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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.

泛消费公司已完全掌控了底特律市之后，与日本金光财团合作组建OCP，在底特律开发三角洲城，并招揽雇佣兵组成暴力改建队，驱逐居民，相当数量的拆迁地居民为捍卫家园组成武装力量反抗财阀的不义计划，女童妮科（Remy Ryan Hernandez 饰）凭借高超的电脑技术在反抗军中表现抢眼。机器战警墨菲（Robert John Burke 饰）与老搭档路易斯执行任务期间偶然发现了居民们的藏身地点，出于正义感，墨菲同随后赶到的改建队交火，机体损坏严重，路易斯不幸身亡，墨菲决定加入反抗军。同时日本方面为执行拆迁计划派出特工忍者雄志，改建队头目亦利用反抗军中的叛徒查到了反抗总部。在妮科的帮助下，墨菲被拉瑟斯博士整修完备，汇同不齿改建队暴力行径而选择站到居民一边的底特律警察们，同雄志、改建队展开最后决战。

製作感人名作「二零三高地」的導演舛田利雄及負責執筆的笠原和夫的這個黃金組合，再度攜手合作的戰爭鉅作第 2彈。本片分別由第一部--通往新加坡之路及第二部--愛能跨越波濤所構成，總製作經費高達15億。台灣、塞班、進行長期外景拍攝的超大作品。大日本帝國--這個於明治22年2月11日發布以來，與第二次世界大戰的敗北下同時消滅的國號，毫無疑問的就是指"日本民族的國家"的意思。本作品主要敘述"大日本帝國"走向滅亡的昭和16年到昭和20年之間的南方戰線為主要著眼點，描繪當時在嚴酷命運考驗下，參戰的年輕群像及 "大日本帝國" 下的政府、軍人、民間百姓是過著什麼樣的生活，對於日本人而言，究竟他們是如何看待這場戰爭的，勇敢的對和平的現代質疑的戰爭鉅篇。演員方面，由丹波哲郎飾演東條英機，由若富山三郎飾演戰略專家石原‧原陸軍中將。其他還有三浦友和、青輝彥、西鄉輝彥、篠田三郎等人飾演活在在狂亂動盪的時代中悲壯的青年戰士們。還有關根惠子、夏目雅子、佳那晃子等女性名星也齊聚共同演出。

小镇执法官威尔·凯恩（加里·库柏 Gary Cooper 饰）在卸任的当天，同未婚妻艾米（Grace Kelly 饰）举行了婚礼，两人预备开始蜜月旅行的当口，小镇迎来了三位不速之客，他们是皮尔斯、科比和本，三人在火车站等候五年前被威尔抓获的恶棍弗兰克·米勒。预感小镇将被卷入一场血腥仇杀的人们纷纷躲避，或者力劝威尔离开，但前任执法官执意留下，并开始在镇上寻找帮手，岂料不得升迁的员警哈维、当年审判弗兰克的法官等人全部与此事撇清了关系，新婚妻子亦不支持威尔的坚守，孤立无援的威尔只得拿起自己的枪战斗……这部影片中的时间与真实世界中的时间步调一致。本片获1953年奥斯卡最佳男主角奖等十余项专业褒奖。