天使亦魔鬼

尼克（鲍比?坎波 Bobby Campo 饰）携女友洛丽（珊特尔?范圣藤 Shantel VanSanten 饰）和朋友亨特（尼克?扎诺 Nick Zano 饰）及女友简妮（海莉?魏波）到赛车场观看赛车表演，尼克突然预见某辆赛车将发生事故冲向人群，部分看台坍塌，他与朋友全部丧生。惊慌失措的尼克强迫朋友随他离开赛场，并惊动了保安乔治（麦凯尔泰?威廉逊 Mykelti Williamson）及其他四位观众。逃过死神的尼克发现幸存者们纷纷在稀奇古怪的事故中丧命，而自己竟能预见死亡原因。恐惧中尼克和洛丽求助于乔治，试图打破怪圈对抗死神，然而努力真会见效，宿命真能改变吗？本片是《死神来了》系列的首部3D版本。

在上一集中大显神威的特工头子奥古斯塔斯（塞缪尔?杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）这次遇到了大麻烦，他和武器专家托尼在国家安全局的地下指挥中心竟遭到杀手追杀。奥古斯塔斯怀疑这些杀手是被政府内部激进分子指派，蓄意颠覆国家政权，于是他希望物色一名合适的特工戳穿害群之马的险恶阴谋。最后，奥古斯塔斯找到了最佳人选前特种兵戴瑞斯（艾斯?库珀 Ice Cube 饰），他因殴打上级军官现在正被军警监禁。奥古斯塔斯想方设法帮助戴瑞斯越狱成功，并说服他接受了这一国家重任。于是，戴瑞斯开始行动了！

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.

阴霾冰冷、罪恶横生的现代化都市，勤奋努力的保险业务员马克（吴彦祖 饰）多年来都和精神分裂的母亲（惠英红 饰）相依为命。为了帮母亲搬入最好的养老院，马克努力赚钱，甚至不惜作伪证保护自己的地位。然而一失足成千古恨，他作伪证的事情被某个神秘之人获知，不仅账户中的存款盗取，还必须按照对方电话中的指示行事。在这一过程中，马克重逢在银行工作的高中时代初恋女友洁希（姚晨 饰）。谁知洁希也被神秘人算入迷局，她和马克的命运紧紧捆绑在一起。在此之后，马克还惹上了雄霸一方的黑帮老大泰哥（任达华 饰）。神秘人仿佛高高在上、算无遗策的神明，洋洋得意操控着所有人的命运……