军扣押的俘虏。看守乔迪的是弗格斯（斯蒂芬·瑞 Stephen Rea 饰），他的内心对杀戮和战争感到迷失和无奈，对乔迪的遭遇感到恻隐与同情，他们成了好朋友。共和军最终没换来俘虏，上头要求弗格斯处决乔迪，弗格斯暗中放走了他。乔迪走前交给弗格斯一张他女朋友迪尔的照片，告诉弗格斯可以去伦敦找他的女朋友迪尔。不料乔迪逃走时却误被来袭击的英军坦克轧死了，早已厌倦了战争的弗格斯逃到了伦敦，化名吉米。他在伦敦找到了迪尔，被她深深吸引，后来在旅馆时却发现她是男儿身。此时爱尔兰共和军传来消息，他们已经判了弗格斯死刑，他们要求弗格斯去执行一次同归于尽的任务！

在一间简朴却闪烁着暖人光芒的房间内，一代著名地质学家李四光（孙道临 饰）正伏案工作。他白发苍苍，精神矍铄，专注之余难掩风霜的疲惫。在他的身旁，相濡以沫的妻子许淑彬（俞萍 饰）劝解着他，不要过于劳累。李四光望着妻子，若有所悟，他将妻子带到钢琴前，伴随着激昂的琴声，李四光的思绪回到了年轻时代。1918年，李四光在英国取得硕士学位，他放弃其他国家优渥的待遇，毅然回到正经历苦难的祖国。他在北大担任教授，野外考察期间发现了第四纪冰川化石，然而却受到海内外的质疑，甚至与妻子的感情也出现了裂痕。饱经战火的中华大地终于迎来曙光，在周总理（王铁成 饰）的亲切关怀和安排下，李四光朝着伟大的理想继续迈进……

Sir Charles Baskerville dies at the entrance of his manor, and Doctor Mortimer says he died of natural causes. However, when telling Sherlock Holmes of the case, he feels Sir Charles' death was a result of a centuries old curse that runs in the Baskerville family, which Dr. Mortimer feels will strike at Sir Charles nephew, Sir Henry, who is arriving to claim the Baskerville estate. Holmes sends Dr. Watson in his place, along with Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry, to the manor and for Watson to keep an eye out for any suspicious actions. Immediately after arriving, Watson notices the queer occurrences at the estate and surrounding moors, and sends Holmes reports of what is going on concerning the life of Sir Henry. Will Holmes arrive in time to unravel the mystery, and who is responsible for Sir Charles' death and the attempted murder of Sir Henry? Is it Dr. Mortimer, neighbor Stapleton, butler Barryman, harmless old Frankland, a mysterious wild man, or is there a curse on the Baskerville family? Very good opening entry in the Rathbone-Bruce Holmes series (even though this film lacks qualities of any ongoing entries.) The film could have been a bit more darker and foreboding (the film does have a movie studio set feel) and have an ending with a little more confrontation to it, but it does provide for much fun. The romantic scenes with Greene and Barrie have little spark, but there are very good red herring performances by the cast, which is a plus for this movie. Rating, 8.