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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.

在清政府对人民征收沉重赋税、民不聊生的背景下，宋景诗（崔嵬 饰）领导的黑旗军举行了抗捐起义，与白莲教、捻军并肩作战。然而，地方恶霸地主杨鸣谦、王二香率手下向黑旗军发动进攻，同时清军将领胜保也参与围剿黑旗军，使黑旗军陷入危机。为了保存战斗实力，宋景诗向清军诈降。胜保因谎报战功而被问罪，宋景诗趁机重新拉起队伍，打回山东，击败地主武装，处死杨鸣谦。然而，朝廷派来新的将领僧格林沁镇压黑旗军，引入了英帝国主义的洋枪队及地主武装。黑旗军陷入四面楚歌，连连受挫。在战斗中，许多黑旗军家属被杀害，包括宋景诗的母亲及妻子。然而，宋景诗并没有屈服，他鼓励众将士不要气馁，继续与帝国主义和清军英勇作战，最终投奔了太平军，与兄弟部队一起继续战斗。

田小麦（杨颖 饰）和盛赞（张超 饰）相恋多年，即将携手步入婚姻的殿堂，然而，就在这个节骨眼上，田小麦身为刑警的父亲在工作中不幸因故身亡，悲伤之余，田小麦在父亲的遗物之中发现了一本探案笔记，上面记载了十年前的一桩悬案，同时也让田小麦回想起了自己的初恋秋收（阮经天 饰）。某日，田小麦从好友处得知了一间贩卖世间一切东西的网店，在店中，田小麦买了一条紫色丝巾。之后，诡异的事情接二连三的发生，种种蛛丝马迹均显示，如今下落不明的秋收，和父亲笔记里那宗疑案有着千丝万缕的关联。就这样，田小麦一遍调查着案件，一遍寻找着秋收，试图找到隐藏在乱象之后的真相。

飞虎队B队队长阿强（杜汶泽 饰）在一次任务后遇到了前所未有的危机，上司（王敏德 饰）对其整个小分队表示失望，下属阿富（余文乐 饰）私下表示想要转到实力更强的A队。阿强为了重振士气决定开展一次特殊的任务，那就是带领小组队员偷渡去澳门嫖妓。可是事与愿违，此次行动漏洞百出，下属虾米（曾国祥 饰）误用强力神油导致4人被澳门警司抓进警局，下属家豪（邹凯光 饰）弄丢了全队的钱被迫偷老父亲（刘江 饰）的钱导致父亲心脏病发……好在在“培训员”细细（刘安琪 饰）的帮助下，4人得以脱生，可在逃亡途中新的冲突又再次发生。本片改编自彭浩翔坏品味小说系列之《特别任务连》。